| Freestyle Fighting | |
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 Rashad Evans striking Tito Ortiz |
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| Also known as | Mixed Martial Arts |
| Focus | Striking, Grappling |
| Hardness | full contact |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Creator | None |
| Parenthood | Boxing, Kickboxing, Wrestling |
| Famous practitioners | Kimbo Slice, Rashad Evans |
| Olympic Sport | No |
Freestyle Fighting is a synthesis of various styles of martial arts such that the practitioner is free from only one style and able to use whatever is necessary to defeat the opponent. Rashad Anton Evans (born September 25, 1979 in Niagara Falls New York) is an American Mixed martial arts (MMA fighter currently Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz (born January 23, 1975) is a Mexican American Mixed martial artist and former Ultimate Fighting Championship Mixed martial arts (MMA is a full contact Combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques from a mixture of Martial arts traditions and A strike is an attack with an inanimate object such as a Weapon, or with a part of the human body intended to cause an effect upon an opponent or to simply cause harm to Grappling refers to the gripping handling and controlling of an opponent without the use of striking, typically through the application of various Grappling holds The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, Wrestling is the act of physical engagement between two people in which each wrestler strives to get an advantage over or control of the opponent Kevin Ferguson (born on February 8, 1974 in Nassau Bahamas) better known as Kimbo Slice, is a Bahamian American Mixed Rashad Anton Evans (born September 25, 1979 in Niagara Falls New York) is an American Mixed martial arts (MMA fighter currently Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for Combat. It varies from practitioner to practitioner in both technique and effectiveness, and has become very popular in today's mixed martial arts or no-holds-barred fighting competitions. Mixed martial arts (MMA is a full contact Combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques from a mixture of Martial arts traditions and
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Meaning
Freestyle fighting does not imply an absence of style in full. It is instead a joining of any technique, style, or concept/philosophy, similar to Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do. Bruce Lee ( November 27 1940 – July 20 1973 was an American-born Martial artist, Philosopher, instructor, Martial arts actor and the Jeet Kune Do ( Chinese: 截[[Wiktionary 拳|拳]] 道 Cantonese: Jitkyùndou Pinyin: Jiéquándào, lit Like Jeet Kune Do, the term freestyle is also generic and can be used by anyone at any time. The name is thought to mean the same as Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), which refers directly to combat sports, but MMA is a coined phrase for competition and not a style, hence there are no athletes who claim to be simply a "mixed martial artist" when competing. Freestyle fighting can refer to using anything possible, including things that are not allowed in competitions like biting or striking the throat, which gives its name distinction from "Mixed Martial Arts. "
Practitioners
The name "freestyle fighter" may be used by anyone who chooses to use it. A Karateka may use freestyle fighting if he prefers because it is a generally open term though usually when someone is a freestylist, they emphasize independently observing techniques to learn how they are used. In Puerto Rico, freestyle Goju-ryu is commonly practiced by Goju-ryu pracititioners who felt the art was too crystalized or too linear and began to research it themselves to find what is practical. Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} (Japanese for "hard-soft style" is one of the main traditional Okinawan styles of Karate, featuring a combination of hard and soft techniques This is one example of freestyle fighting. There are also those athletes who refer to their styles as freestyle such as Kimbo Slice, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, and Remy Bonjasky. Kevin Ferguson (born on February 8, 1974 in Nassau Bahamas) better known as Kimbo Slice, is a Bahamian American Mixed Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou Nkamhoua (born April 18, 1984) sometimes billed simply as Sokoudjou, is a Cameroonian Mixed martial artist Remy "The Flying Gentleman" Bonjasky (born January 10, 1976 in Paramaribo, Suriname) is a Muay Thai fighter from the
Outside of fighting systems popular in competitions, some forms of fighting used among freestyle fighting practitioners include:
Another example of freestyle fighting is street fighting. Jeet Kune Do ( Chinese: 截[[Wiktionary 拳|拳]] 道 Cantonese: Jitkyùndou Pinyin: Jiéquándào, lit ( or is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands from indigenous fighting methods and Chinese Kenpō. Muay Thai ( IPA: /muɑɪtʰɑɪ/ muāitʰāi มวยไทย lit Street fighting is a term used to denote unsanctioned usually illegal hand-to-hand Fighting in public places between individuals or groups of people Street fighters are people who make use of fighting knowledge they gather for themselves without any commitment to a martial art and adding only what they find useful to their arsenal while fighting or even gathering knowledge from any source including books and other street fighters. Even with freestylists who do commit to the martial arts, the "street fighter's mentality"(no rules in a fight) is usually adopted.
See also
- Mixed martial arts
- Hybrid martial arts
- Street fighting
- Combat sports
- Freestyle Fighting Championship
External links
Mixed martial arts (MMA is a full contact Combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques from a mixture of Martial arts traditions and For the combat sport see Mixed martial arts. Hybrid martial arts (also known as hybrid fighting systems) refer to Martial arts Street fighting is a term used to denote unsanctioned usually illegal hand-to-hand Fighting in public places between individuals or groups of people A combat sport (also known as a combative sport) is a competitive Contact sport where two combatants fight against each other using certain rules of engagement typically Freestyle Fighting Championship is a Mixed martial arts fighting event held in the United States and was started in Biloxi, Mississippi inDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic