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COMBAT, CONDITIONING, AND COLLECTED A Martial Arts Odyssey details the authors enduring journey to preserve the lost legacy of pankration, considered the precursor to mixed martial arts (MMA). At a time when martial arts were primarily stylized and emphasized pre-arranged forms, Arvanitis boldly went against tradition by introducing radically-new concepts based on his previous competitive experience and street brawls. He blended combat sports with martial arts, and insisted that none of this was new crediting his Greek ancestors as the first to combine striking and grappling techniques in their early Olympic Games. Arvanitis challenged the theory that martial arts originated in Asia with archaeological evidence that they were an integral part of Greek society long before.The text progresses from his early days of adversity when Jim was considered a renegade to his current status as an internationally-recognized visionary and living legend. The innovative Greek-American was practicing and advocating the concept of cross training and synthesizing skills from both Western and Eastern fighting systems more than 25 years before MMA became a popular global sport.The book is both a concis

Author

Jim Arvanitis

Publisher

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9781983606502

Rating

5 / 5 (11 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14