The Academy of Mixed Martial Arts

The MMA academy is the official facility that provides all interested individuals that want to train and become a professional or to stay in shape with this sport. Nowadays since the increased of popularity of this sport, you can find a variety of academies worldwide. Mixed martial arts also known as MMA is a full contact sport fighting sport that involves the usage of grappling and striking techniques, which are both on the floor or standing. This sport includes the following combat sports: Wrestling, Boxing, Muay Thai, Kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu jitsu, Judo, Karate, Taekwondo and other styles.

Back to the Greco Roman era, there was an ancient Olympic combat sport called Pankration. This sport is very similar to MMA because it also involves the skills of striking and grappling. Pankration originated in the ancient Greece and later was passed to the Romans. Originally this sport was brought to the United States by the Gracie family in 1993. The Gracie family brought a combat sport called Vale Tudo in 1993, which originated in Brazil in the 1920s. Vale Tudo is a full contact combat sport that uses skills from other martial art styles. The MMA academy focuses on instructing many martial art styles and cage fighting.

The MMA gear for males are shorts, mouthguard and groin protectors under their shorts. The gear for females are shorts, sport bras and mouthguard. The mixed martial arts training involves cardiovascular train and stand up, ground, clinch techniques. The MMA academy mission is to provide the best of this great sport to all individuals.