MIx Martial Arts

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full contact combat sport that allows both striking and grappling styles, both standing and on the ground, these dangerous sport combines boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, taekwondo, karate, judo and other styles.

English: Picture of fighters Shane Carwin and Junior Dos Santos facing off at UFC 131 in Vancouver, Canada.
Date	11 June 2011(2011-06-11)
Source	Own work
Author	Bad intentionz

This full contact sport of Vale Tudo that originated in Brazil from the 1920s was introduced to the United States by the Gracie family in 1993 with the founding of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

After some time, the more dangerous Vale Tudo style bouts of the early UFCs were regulated with the implementation of additional safer rules, which gave birth to the regulated form of MMA seen today.

From late 1960s to early 1970s the idea of adapting multiple martial arts was introduced in the west by Bruce Lee via his system called Jeet Kune Do. Lee then believed that "the best fighter is not a Boxer, Karate or Judo man, But someone who can combine and adapt to any style, to be formless, to adopt an individual's own style and not following the system of styles." In 2004 UFC President Dana White would call Lee the "father of mixed martial arts" stating: "If you look at the way Bruce Lee trained, the way he fought, and many of the things he wrote, he said the perfect style was no style. You take a little something from everything. You take the good things from every different discipline, combine and use what works best for you, and you throw the rest away".

In April 2000, the California State Athletic Commission decided to regulate the sport that gave birth to the foundation for the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. However a review was determined that the sport fell outside the jurisdiction of the CSAC, rendering the vote superfluous.

This article was created to trace the origin of Mix martial Arts (MMA), this sport who are gaining popularity nowadays are starting to catch the attention of viewers due to its fast paced action that viewers tend to watch from start to finish.

Sources: Wikipedia, Picture courtesy of Bad intentionz