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Ok, I will definitely take it into consideration; however, I am not 18 yet. Unfortunately that has barred me from competing MMA seriously and has unfortunately barred me to the members of my school or others during small "competitions." If that is not a factor in this I would love to actua...

Thanks for the responses/correction in my misconceptions. I hope that one day there will be a full revival. Is there any other chapter besides Columbus in Ohio?

"Yeah, its 100% about context... You are comparing a combat fighting "style" with a "sport". In a combat, your only intent is to kill your enemy, any victory other than that is just a game.... "combat is not a game, its life and death." But you are absolutly correc...

Thanks for all of the responses. DOes anyone have any complaints if i use your information presented/suggested in a paper as long as i site correctly?

striking I agree, having a reach advantage is HUGE. I'm 5'10" and 165 lbs and 17 years old. I have a reach as long as my 6'4" friend. I'm pretty lanky. I'm a decent striker from the "free movement phase." My biggest strength is in my clinch and ground work however. I am able to t...

I've been lurking around the boards and reading as much about ringen as much as i could so that i wouldn't be a completel fool. From what i see the argument around the boards is how Modern MMA compares to Ringen i've come to my finaly conclusion. MMA in many ways is today's Ringen. Ringen was the wa...

Thank you for the reply and books. Has there been any sort of competitions for Ringen or anything else from back in that day? I read there was a sort of prize fighting during the 17th and 18th centuries. Thanks once again, i appreciate allof the help.

Hello, I am a highschool student that is very interested in MMA. I am a practitioner of Muay Thai, Modern Boxing, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, and Wrestling. What i would like to know about is the large gap from Pankration until the days of bare knuckle boxing and the rules set place in the 1800's which mad...