COMBATIVE

SPORTS
Presented by : Louella Nika F. Aurelio
3rd year BSED MAPEH
 COMBATIVE SPORT
A combat sport, or fighting sport, is a competitive
contact sport with one-on-one combat. Determining
the winner depends on the particular contest's rules.
In many fighting sports, a contestant wins by scoring
more points than the opponent or by disabling the
opponent. Boxing, wrestling, Muay Thai, Tae Kwon
Do, Judo, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, Sambo, and Mixed
Martial Arts are examples of combat sports.
BOXING

Boxing is a combat sport in which two people wearing protective gloves

throw punches at each other for a predetermined set of time in a boxing
ring.
Amateur boxing is both an Olympic and Commonwealth Games sport
and is a common fixture in most international gamesit also has its own
World Championships.
WRESTLING

Wrestling is a combat sport involving

grappling type techniques such as clinch
fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks,
pins and other grappling holds. The sport
can either be theatrical for entertainment, or
genuinely competitive.
A wrestling bout is a physical competition,
between two (occasionally more)
competitors or sparring partners, who
attempt to gain and maintain a superior
position. There are a wide range of styles
with varying rules with both traditional
historic and modern styles. Wrestling
techniques have been incorporated into
other martial arts as well as military hand-to-
hand combat systems.
MUAY THAI

Muay Thai : Muai Thai, pronounced [maa j tj] ( listen)) is a combat sport
of Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching
techniques. This physical and mental discipline which includes combat
on shins is known as "the art of eight limbs" because it is characterized
by the combined use of fists, elbows, knees, shins, being associated with
a good physical preparation that makes a full-contact fighter very
efficient.Muay Thai became widespread internationally in the twentieth
century, when practitioners defeated notable practitioners of other
martial arts.
TAEKWONDO

Taekwondo is a Korean martial art, characterized by its emphasis on

head-height kicks, jumping and spinning kicks, and fast kicking
techniques.
Taekwondo was developed during the 1940s and 1950s by various
martial artists by incorporating elements of Karate and Chinese
Martial Arts with indigenous Korean martial arts traditions such as
Taekkyeon, Subak, and Gwonbeop.
JUDO

Judo ( meaning "gentle way") was created as a

physical, mental and moral pedagogy in Japan, in
1882, by Jigoro Kano . It is generally categorized
as a modern martial art which later evolved into
a combat and Olympic sport. Its most prominent
feature is its competitive element, where the
objective is to either throw or takedown an
opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise
subdue an opponent with a pin, or force an
opponent to submit with a joint lock or a choke.
Strikes and thrusts by hands and feet as well as
weapons defenses are a part of judo, but only in
pre-arranged forms (kata, ) and are not
allowed in judo competition or free practice
(randori,. A judo practitioner is called a judoka.
BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU

Brazilian jiu-jitsu Portuguese: jiu-jitsu

brasileiro) is a martial art, combat sport
system that focuses on grappling and
especially ground fighting. Brazilian jiu-jitsu
was formed from Kodokan judo ground
fighting (newaza) fundamentals that were
taught by a number of individuals including
Takeo Yano, Mitsuyo Maeda and Soshihiro
Satake. Brazilian jiu-jitsu eventually came to
be its own art through the experiments,
practices, and adaptation of judo through
Carlos and Helio Gracie (who passed their
knowledge on to their extended family) as
well as other instructors who were students
of Maeda, such as Luiz Franca.
MIXED MARTIAL
ARTS

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport that allows both
striking and grappling, both standing and on the ground, using
techniques from other combat sports and martial arts. The first
documented use of the term mixed martial arts was in a review of UFC 1
by television critic Howard Rosenberg in 1993.
The term gained popularity when newfullcontact.com, then one of the
largest websites covering the sport, hosted and republished the article.
The question of who actually coined the term is subject to debate.