Apologies for the late delivery of this article. The website was down for almost a week and just got back online. On January 17th, at Sukh Chan Wellness club in Gulberg, Lahore Mixed Martial Arts Pakistan partnered with Fite...
Mixed Martial Arts Pakistan got to spend the day with Pakistani MMA fighter Shah “No Pain” Hussain in his hometown of Slough outside of London fifteen minutes from Heathrow airport. Over a traditional English...
Recently, two top professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters were banned for using Nandrolone Metabolite and Drostanolone. This news brought to light what many in the MMA world knew already – performance-enhancing...
The stigmas associated with mixed martial arts are hard to shake but quite easy to dispel. Many ask how could anyone want to watch, much less regulate, a sport that allows men to punch, kick, elbow, knee and incapacitate...
Greco-Roman wrestling is a combat sport which focuses on grappling. This form of wrestling does not permit holds below the waist and emphasizes upper body throws and slams such as the suplex etc. Unlike freestyle wrestling, a wrestler is not allowed to trip an opponent nor hook the opponent’s legs for blocking/avoiding throws. Greco-Roman wrestling...
Muay Thai is a striking and clinching art. Muay Thai means Thai boxing however, it is native to all of South East Asia where it exists in many forms, each called by a different name but similar in style. In Burma it is known as Lethwei, Malaysia as Tomoi, Laos as Muay Lao and in Cambodia as Pradal Serey. Generally the rules and techniques are the...
Taekwondo is a Korean martial art which focuses particularly on striking. As its name derives from Korean language where Tae means (to strike or break with foot), Kwon means (to strike or break with fist) and Do means (way, method or art) hence a loose translation of Taekwondo will be “the way of the foot and fist”. It is the world’s most popular...
Capoeira is a striking art with origins as an Afro-Brazilian art form which combines elements of martial arts, music and dance. In the martial arts aspect of Capoeira, it focuses on striking particularly kicks accompanied by acrobatic movement. Similar to Muay-Thai and Indonesian Silat, Capoeira is accompanied by its traditional Afro-Brazilian music...
Aikido is a Japanese martial art which primary focuses on grappling. Aikido is performed by blending the motion of the attacker and re-addressing the force exerted by him rather than defending it head-on. The defender uses the momentum of the attacker against him by entering and turning movements and finishes with throws or joint locks. It is ranked...
Kickboxing, obvious by its name refers to the sport of combining the skills of old-school boxing with kicking. The rules of kickboxing matches are similar to those of boxing and Muay Thai. Kickboxing is one of the most successful styles in MMA as far as striking is concerned, along with Muay Thai, Karate, Kenpo etc. In December 1959, a Muay Thai was...
Boxing is a striking art. Boxing, along with wrestling is the oldest form of combat sport in history. There are Egyptian paintings depicting boxing scenes and boxing was introduced into the Greek Olympics in 688 B.C. Boxing is typically used to describe a combat sport where two participants fight each other with their fists. Strikes below the waist...
Sometimes known as Indian Wrestling or Pehlwani this form of wrestling dates from the 5th century B.C. Although indigenous to South Asia this form of grappling is thought to be originally influenced by Persian wrestling styles. In Pakistan, Kushti teachers are known as Ustads and in India (specifically amongst the Hindus) they are known as Guru’s. The...
Judo (meaning “gentle way” or “gentleness”) is a modern martial arts form originated in Japan by Jigoro Kano. It all started when Kano, as a teenager started Japanese Jujutsu but due to lack of teachers he found little success in it and later went on to learn Tenjin Shin’yō-ryū but a few years later after he started his master grew...
Silat is a form of martial arts originated from Southeast Asia. It was mainly developed in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore by the Malay people. The definition of Silat varies from teacher to teacher, however I personally think that the best definition is “a seni (art) with the intelligence to attack and defend gracefully”. Although...
You’ve seen them fighting in the ring. Those fighters are solid muscle–maybe twice your weight–but they can still jump higher and move faster than you can, somehow. That footwork and endurance is not an accident; it’s a result of a type of exercise called plyometrics. The thing about a sport like MMA (mixed martial arts) is...
Imagine, being in the ring, your backs to the fence, suddenly you remember all your training, and you wrap it up with three complex moves! Standing triumphant, you raise your head now blinded by the flashing lights of cameras. Your arms shoot up, you’ve won an MMA fight. This was always a dream of mine, I’d trained for years, but due to...
Mixed martial arts is a unique sport. You could say that it is one of the few… if not the ONLY one (in martial arts) that requires a great deal of cross training. The MMA fighter must not only possess skill in various disciplines but he or she must also have stamina, flexibility, strength and intelligence. Just being able to throw a powerful...
Isometrics are not often used in sports specific strength and conditioning. Because most sports are dynamic in nature, isometrics aren’t obvious to they eye and thus aren’t trained. In MMA, isometrics can add another element to your game that can help you submit your opponent, escape a submission, or achieve a dominant position whether...
Martial arts are more of a way of life and a life style that a sport. Even though awareness was lacking for a considerable amount of time regarding the role of fitness and nutrition in a martial athlete`s life, it has done wonders for those who were influenced by it. Today, sports nutrition has developed into a science and is responsible for the increasing...
Just imagine, you’re out of breath, tired, and you have a black eye, but the smile and raised fists say it all. Having been in martial arts for years, it’s not uncommon for someone to ask me what are the secret workouts that a mixed martial artist will do? What the secret that makes him or her different than others who train hard? The truth...
Esteemed Pakistani Martial Artist and friend of mine Aurangzaib Khan …
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