1) Ancient Olympic sport 2) European martial art 
[pan-KRAT-ion] A type of wrestling with almost no rules. Pankration was very popular and was one of the Olympic events.
an ancient Greek athletic event involving a combination of wrestling and boxing though no himantes, boxing gloves, were used; in myth, the hero Theseus invented the pankration as a result of using both wrestling and boxing to defeat the Minotaur; a dangerous event, the pankration had two forms, kato pankration in which the athletes could fall to th...
A type of wrestling with almost no rules; one of the Olympic events.
An ancient Greek Olympic competition and style which featured some of the same techniques and methods of today's modern mixed martial arts.
An ancient Greek Olympic competition and style which featured some of the same techniques and methods of today's modern mixed martial arts.
An ancient Greek Olympic competition and style which featured some of the same techniques and methods of today's modern mixed martial arts.