Martial Arts History
Sambo: How the Soviet Union Built Its Own Fighting System
Sambo was assembled in the 1920s and 1930s from Kodokan judo, regional folk wrestling, and Soviet police training, and it…
Martial Arts History
Martial Arts History
The Cuban Boxing School: Why the Island Keeps Producing Masters
Cuba abolished professional boxing in the early 1960s and then spent six decades producing some of the most technically complete…
Martial Arts History
Judo’s Origins: How Jigoro Kano Built a Martial Art
In 1882 a young Tokyo schoolteacher put twelve mats down in a temple room and started rebuilding jujutsu from the…
Martial Arts History
Wrestling’s Long Road From Ancient Greece to the UFC
Wrestling may be the oldest combat sport on earth, and its journey from the sands of Olympia to the Octagon…
Martial Arts History
The History of Muay Thai: From Battlefield Art to Global Sport
How Muay Thai grew from the battlefields of old Siam into the art of eight limbs, earned its codified modern…