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2. Minnesota Martial Arts Academy - Wikipedia

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   The Academy provides training in combative martial arts that include Muay Thai, Wrestling, Boxing, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Judo, Filipino Martial Arts, Jeet Kune Do, Modern Army Combatives, and mixed martial arts. [2] The Academy's MMA team, Team Academy, has a winning percentage of 80% [3] Greg Nelson combined his background in NCAA Division 1 ...

3. American Kickboxing Academy - Wikipedia

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   The American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) is a mixed martial arts gym based in San Jose, California. It is one of the pioneering schools of mixed martial arts (MMA). In 2014, AKA opened the AKA Thailand gym in Phuket, Thailand. Prominent trainers include Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu master Leandro Vieira, Bob Cook, Derek Yuen, Javier Mendez, and Andy Fong

4. Combat sport - Wikipedia

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   A study conducted by Lystad showed that combat sports with little to no protective gear such as MMA or boxing has an injury incidence rate range of 85.1–280.7 per 1000 athletes in comparison to another striking combat sport like Taekwondo which has a large amount of protective gear such as pads, headgear, mouth guard and gloves, has an injury ...

5. Sambo (martial art) - Wikipedia

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   The sport is somewhat similar in many ways to judo and jiu-jitsu but also incorporates different types of wrestling and various self-defence systems. Soviet martial arts expert Vasili Oshchepkov is credited as one of the founding fathers. Born into a family of exiles in 1893, Oshchepkov also played a key role in introducing judo into the Soviet ...

6. Stand-up fighting - Wikipedia

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   In martial arts and combat sports, stand-up fighting is hand-to-hand combat between opponents in a standing position, as distinguished from ground fighting. Clinch fighting is stand-up grappling . Fighters employ striking , including striking combinations , using either body parts or melee weapons, to incapacitate or injure the opponent.

7. Clinch fighting - Wikipedia

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   Clinch fighting is the primary focus of many combat sports such as wrestling and it is also a fundamental part of amateur wrestling, sambo, Muay Thai, Lethwei and mixed martial arts. The nature of the clinch during fighting depends on the rules involved in the different sports.