You may have heard of MMA or Mixed Martial Arts in the same breath as the UFC - Ultimate Fighting Championships. Its exactly what it sounds like - a modern mixed art form which uses a variety of combat techniques including grappling and striking.

There's a heavy empahsis on ground work as much of the fights in MMA 'go to the ground' and so training in Judo, Ju Jitsu or another grappling style is often part of the MMA'ists repotoire.

Although the popularized sport/combat of MMA is considered modern its roots are very much part of the past with strong influences from Indian wrestling, Greek pankration and Asian combat forms such as Ju Jitsu.

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