Boxing Clubs & Instruction - Arlington, Washington

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"From The Recreational Student To The Professional Fighter"

Pankration
Pankration is the ancient Hellenic sport of free fighting, which was the most popular of the ancient Olympic Games. The word ‘Pankration’ comes from the Greek words, Pan (all) and Kration (powers), or ‘All Powers Combat’. There were only two rules, no biting or eye gouging and victory came by knockout or submission. The Christians later abolished Pankration leaving behind only two elements of the contest, wrestling and boxing.

Kickboxing
The history of Kickboxing is a little complex and varies from country to country. American kickboxing became popular in the 1970’s and was a combination of full-contact karate and boxing. American kickboxing started with regular boxing rules and allowed kicks above the belt line. Oriental kickboxing utilizes the same techniques (with some differences in application), as its American counterpart, but also allowed Knees, Elbows and kicks to the legs. Traditionally, American kickboxing was called ‘Kickboxing’, and Oriental Kickboxing was called ‘Muay Thai’ in honor of the Thai fighters that dominated the oriental rules circuit. Now days, American Kickboxing closely resembles Muay Thai. The exceptions that knees are sometimes used and sometimes not, and elbows are used mainly in professional Muay Thai matches. At Arlington Kickboxing Academy Martial Arts, we teach the same techniques used by both kickboxers and Muay Thai fighters, in an exciting and safe manner. We focus on proper techniques and conditioning for the recreational student up to the professional fighter.

Kid's Club
A unique Martial arts program that safely teaches the art of Pankration and Judo to kids ages 6-12. Pankration utilizes concepts of boxing, wrestling, kickboxing and submission wrestling, while demanding the values and discipline of traditional martial arts.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ)
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is a martial art and combat sport that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting with the goal of gaining a dominant position and using joint-locks and chokeholds to force an opponent to submit. The art was based on early 20th century Kodokan Judo, which was itself then a recently-developed system (founded in 1882), based on multiple schools (or Ryu) of Japanese Jujitsu. It promotes the principle that a smaller, weaker person using leverage and proper technique can successfully defend themselves against a bigger, stronger assailant. BJJ can be trained for self-defense, sport grappling tournaments (gi and no-gi) and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition. Sparring (commonly referred to as 'rolling') and live drilling play a major role in training, and a premium is placed on performance, especially in competition.

FAQs

Some frequently asked questions are:

Q: Do you only train fighters?
A: No

Q: Do we get hit?
A: No

Q: Do you have to compete?
A: No

Q: Do I have to be in shape to start?
A: No

Q: I’m a beginner, will I slow the class down?
A: No

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the world. A relatively new form of Pankration exists today, widely referred to as Ultimate Fighting. Modern Pankration, also known as Shootfighting, Vale Tudo, No-Holds Barred or Mixed Martial Arts challenges combatants in a contest of striking skills and submission grappling techniques. The combination of multiple disciplines and athletic ability determine the winner in Pankration fighting. It is both a departure from traditional martial arts and a return to the origin of contests of hand-to-hand combat. Pankration techniques are based on reality, while more traditional martial arts are based on theory.