MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, KEMPO COMBATIVES, AND MARINE CORPS MARTIAL ARTS
PANCRASE is a professional sport in which athletes compete employing; skill, physical strength, mental power, intelligence and luck. Athletes utilize; striking, kicking, throwing and submission techniques from various martial arts. All combatants will observe the rules and compete with a sportsman-like attitude.
The origin of PANCRASE dates back to the ancient Greek Olympic games. First introduced in 648 B.C. at the 33rd Olympiad, a form of free-style fighting called Pancration would soon become the most popular and demanding of all athletic events. Olympic Pancration integrated every physical and mental resource; hands and feet, mind and spirit, in the closest simulation of competitive fighting that any culture has ever allowed. It was the ultimate Olympic sport for over a thousand years. Today, martial artists from around the globe descend upon Japan to do battle in Pancrase, the most exciting and demanding sport in modern-day athletic competition.
PANCRASE was founded in 1993, by Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki. Their goal was to produce a new mixed-martial arts competition utilizing the world's best professional fighters. Many martial arts techniques are employed in PANCRASE matches including; wrestling, judo, boxing, sambo, karate, kenpo, jiu-jitsu, and Thai boxing. The most important aspect of PANCRASE fighting is the need for combatants to adapt their techniques to this unique competition. PANCRASE fighters must cross-train in many disciplines to be successful. The alternative is almost certain defeat.
In the PANCRASE logo, red indicates blood and black represents the various styles of martial arts. The PANCRASE cross represents the best techniques from all martial arts.
PANCRASE fighters come from around the world including: Japan, U.S.A., Canada, Holland, Sweden, Austria, U.K., France, Australia, Brazil, Russia, Armenia, Georgia, Lithuania, Korea, and India. The number of countries has been increasing every year. We have been contacted by fighters in other countries including China, Philippines, Mexico, Chili, and Germany who will soon join the ranks as prestigious PANCRASE fighters.
The territory of PANCRASE events continues to expand. PANCRASE events have been aired by pay-per-view in the U.S. since 1996. PANCRASE is also in negotiation with Latin America and other Asian countries to introduce the PANCRASE events in their territories.
In addition to producing professional PANCRASE competitions, the PANCRASE Organization currently has four official gyms in Japan, one in the United States and several other affiliated training centers world-wide.
For more information on Pancrase log onto www.Starzworld.com or www.highaltitudema.com.
The Kempo Combatives is a self-defense/hand to hand combat system. It consist of all the self-defense techniques of the traditional system plus kickboxing, knife fighting, grappling and weapons of opportunity.
We also teach the Marine Corps Martial Art Program. We have an average of three MCMAP instructors in the school on a weekly basis. We have Instructor Trainers on occasion as well. We have promoted over 100 Marines in the MCMAP program.
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