Bucks County Kickboxing

Mixed Martial Arts

     Our Mixed Martial Arts program or (MMA) is designed for practical self defense. It is comprised of many different styles of martial arts including Gracie or Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Submission Wrestling, Judo, Boxing, Jun Fan Gung Fu (Bruce Lee's martial art), Muay Thai and Dirty Boxing. You will learn how to flow between all the ranges of combat. Kicking and punching range, trapping, clinching, pummeling, takedowns, and ground submissions. We do not do (kata) and we do not break boards! This is a no nonsense approach to truely defending yourself. Many of the techniques you will learn are used by law enforcement and military special forces. Keep in mind, every class is conducted in a safe and fun learning environment!

     Mixed Martial Arts or MMA is the 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. MMA is also sometimes considered an evolution of pankration, which is a combination of striking and grappling that was introduced in the Olympic games in 648 BC. The "Pancrase" fighting promotion in Japan has strong ties to modern MMA and actually predates the " UFC " by a few months. Older still are the events in Brazil, which began with the famous ' Gracie Challenge' instituted by Helio Gracie and his family. Several competitors in later American promotions, were already veterans of Brazilian MMA competitions known as ' Vale Tudo. '  Allan Goes, Royler Gracie and Marco Ruas are a few to name. Ruas fought in Vale Tudo No Maracanazinho on Nov. 30, 1984, some ten years prior to the first  "UFC "