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Pankration - An Olympic Combat Sport, Volume I: An Illustrated Reconstruction Hardcover – May 5, 2005

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Pankration-An Olympic Combat Sport is an illustrated reconstruction of the ancient Greek sport of pankration. This sport lasted over a millennium (from at least the seventh century BCE to the fourth century CE) and was the most popular event in the ancient Olympic Games. In pankration, well rounded fighters used whatever worked, with minimal rules, to respond to the circumstances of a specific competition and, with no restrictions, to fight in actual battle. The sport of pankration was effectively mixed martial arts competition, or-as Aristotle describes it-a combination of boxing and wrestling. There are considerations to reintroduce it in the modern Games.

The book draws information on pankration from all the primary sources-from the literature and the products of the visual arts of antiquity. Volume I traces the origin and path of pankration in Greek mythology and history; addresses the physical and psychological characteristics of successful pankratiasts in antiquity; details the rules of competition; and discusses fighting style, specialization, and preparation of the ancient practitioners. Volume II describes in detail the fighting techniques employed in pankration, including the fighting stance, defensive moves, strategy and tactics, use of pressure points, strikes, locks, chokes, throws, and takedowns, as well as counters to these techniques.

This book's comprehensive research renders it a reference for students of the topic of pankration and, more generally, of combat sport in ancient Greece. The book also provides practitioners and enthusiasts of combat sports/martial arts useful information and lessons from the ancient practice of pankration. It is valuable reading for those interested in modern mixed martial arts competition.

Readers will find in the book both new information about the Western combat sport that preceded the development of the Asian traditions, and 100 admirable artistic representations of competition from ancient Greek vases and sculptures.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Xlibris Us (May 5, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 82 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1413477968
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1413477962
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.24 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.38 x 11 inches

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In the domain of martial arts and combat sports, Andreas Georgiou is a long-time expert practitioner, teacher and author. After being involved for many years in other “heavy athletics”—Olympic-style weightlifting and track and field—he became a student of martial arts in the 1990s. He studied Self-Defense and Jujutsu with Slovak national wrestling champion and security professional Peter Patek in the Slovak Republic while on multi-year posting in that country in the mid-1990s. Upon returning to the US, he trained with Master Shihan Julio Zarate in Maryland, from whom he received his Black Belt in Kindai Ryu Jiujitsu (Ryu Jiujitsu) in 2001. He subsequently also trained in Jigo Tenshin Ryu Jujutsu with GrandMaster Dong Jin Kim in the Washington DC area. Apart from Jujutsu he has trained in Western Boxing in Finley’s Gym in Washington DC with Coach Henry Thomas and has experience in various other martial arts, such as Iaido, Kali and Fencing. Over two decades he has taught martial arts to many students.

In 1997, Dr. Georgiou began his project of researching and comprehensively reconstructing the ancient Olympic combat sport of Pankration, investigating directly the primary sources—in ancient Greek texts and visual arts—and building on the sparse and quite diverse secondary sources in classical studies and the modern martial arts literature. In 2005, Dr. Georgiou completed this project and authored two books on Pankration: Pankration – An Olympic Combat Sport, an illustrated reconstruction, Volume I and Volume II. He also published on Pankration in Black Belt Magazine.

More information on Pankration – An Olympic Combat Sport Volumes I and II is available on the website http://www.pankration.info/ where one can also read the entire first chapter to Volume I, which introduces pankration, and see a table of contents for the two volumes.

Andreas Georgiou was born in Greece in 1960 and he has roots in the Peloponnese and in Crete. He received his primary and secondary education in Greece and then studied in the United States, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and in Political Science/Sociology from Amherst College and subsequently a Ph. D in Economics from the University of Michigan. He worked for 21 years at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC, until 2010. Between 2010 and 2015 he returned to Greece to serve as President of Greece’s National Statistics Office, the Hellenic Statistical Authority. He now resides permanently in the United States.

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Petros L. Tsirigotis

A serious book for serious students of ancient martial arts.

Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2016

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Pankration: An Olympic Combat Sport; Volume 1 is an excellent source for those individuals who are interested in learning about the historical combat sport, pankration. Dr. Georgiou takes the approach, and utilizes the objectivity, of a serious social scientist researching an important historical component of the martial arts. He further apples the lens of a long time practitioner to interpret the data and give it context with respect to athletics. After reading this book, the reader comes away with an understanding of how eerily modern historical pankration really was.

Peter L. Tsirigotis
Author, Developing Body, Mind, and Spirit: A Parents Guide to Martial Arts Training for Kids

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Lawrence K.

A well-rounded education

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2018

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Even with only a casual interest in the martial arts, I have found this book extremely informative. Its strength is that it is well-rounded, covering technique, as well as its roots/history. Well done!

Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2018

Nothing new here. Seemed more like the author was trying to make parallels to the BJJ he practices than focusing on the ancient art. Nice photos of artwork depicting techniques but actually very brief in content.

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