Combining the Classical Greek blend of education and athletics, the WPF, in conjunction with the University of Missouri Pankration Team, has formed a division to unite university combat sport teams for pankration events and tournaments. |
"At the international level it is the World Pankration Federation that is leading the way." So said the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in a statement to American journalist Casey Logan of Pitch Magazine. In the surprising statement, the IOC acknowledged the growing international move- |
In his first interview in over two years, outspoken WPF President Craig Smith talks about the evolution of sport pankration, some of the problems of the past, where it is today, and what it will take to get pankration restored to the Olympics. |
In an example of the classical Greek blend of intellectual education and athletic training, the University of Missouri Pankration Team has formed to compete in U.S. and international competitions. |
WPF selects TOP TEN headgear After an intensive selection process, the World Pankration Federation has adopted TOP TEN as its official headgear. TOP TEN has been the official boxing equipment supplier for the past three summer Olympic Games, as well as for the International Amateur Boxing Association, the World Association of Kickboxing Organiz- ations, the Goodwill Games, and the World Military Games. |
First introduced into the Ancient Olympic games during the 33rd Olympiad in 648 B.C., pankration soon became known as the king of Olympic events, and enjoyed that status for over 1,000 years. Today, a worldwide movement is underway to return pankration to its rightful place as a modern Olympic event. |
USA Midwest Championships |
Craig Smith President, World Pankration Federation |
Pankration's Road to the Olympics |
Pankration: The Ultimate Combat Sport! Combine kickboxing, wrestling, jujitsu, Muay Thai and elements of no-holds- barred fighting, and you have what is being called the ultimate combat sport of the new millennium - pankration. That's interesting, when you consider that pankration, the personal combat training system and sport of Ancient Greece, pre-dates the earliest of most Oriental martial arts, and is acknowledged by no less than Japanese martial arts master and historian Mas Oyama as being the ancestor of Oriental martial arts. Pankration Magazine will cover the best in pankration training and competition worldwide, and will bring you articles, interviews and technical series from the leaders of the combat arts, coaches and trainers, and competitors who are driving this Ancient Olympic sport back to the forefront of real martial competion. Make Pankration Magazine your source for combat sport information! |
First introduced into the Ancient Olympic games during the 33rd Olympiad in 648 B.C., pankration soon became known as the king of Olympic events, and enjoyed that status for over 1,000 years. Today, a worldwide movement is underway to return pankration to its rightful place as a modern Olympic event. |
WPF selects TOP TEN headgear After an intensive selection process, the World Pankration Federation has adopted TOP TEN as its official headgear. TOP TEN has been the official boxing equipment supplier for the past three summer Olympic Games, as well as for the International Amateur Boxing Association, the World Association of Kickboxing Organiz- ations, the Goodwill Games, and the World Military Games. |
University of Missouri fields Pankration Team |
In an example of the classical Greek blend of intellectual education and athletic training, the University of Missouri Pankration Team has formed to compete in U.S. and international competitions. |
In his first interview in over two years, outspoken WPF President Craig Smith talks about the evolution of sport pankration, some of the problems of the past, where it is today, and what it will take to get pankration restored to the Olympics. |
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International Olympic Committee says WPF is "leading the way." |
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"At the international level it is the World Pankration Federation that is leading the way." So said the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in a statement to American journalist Casey Logan of Pitch Magazine. In the surprising statement, the IOC acknowledged the growing international move- |
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The top pankratiasts in the US Midwest came together to compete in the USAPF/WPF Midwest Championships on October 27, 2002 at Bob Schirmer's All American Academy in Cicero, Illinois. The first championship tournament held under the WPF's new International Rules, and officiated by former pankration champion Duane Hamacher and life-long MMA/NHB fighter and trainer Bob Schirmer. |
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WPF forms Collegiate Pankration |
Combining the Classical Greek blend of education and athletics, the WPF, in conjunction with the University of Missouri Pankration Team, has formed a division to unite university combat sport teams for pankration events and tournaments. |
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