Mixed Martial Arts - A History From Ancient Fighting Sports to the Ufc

This book is a fascinating history of mixed martial arts, from ancient fighting sports to the present day. It examines the growth and development of the different sports and features vignettes of famous moments in fighting history alongside stories of the fighters themselves.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: For the Love of Fighting
Chapter 1: Ancient Fighting Sports
Chapter 2: Putting the "Martial" in Martial Arts
Chapter 3: Colonizing Martial Arts
Chapter 4: Fighting Around the World
Chapter 5: Globalization, Media, and MMA
Conclusion: The Future of Fighting Sports
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

L.A. Jennings is the owner and head coach of Train.Fight.Win.MMA in Denver, Colorado. She is the author of She’s a Knockout! A History of Women in Fighting Sports and wrote for VICE on fighting sports history. She has been interviewed by NPR, The Economist, Cosmopolitan, and the HISTORY channel as an expert on the history and culture of MMA. She is an instructor in the Department of English at the University of Colorado Denver.

Product details

• Authors: L. A. Jennings, L.A. Jennings
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.03.2021
• EAN: 9781538141953
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-4195-3
• No. of pages: 260
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Martial arts, self-defence; Martial Arts, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, history of sport, Oriental martial arts, Combat sports & self-defence, SPORTS & RECREATION / Martial Arts / General