Muay Thai Boxing

Muay Thai is an essential part of Thai culture right from its dawn and in Thailand - it is known as the sport of kings. Muay Thai is a martial art over 2000 years old and began as a close combat battlefield fighting skill. Old manuscripts describe eight basic tools of Muay Thai: fists, elbows, knees, and legs. These elements and its stand up clinch work are still seen today in the combat sport known as Thai Boxing.

K-1 Kickboxing

K-1 was started in 1993-1994 by Kazuyoshi Ishii and is a stand-up based combat sport competition amalgamating Thai Boxing, Western Boxing, Kickboxing and other stand up based martial arts, thus making K-1 a unique competitive sport with a modern and traditional background. K-1 is designed to be one of the toughest stand-up combat sports in the world.

Panantukan (Filipino boxing)

Panantukan, also known as Suntukan, Pangamot, Mano Mano, Kali Empty Hands, Dirty Boxing and Filipino Boxing is a self defence fighting art not a combat sport. It's translation from Filipino knife fighting to empty hand. In the Filipino martial art of Kali there are twelve sub-systems, Panantukan comes from the seventh sub-system of Kali which consists of:

Panantukan - Filipino boxing or striking

Pananjakman or Sikaran - kicking

Hubud - trapping

Ankab Pagkusi or Kino Mutai - biting and pinching

Dumog - Grappling Layug and Buno - throwing and sweeping

Panantukan is becoming more and more popular in the UK and in the martial arts world as it has its own flow and movement, quite different from most martial arts. This has been picked up by movie makers and the Panantukan fighting scenes can be seen in such films as Bourne Identity films with Matt Damon, The Hunted with Tommy Lee Jones, The Chronicles of Riddick with Vin Diesel and Taken with Liam Neeson.

As you can see this is a complete empty hand art and one of my favourites to train in.

Ju-Jitsu

The martial art of Ju-Jitsu was developed among the samurai of Japan. This non weapon (or only a short weapon) martial art was designed to defeat an armed and armoured opponent. Striking against an armoured opponent proved ineffective, practitioners learned that the most efficient methods for neutralizing an opponent took the form of pins, joint locks, and throws - these techniques were developed around the principle of using an attacker's own energy against himself. Over time, further influences and techniques have been added to make this a complete self defence and Martial Art not just for the battlefields of Japan but for modern times too.

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