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Shootfighting is a combat sport and martial art, with competitions governed by the International Shootfighting Association (ISFA). Shootfighting incorporates techniques from a multitude of traditional martial arts, the most principle of these being Muay Thai and Catch Wrestling. Image File history File links Logo_isfa. ... Image File history File links Logo_isfa. ... A combat sport is a competitive sport involving the use of punch, kick, throw, joint locks, and/or a weapon for attack and defence. ... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... Muay Thai (IPA: [/muai32 32/]; Thai: ) (Thai Boxing) is the Thai name for a form of hard martial art practiced in several Southeast Asian countries including Thailand, Cambodia (where it is Pradal Serey), Malaysia (where it is known as Tomoi) and as a similar style in Myanmar (called Lethwei). ... Catch wrestling is a popular style of wrestling with origins in a variety of styles, most notably those of Lancashire, England, collar-and-elbow, and catch-as-catch-can (which is the immediate source of its name). ...

Shootfighting was previously used synonymously with mixed martial arts competitions in Japan, as opposed to shoot-style professional wrestling competitions. This usage of the term is retired from common usage because it became a registered trademark of Bart Vale, who uses it to describe his hybrid fighting system derived from shoot wrestling, but it is still sometimes used colloquially. Ryan Purwick (top) works the guard of Joaquin Velasco. ... Shootfighting Shoot wrestling is a general term that describes a range of hybrid fighting systems originating in Japan in the late 1970s, in close association with Japanese professional wrestling. ... Professional wrestling is generally any form of performance art in which pro-wrestlers receive payment for participating. ... Combatives FM 21-150 Figure 4-1, Vital Targets. ... Shootfighting Shoot wrestling is a general term that describes a range of hybrid fighting systems originating in Japan in the late 1970s, in close association with Japanese professional wrestling. ...

Examples which were once considered shootfighting styles, tournaments or organizations are Pancrase, Shoot boxing and Shooto, where many fighters still considered themselves to be shootfighters. Pancrase or Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling as an organization was founded in Japan in 1993 by Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Shooto logo ISC logo This article deals with the martial arts organization, for the baseball pitch, see gyroball. ...

History of shootfighting

Shootfighting as a synonym for mixed martial arts, had its genesis 1970's, when Karl Gotch taught a group of Japanese professional wrestlers catch wrestling techniques, called "hooking" or "shooting". In 1976, one of these pro-wrestlers, Antonio Inoki, hosted a series of mixed martial arts matches. This led to an increased interest in real and effective technique, and eventually led to the creation of shoot wrestling, with some shoot-style professional wrestling organizations hosting legitimate mixed martial arts bouts, called "shoots". In the 1990's the interest grew, and certain shoot-style organizations like Pancrase evolved into pure "shoot" organizations. The term "shootfighting" was frequently used to describe these events and styles. Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a combat sport in which two competitors attempt to achieve dominance over one another by utilizing a wide variety of permitted martial arts techniques, including striking and grappling. ... Categories: American professional wrestlers | Professional wrestling stubs ... Catch wrestling is a popular style of wrestling with origins in a variety of styles, most notably those of Lancashire, England, collar-and-elbow, and catch-as-catch-can (which is the immediate source of its name). ... In professional wrestling, a shoot refers to any event that is unplanned and spontaneous: that is, it is real, not staged. ... Antonio Inoki (アントニオ猪木), real name Kanji Inoki (猪木寛至 Inoki Kanji, born February 20, 1943) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist who now resides in New York City. ... Shootfighting Shoot wrestling is a general term that describes a range of hybrid fighting systems originating in Japan in the late 1970s, in close association with Japanese professional wrestling. ... Shootfighting Shoot wrestling is a general term that describes a range of hybrid fighting systems originating in Japan in the late 1970s, in close association with Japanese professional wrestling. ... Professional wrestling is generally any form of performance art in which pro-wrestlers receive payment for participating. ... Pancrase or Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling as an organization was founded in Japan in 1993 by Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki. ...

The word "shootfighting" was however coined by Bart Vale, an American with a background in wrestling. He was the Japanese Professional Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi (PWFG, a Japanese shoot-style professional wrestling organization) champion for close to three years. Upon moving back to America, Bart Vale used the term "shootfighting" to describe his own hybrid fighting system, which was a combination of the shoot wrestling techniques he had learned in Japan, and his experience in American karate and kickboxing. He also founded the International Shootfighting Association to promote shootfighting as a combat sport. Wrestling, also called grappling, is an ancient physical combat sport in which two opponents attempt to control the other without the use of striking. ... Shootfighting Shoot wrestling is a general term that describes a range of hybrid fighting systems originating in Japan in the late 1970s, in close association with Japanese professional wrestling. ... Professional wrestling is generally any form of performance art in which pro-wrestlers receive payment for participating. ... Combatives FM 21-150 Figure 4-1, Vital Targets. ... Shootfighting Shoot wrestling is a general term that describes a range of hybrid fighting systems originating in Japan in the late 1970s, in close association with Japanese professional wrestling. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Kicking to left side Kickboxing is a generic term for a sporting martial art that, while similar to boxing, uses the feet as well as the hands for striking. ... A combat sport is a competitive sport involving the use of punch, kick, throw, joint locks, and/or a weapon for attack and defence. ...

Rules

(Extract from the ISFA homepages')

Currently professional shootfighting matches consists only of a heavyweight (200 lb or more) division. But there are lighter divisions for amateur competitors. Pro matches run 30 minutes non-stop, amateurs 10 minutes. Held inside a standard wrestling ring, competitors are allowed to kick, knee or elbow any part of the body except the groin, as well as headbutt. Punches are allowed to the body. Since no gloves are worn to facilitate wrestling, punches are not allowed to the head through open hand palms, but slaps and punches are allowed. Any type of throw or takedown is legal and competitors are allowed to hit a downed opponent. Additionally, any type of joint lock is legal as are chokes against the side of the neck. The only foul consists of punches to the face, eye-gouges, techniques against the windpipe and groin strikes. Wrestling, also called grappling, is an ancient physical combat sport in which two opponents attempt to control the other without the use of striking. ... A taekwondo sidekick. ... A knee (technically referred to as a knee strike) is a martial arts and combatives term for a strike with the knee. ... An elbow strike(commonly referred to as simply an elbow) is a martial arts and combatives term for a strike with the point of the elbow, the part of the forearm nearest to the elbow, or the part of the upper arm nearest to the elbow. ... The groin is the crease at the junction of the torso with the legs and the adjacent region that includes the external genitals. ... A headbutt to the chest A headbutt is a strike with the head, typically involving the use of robust parts of the cranium as area of impact. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sacrifice throws are considered risky since they put the thrower in a disadvantagous position. ... A takedown is a martial arts and combat sports term for a technique that involves off-balancing an opponent and forcing him or her to the ground, typically with the combatant performing the takedown landing on top. ... A marine stomping a downed opponent. ... The juji-gatame armbar is one of the most versatile and effective joint locks. ... The lateral vascular neck restraint is a very potent chokehold. ... Eye-gouging refers to pressing or tearing the eye using the fingers or other instruments. ... The trachea (IPA treik-i-a), or windpipe, is a tube extending from the larynx to the bronchi in mammals, and from the pharynx to the syrinx in birds, carrying air to the lungs. ... A groin attack is an attempt to cause pain to the groin area of ones opponent, either through punching, kicking, grappling, squeezing or biting. ...

Fights are won when a competitor is knocked down for a ten-count, knocked down five times or forced to submit. A fighter caught in a submission hold may grab the ropes to break the hold, but this counts as a 1/3 of a knock down. Grabbing the ropes 15 times equals a loss. Bouts that go to the full time limit are declared a draw. Knocked down may refer to: A car kit, see CKD. Being knocked down in combat sports. ... A submission (depending on the context also referred to as a tap out or tapping out) is a combat sports term for yielding to the opponent, and hence resulting in an immediate defeat. ...

See also

• List of professional wrestling styles
• Pancrase
• Pride Fighting Championships
• Puroresu
• Shooto
• Ultimate Fighting Championship
• Vale tudo

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References

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External links

• International Shootfighting Association The homepage of the International Shootfighting Association.

• Website of the film 'Catch - the hold not taken', a documentary on Shoot Wrestling and its impact on MMA