05-30-2008, 10:13 AM
Quote:i dont remember where... but i think that i read somewhere that pankration was the basis for almost all modern mixed martial arts. the explanation was that Alexander recruited mainly pankrationists, because of their brutal skill, and as he went east the style sort of dropped off among the natives and began to evolve in various ways.
Most established Middle Eastern and South Asian martial arts have roots earlier than Alexander. Kalaripayattu, the martial art from India that inspired the creation of Shaolin Chuan Fa, and therefore most Asian Martial Arts, was credited to Sage Parasurama 600-700 years before Alexander was born.
But... Varzesh-e Pahlavani, the Persian traditional martial art, is credited to the Parthian Empire, which was 132 BC to 226 AD, and therefore after Alexander, may well have been partially influenced by Alexander's troops. Although you don't see much similarity to Pankration once you've seen a demonstration of Varzesh-e Pahlavani... :lol: Look it up, you'll see what I mean...
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