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What was the first mixed martial art and when was the art developed?

What was the first mixed martial art and when was the art developed? Best answer will be awarded. Thank you very much.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    People have probably been fighting since the dawn of time and most cultures accept this; such as how the Christians, Jews, and Muslims believe that Adam's and Eve's son Cain killed their son Abel.

    However, as far as Mixed Martial Arts practiced as a sport, Pankration is often credited as the first Olympic mixed martial arts. The "heavy" or free fighting games may have begun as early as 700 BC. Wrestling may have been invented in India even before that.

  • 1 decade ago

    Mixed martial arts is a sport where fighters use a variety of martial arts and are not limited to one single art. Fights like this have happened for a long time. It's only quite recently that the term, MMA, has come about. There isn't no such thing as the "first" mixed martial art. People have been learning a variety of martial arts for hundreds of years.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Many of the worlds martial arts are practiced within the United States however the entire arts aren't all taught for the reason that it is forbidden to coach them to westerners. So such a lot who research in the USA are at such a lot handiest studying a subset of the genuine artwork. Many so referred to as "black belts" within the USA aren't identified black belts within the nation of the humanities foundation. They aren't precise black belts but they open colleges and coach the subset they understand to others. There are few precise lecturers within the USA. In a few approaches Bruce Lee's Ideas of martial arts "Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do" are very a lot alive within the USA in these days. Since it blends many patterns in combination identical to the USA is a melting pot for the peoples of the sector. Many colleges within the USA are instructing a melted variety of many specific arts. So the pupils of the United states have grow to be the masters in their possess arts that borrow from many patterns. Most typical patterns within the USA are Kempo, Judo, Tae Kwan Do, Tang So Do, Kung Fu, Jujitsu, and Aikido. Please forgive me if I have unnoticed any that is only a quick record. I additionally feel Tae Kwan Do is probably the most trendy and given that it is fame of an Olympic recreation is helping it much more.

  • 1 decade ago

    Martial Arts in general have been round for many thousands of years. The concept of MMA (mixed martial arts) is relatively new. MMA is not a style in itself as the name suggests it is a mixture of other arts. It started to appear in the early 1900's but its in the past 20 years that its become closer to what it is today.

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  • Ned
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    It is called war and my best guess 7 to 10 thousand yrs ago.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    All MAs technically become MMAs as they evolve over time.

    Source(s): Chen Taijiquan Practitioner
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