Mixed Martial Arts: A Brief History

Mixed Martial Arts, as we know it today, was developed from the Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC, starting in 1993.  The UFC was formed initially to discover the ultimate fighting style, which led to various hybrids of older fighting traditions.  However, the concept of mixing fighting styles in combat situations is much older than the [...]

The History of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

Mixed Martial Arts is all about using any move or technique learned in basically any martial art to defeat an opponent, therefore it can be difficult to place its exact creation or inception in history. Of course, the earliest contact sport or martial art with very few rules (or a no holds barred concept) [...]

Mixed Martial Arts and UFC History

Mixed Martial Arts or MMA consists of a professional fighter using different styles of martial arts to ultimately defeat his/her opponent. The earliest recorded full-contact martial art was named Pankration and began in Greece around the year 648 B.C.
There is a strong possibility that Pankration may have been the parent sport of Mixed Martial Arts [...]

A Janpanese Martial Arts -kendo

 Kendo is a Japanese style of fencing derived during the Meiji period in Japan (1868-1912), from the two-handed sword fighting techniques of the samurai. Today kendo, which means “way of the sword”, is practiced with shinai (bamboo swords), and fighters wear protective equipment covering the target areas: the head, wrists, and abdomen. The bogu (protective [...]

Forms of Martial Arts

Martial Arts come in different forms and they are not only confined to Kung-fu or Taekwondo, which is popularized a lot in television and the movies. You would be surprised to know that certain forms of fighting are also called martial arts. To learn and practice martial arts, one should be well equipped with the [...]

THE SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF VERBAL ARTS IN THE YORÙBÁ INDIGENOUS HEALTHCARE PRACTICES

1.0             Introduction
The paper focuses on the Yorùbá verbal arts used in indigenous healthcare system.  By verbal arts, we mean the various literary genres used in reflecting and expressing the belief, religion, worldview and values of the society.  Specifically, the verbal arts under study are the genres used among the Yorùbá people to manage their physical, [...]

A Commitment to Culture: The Museum of Islamic Arts in Qatar

One of the newest establishments in Qatar serves as one of the most inspirational projects in Doha. The newly built Museum of Islamic Art is definitely a spot to pay attention to. Apparently, the people in Doha can not only boast of the museum’s splendid architectural design and built. Instead, they can be exceptionally proud [...]