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Yiquan Kungfu Dachengquan Gongfu PDF Print E-mail
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Yiquan martial arts was invented by Grandmaster Wang Xiangzhai (1886-1893). As a sickly boy, in the Shen District, Hebei Province, he started to train Chinese Gongfu style Xingyi Quan with the very famous master Guo Yunshen. Guo Yunshen is supposed to have taken a special liking to hil and to have shown him the special postures which had made him into such a strong fighter, and which Wang later used as the basis of Yiquan. Following almost ten years of training with the Yunshen, Wang started to travel China training with many famous Kungfu masters. He trained White Crane in the South, Taiji in the Centre, Baki in the North and a series of other styles including chinese swword. Following a challenge, after blocking the first shot Wang hit back causing instant death in one shot. He was put into prison as it was expected that such a great kunfgu practitioner should be ableo to defend himself without causing death.

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Pankration PDF Print E-mail
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Also known as: Pamaccon, Panmachia History : Introduced to the Greek Olympic Games in 648 BC Origin :Greece
Most active Masters:
Jim (Demetrios) Arvanitis:
World recognized as "the Father of Modern Pankration" and for the revival of the Hellenic martial arts legacy. Resurrected ancient Greek pankration in late-1960s and was first to expose the art to the international martial arts community in 1973.
Aris Makris:
Appeared on the History Channels' Human Weapon series, "Pankration: The Original Martial Art." Master Makris' Armak-Pankration is more oriented to battlefield combat than sport and has drawn interest from a number of U.S. Military and Federal institutions
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Baji Quan PDF Print E-mail
Also known as :
Ba Ji, Eight Extrem Fist, Hakkyokuken
History : 17th Century Traditional Chinese Muslim Martial Art
Origin : Changxian, Hebei, China
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Wu Lianzhi
The lineage holder of Baji Quan. He has been training Baji for more than 50 years. He now still gives seminars in China and Japan.

Baji Quan is a traditional martial art originated from Chinese muslims. It is famous for its powerful and explosive moves. As a Waijia(external) kung fu, it is often quoted as the equivalent to Taiji Quan in Neijia (internal) kung fu.

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Greco-Roman Wrestling PDF Print E-mail
Also known as : French wrestling, “Flat- hand wrestling”
History : 19th century wrestling style
Origin : France
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Alexander Karelin

He is universally considered to be the greatest Greco-Roman wrestler of all time. Nicknamed the "Russian Bear", he went undefeated in international competition (spanning from 1987 until 2000), save for being upset in his last match by American Rulon Gardner in the gold-medal match at the Sydney Olympics.

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