Pupils of the martial arts club Nikko Fight Club took two gold medals at Kyiv Open Pankration
Martial arts club News Pupils of the martial arts club Nikko Fight Club took two gold medals at Kyiv Open Pankration

Pupils of the martial arts club Nikko Fight Club took two gold medals at Kyiv Open Pankration

In the metropolitan sports complex "Meridian" on September 22, athletes showed their skills as part of the All-Ukrainian pankration tournament Kyiv Open Pankration. The competition was dedicated to the Day of Physical Culture and Sports in Ukraine.
Kyiv martial arts club Nikko Fight Club at pankration competitions was represented by Nikita Zyukov and Nikita Kulishov (born in 2002), Evgeniy Slyusarenko > and Egor Pankov (born in 2001).
Nikko Fight Club athletes showed a good level of training, and Nikita Kulishov and Evgeny Slyusarenko won gold medals among juniors.
 
“Congratulations to our young athletes on their victories! Of course, in order to continue to win prizes, the guys need to work hard and improve their technique. We will intensively prepare for the next pankration competitions”,” says Oleg Voloshko, general director of the Nikko Fight Club martial arts club.
 
Recall that the next pankration competition will be held in Kyiv in November this year.
 
History of pankration
Pankration is an ancient martial art that was first included in the competitions of the Olympic Games in ancient times. It was pankration that introduced strikes in a jump, as well as a combination of strikes with grabs, into martial arts.
The progenitors of pankration are Egyptian wrestling, Babylonian fisticuffs, Cretan boxing, Greek fisticuffs.
Why did pankration arise? Because athletes constantly violated the rules in wrestling and fisticuffs. Pankration, in ancient times, provided for a minimum of restrictions: it was not allowed only to bite, scratch and hit in the eyes, and the judge only warned the death or serious injury of one of the fighters. In ancient Sparta, even women participated in such battles.
Special honors awaited the winners of the pankration competition: the status of a Greek hero, a name on the event board and a laurel wreath on their heads.
After the Romans defeated the Greeks, pankration ceased to be the most spectacular duel, giving way to gladiator fights.
 
Advanced Pankration
Modern pankration revives some ancient traditions, but in terms of the nature of combat, it is now much less dangerous. Athletes must use protection, and the fights themselves are limited in time and are held in accordance with the established rules.
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Partners Nikko

Federation of mixed martial arts of Ukraine

Federation of Hand-to-Hand Combat of Ukraine

ZR team Ukraine

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Boxing Federation of Kyiv

Kyiv Pankration Federation

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