An A-to-Z List of Martial Arts Styles: Part 4

More martial arts styles, covering P-T:

• Pankration (Greece): Pankration is an ancient martial art experiencing a modern revival. One of the sports featured in the ancient Greek Olymic games, it’s a mixture of boxing and wrestling likely to be familiar to any MMA fan.
  
• Qwan Ki Do (Vietnam): Established in 1981 by Master Pham Xuân Tong, Quan Ki Dao (Quán khí đạo) stands for “Way of the Body’s Energy”. It includes both open-hand techniques (using a variety of animal forms) and weapons techniques.
  
• Rumi Maki (Peru): An ancient art — the combination of fighting styles from the multiple pre-Incan cultures of the area — Rumi Maki means “Hand of Stone”. Modern Rumi Maki has five levels, each with a different focus. Conditioning the body and weapons forms are also important parts of this style and it has a spiritual component which students learn at level 5.
  
• Savate (France): Meaning “old-[style] shoe”, Savate is one of the few kick boxing styles where the participants are expected to wear shoes. Originally a street-fighting form, Savate uses colored gloves, rather than belts to denote ranking. Its techniques encompass a variety of punches and kicks.
  
• Tahtib (Egypt): [Scroll down to about the middle of the linked page] A type of stick-fighting, tahtib is also used as a form of Middle Eastern dance performed by men. It can be performed on foot or from horseback and has been used as a form of street fighting and gang warfare in Egypt.
  

Other Posts in this Series:

• An A-to-Z List of Martial Arts Styles: Part 1 (A – E)
• An A-to-Z List of Martial Arts Styles: Part 2 (F – J)
• An A-to-Z List of Martial Arts Styles: Part 3 (K – O)
• An A-to-Z List of Martial Arts Styles: Part 4 (P – T)
• An A-to-Z List of Martial Arts Styles: Part 5 (V – Z)

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