COMBATIVE

SPORTS
 WHAT IS COMBATIVE
SPORTS?
-a competitive contact sport where two
combatants fight against each other
using certain rules of engagement.
 COMBATIVE SPORTS
A contestant wins by scoring more points than
the opponent or by disabling the opponent.
 HISTORY
OF
COMBATIVE
SPORTS
 648-1350 BC
armored foot races, boxing,
wrestling, and pankration
 18 th Century
Germans made a serious sport which
is BOXING.
 1925
Brazilians invented Jui-Jitsu.
 1920-1930
Muay-Thai is developed.
 1960
KARATE and KICKBOXING was
developed became popular in JAPAN
in 1980’s.
Ultimate Fighting
Competition
1993 USA
Unified Rules of Mixed
Martial Arts
Introduced in 2000
Techniques in Classifying
Combative Sports

 Striking
 Grappling
 Weaponry
 STRIKING
Karate, Taekwando, Kickboxing
 Grappling
Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, Wrestling
 Weaponry
Fencing, Arnis, Kendo
Olympic Combat
Sport
 AMATEUR BOXING
(1904 - 2019)
Boxing has been staged at every summer Olympic
games since 1904 except Stockholm in 1912 due to
Swedish law.
 JUDO
(1964, 1972 - 2019).
was not included in the 1968 Mexico City
summer Olympics. Women's judo was added
to the Olympics in 1992 in Barcelona.
 TAEKWONDO
Seoul Games (demonstration sport),
2000 - 2019. Became an official medal sport
at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
WRESTLING (Greco-Roman)
1908-2019
The first form of wrestling to be held at
the Olympic Games.
 WRESTLING (Freestyle)
1920-2019
modified at the 2000 Sydney Games and
reduced the amount of weight categories
provided.
FENCING
1896-2019