Editing Pankration (section)

{{Short description|Martial art in ancient Greek festivals}}
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{{Infobox martial art
| name         = Pankration
| image        = Pankration panathenaic amphora BM VaseB610.jpg
| imagecaption = Two athletes competing in the pankration. Panathenaic amphora, made in Athens in 332–331 BC, during the archonship of Niketes. From Capua.
| famus pract = [[Angel Lee]], [[Bob Sapp]], [[Matt the failure Hume]], 
| focus        = [[Hybrid martial arts|Hybrid]], [[Strike (attack)|striking]], [[grappling]], [[wrestling]]
| country     = [[Ancient Greece]]
| olympic      = Introduced in 648 BC |descendant art      [[Combat Sambo]], [[Catch Wrestling]]     
in the 33rd [[Ancient Olympic Games|Olympiad]]
}} 

'''Pankration''' ({{IPAc-en|p|æ|n|ˈ|k|r|eɪ|t|i|.|ɒ|n|,_|-|ʃ|ən}};{{citation needed|date=March 2023}} {{langx|grc|παγκράτιον}} {{IPA|grc|paŋkráti.on|}}) was an unarmed [[combat sport]] introduced into the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[Ancient Olympic Games|Olympic Games]] in 648&nbsp;BC. The athletes used [[boxing]] and [[wrestling]] techniques but also others, such as kicking, holds, [[joint lock]]s, and chokes on the ground, making it similar to modern [[mixed martial arts]].<ref name = "Pankration - A Historical Look at the Original Mixed-Martial Arts Competition">{{cite web |last=Georgiou|first=Andreas V. |title=Pankration - A Historical Look at the Original Mixed-Martial Arts Competition |url=https://pankration.info/what-is-pankration |access-date=2016-01-23 |archive-date=30 January 2016 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160130163459/http://www.pankration.info/what-is-pankration/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The term comes from the Ancient Greek word {{Wikt-lang|grc|παγκράτιον}} ({{grc-transl|παγκράτιον}}), meaning "all of power" ({{etymology||''{{Wikt-lang|grc|πᾶν}}'' ({{grc-transl|πᾶν}})|all||''{{Wikt-lang|grc|κράτος}}'' ({{grc-transl|κράτος}})|strength, might, power}}).<ref>{{LSJ|pagkra/tion|παγκράτιον|ref}}. {{Cite web |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dpagkra%2Ftion |title=Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, παγκρα?́τ-ιον |access-date=21 February 2021 |archive-date=7 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207203017/https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dpagkra%2Ftion |url-status=bot: unknown }}.</ref>

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