The history and techniques of Pankration, an ancient Greek martial art, have had a significant impact on modern mixed martial ...

Pankration aided Greek soldiers throughout the many wars and battles of the Classical and Hellenistic periods (500-150 BC). It complimented a hoplites training with a spear and shield, and was useful ...

Current MMA is a modified form of the pankration that the ancient Greeks practiced (the first article of this series explores this point more fully). Thus it is fitting that the man responsible for ...

Nicole and Haley Petersen are gold-winning pankration athletes. Upper Michigan Today asked, "what exactly is pankration?" Watch the show for a glimpse at the answer!

The American Pankration team is doing its own Throwback Thursday to an ancient Greek form of martial arts. Pankration, which means “all powers fighting,” is a form of fighting originally used in the ...

In the 600s BC, the major empires in the Middle East favored larger armies centered around archery, chariots and quick moving light infantry that worked well on large open battlefields. The Greeks ...

Men and women jabbed, kicked, tossed and pinned into submission. People fighting to be more skillful and swift than their opponent. You would think you were watching the latest Ultimate Fighting cage ...