What is combat sports

Modern combat sports are rich in variety, each country, region and nationality basically have a characteristic unarmed confrontational combat sports. For example, China has Sanshou, Japan has Judo, Korea has Taekwondo, in addition to boxing, Muay Thai, traditional martial arts, karate, Jeet Kune Do, French kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Aikido, Sambo, Ninjutsu fighting, Sumo, Kara Ripa Yatta, Escrima, Bancasila, European Free Fighting, Greco-Roman Wrestling, Israeli fighting arts, and so on. Sanshou: Also known as Sanshou, it is one of the main forms of expression of Chinese martial arts, with kicking, hitting, wrestling, and taking the four major techniques as the main means of offense. In addition, there are defense, footwork and other techniques. 1979 Sanshou became a competitive event in China. Sanshou is a martial arts confrontation program that allows the use of kicking, punching, wrestling, and other techniques from a variety of martial arts styles. This kind of competition not only helps to master the technical combat methods of Chinese Wushu, but also helps to cultivate the will qualities of bravery, resourcefulness, flexibility and decisiveness. Sanda*** is divided into nine levels, 1~3 level is the low level, for the green eagle, silver eagle, golden eagle; 4~6 level is the green tiger, silver tiger, golden tiger; 7~9 level is the green dragon, silver dragon, golden dragon.

Wrestling: one of the heavy athletic sports, refers to the two unarmed wrestling, according to certain rules, with a variety of techniques, skills and methods to wrestle the opponent. Wrestling is recognized as the world's earliest competitive sports, in the Olympic Games is divided into classical and freestyle wrestling two kinds of wrestling, also collectively known as the international style wrestling. Classical wrestling, which originated in ancient Greece, was formerly known as Greco-Roman wrestling, and in the 19th century, the British formulated clearer rules for freestyle wrestling, so freestyle wrestling was finally finalized in the United Kingdom. The basic difference between the two is that classical wrestling prohibits holding the opponent below the waist, doing tripping maneuvers, and actively using the legs. Chinese wrestling has a long history, it is a national form of sport and one of China's cultural heritage.

Boxing: It is a physical, technical and psychological competition between two athletes through the confrontation of two fists. The specific expression of boxing competition, is two people in a square rope around the competition field, wearing special soft gloves, according to certain rules and technical requirements, attack and defense confrontation. Attack and defense weapons can only be wearing special gloves on the two fists, attack and defense target is limited to the other side of the waist hip above the body parts. Boxing has been called the "art of fighting". In the ancient Olympic Games, boxing was already one of the competitions. 1881, the British Amateur Boxing Association was founded, and boxing began to spread around the world. In the third Summer Olympics, men's boxing was officially included in the program, and in 1920, boxing was again included in the list of Olympic events, where it remains today.

Judo: It is the only sport in the Olympic Games that allows the use of choking or twisting of joints to subdue an opponent. Derived from the ancient Japanese art of jujitsu, Kanaji Goro founded judo in 1882, turning the brutal nature of ancient jujitsu into a sport used to exercise the body and mind. Judo's attacking and defending techniques are divided into throwing techniques (standing techniques), sleeping techniques (rolling on the ground fighting techniques), and self-defense strikes against the opponent's body. Nowadays, the use of body techniques is no longer allowed in Judo competitions. Judo was officially recognized as a sport at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics after recent developments.

Taekwondo: A popular martial art on the Korean Peninsula, Taekwondo is a traditional national sport that utilizes hand-to-hand and foot-to-foot techniques for fighting. It consists of five parts, including Pin Pose (Ter), grappling, breaking, stunts, and taekwondo dance. Taekwondo is a unique confrontation sport that has been innovated and developed to have a high practical value for self-defense and physical strength. It is through the competition, character potential and power testing and other forms of exercise, so that the practitioner to enhance physical fitness, mastery of technology, and cultivate perseverance and willpower qualities. Taek (TAE), meaning kicking and slamming with the feet; Kwan (KWON), striking with the fists; and Do (DO), referring to the combination of technical methods, insights, spirituality, culture, and morality and ethics. Taekwondo is an artistic method utilizing both fists and feet, with 70% footwork. There are 24 Taekwondo routines***; there are also weapons, grappling, wrestling locks, sparring self-defense and more than 10 basic kung fu styles. Taekwondo is divided into 10 levels from white belt to black belt, of which the black belt is divided into 1-9 sections. 2000 Olympic Games Taekwondo was listed as an official event.

Thai boxing: known as the "eight-armed boxing", the attack elbow, knee, fist, leg can be used. Its most obvious positive feature is the three-dimensional attack, everything. Muay Thai has a history of more than five hundred years, has always been regarded as the world's fierce and cruel sports. 1830 after the introduction of France was evolved into a "leg strikes". 1964, Muay Thai by the Japanese boxer Ji Noguchi Xiu introduced into Japan, renamed "Kickboxing", popular. It became popular for a while. In the 1980s, it began to develop internationally, and now Muay Thai has become more and more popular all over the world. Its unique combat value is increasingly being emphasized.

Karate: the Ryukyu ancient fighting techniques and Chinese boxing method introduced into Japan five hundred years ago. Its techniques are divided into two types: kata (form) and kumite. Kata is a series of combinations of karate techniques organized and practiced in a reasonable manner, including various techniques of attack and defense, and is generally used for single-person practice. In today's karate dojos, kata are often practiced sequentially, with the practice time for each kata ranging from tens of seconds to several minutes. Once the kata have been mastered, the basic karate combinations, or kumite, are practiced. Karate is divided into two categories: traditional karate in the broadest sense and full-contact karate in the broadest sense.

Jeet Kune Do: It is an all-round free combat art created by Bruce Lee that combines the essence of various combat sports in the world. It applies Eastern and Western philosophical concepts to martial arts, and is a guiding principle and methodology of combat. The term "Jeet Kune Do" means the method of blocking an opponent's incoming punches, or the way of intercepting an opponent's incoming punches. Jeet Kune Do advocates a high degree of freedom in combat. Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do advocates the abandonment of traditional forms and the faithful expression of self. The program of Jeet Kune Do is "to use the lawless as the lawful, and the infinite as the finite".

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: Derived from Japanese Jiu-Jitsu, its techniques and strategies are based on an in-depth study of ground fighting. Jiu-Jitsu practitioners, specialize in dragging their opponents to the ground and then gaining a position of control on the ground. Once in a controlled position, the Jiu-Jitsu practitioner can use a variety of attacks such as joint techniques, strangulation or striking techniques to subdue the opponent. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu began to attract the world's attention when Gracie won the first Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in 1993. The Gracie family's Jiu-Jitsu is the most representative of the nearly 100 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu schools.

Aikido: Aikido is a martial art based on the ancient Japanese martial arts of jiu-jitsu, kendo, and gunnery, developed from the core principle of aikido, and its founder is Morihei Ueshiba. The technical movements of Aikido are all very gentle. In terms of power, Aikido utilizes a "flowing" style of power. Aikido is a martial art of subduing the opponent in defense. Its techniques cushion the opponent's strong attacks, eliminating their power and achieving the effect of subduing the opponent with softness. Aikido is also a comprehensive martial art that includes unarmed techniques, as well as weapons techniques such as swords, staffs and daggers. In all techniques, the movements are relatively calm and there is no jumping in the air. The unarmed techniques can be divided into three main categories: dangbutsu techniques, throwing techniques, and fixing techniques (of which throwing and fixing techniques are the main ones). The core of Aikido lies in the harmonization of qi, emphasizing that all techniques follow nature and do not engage in forceful fighting, and that the ultimate goal is to use the fundamental qi of life to achieve unity of mind and body.

Capoeira: It is a Brazilian war dance that combines techniques, acrobatics and rituals, half dance, half fighting, a fighting art with entertainment characteristics. Two participants spar in a wheeled circle while music is played and everyone around them sings and claps as they inhibit each other's movements and draw energy from the audience. The essence of capoeira is the music that directs the dance movements and the hypnotic rhythms, the predominant instrument being the bilim-hugging bowed lute (a bowed instrument with a single string), with the rhythms of the atabak floor drum and the pandelu hand-shaken tambourine also incorporated. The great thing about Capoeira is that there are no rules; the movement and energy of the partners and the music will guide the movement of the exercisers, resulting in creative movement and freedom of performance. Capoeira is divided into two parts: the performance of the mover and the performance of the blocking partner. It will work on one's intuition and push the mover to improve his or her fitness, giving the mover better flexibility and coordination. It relies a lot on instinct and keeps the participant in motion, thus enabling the participant to get in touch with his or her body and will.

Sambo: Russian word meaning "self-defense without weapons". It is now divided into three schools: sambo (an international wrestling sport), sambo combat (sambo self-defense), and extreme sambo (sambo used in the most dangerous situations). Sambo fighters wear red or blue wrestling suits with red or blue belts. The scoring of Sambo is relatively similar to Judo. If an opponent can be put to the ground cleanly and quickly. A complete victory can be achieved; or if the score difference between the two sides reaches 12 points, the match will also end. Sambo originated in the former Soviet Union and was once prevalent in the former Soviet Union's franchises*** and countries as a sport that united all ethnic groups. At present, in Russia and other countries, sambo is still a mandatory training course for the army, but also a popular sports program for the public. At present, Sambo has been widely practiced in many European and American countries. Sambo is y influenced by judo and Mongolian wrestling, and in the early stage, due to the different regions, the styles are not the same everywhere. In its development, Sambo has absorbed and integrated the techniques of many combat sports, which has greatly contributed to its practicality and has also had a positive impact on its promotion worldwide. At this stage, Sambo is still absorbing and synthesizing foreign techniques to develop in the direction of comprehensive combat.

Israeli Fighting Arts: Also known as Krav Maga. Formerly known as self-defense specialties, is a modern combat type close-contact self-defense fighting techniques advocated by the Israeli official, is recognized as the world's only specialized defensive techniques. The purpose of this self-defense fighting technique is not to be used to oppress the good, nor is it to be used for competition. "Self-defense for survival" is its primary purpose. It is a survival technique that combines human instincts with the fighting techniques practiced, and is supplemented by a series of training programs in aggressiveness, fighting spirit, situational awareness, and so on. This self-defense technique is rooted in the fight against Islamophobia and is clearly aggressive in its technical design. Its sole objective is to eliminate the threat posed by the enemy as quickly as possible. Today Israeli self-defense is recognized in the West as a highly accurate, street-fighting style of self-protection against street attacks, robberies, and the like.