Combined Martial Arts – from kick boxing to judo
Published: 08 April, 2009, 14:16
Combined Martial Arts have taken the world by storm over the last decade, and now it seems there's yet another discipline to add to the ever growing list.
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12.05.2010, 11:55
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Is there one martial art that can top all the others? One of the world's best Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters, Aleksandr Emelianenko, says that it is the Russian combat discipline of sambo.
22.04.2010, 14:33
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25.02.2010, 10:05
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The founder of a Russian combat school says you do not even need to touch your enemy to defeat him. What you really need, though, is the right mental attitude.
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Published: 08 April, 2009, 14:16
Combined Martial Arts have taken the world by storm over the last decade, and now it seems there's yet another discipline to add to the ever growing list.