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MIXED MARTIAL ARTS Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques, from a mixture of martial arts traditions and non-traditions, to be used. The rules allow the use of striking and grappling techniques, both while standing and on the ground. Pictured below Sensei Frank with UFC President Dana White  JIU-JITSU Japanese Jiu-Jitsu evolved among the samurai of feudal Japan as a method for defeating an armed and armored opponent without weapons. Due to the ineffectiveness of striking against an armored opponent, the most efficient methods for neutralizing an enemy took the form of pins, joint locks, and throws. These techniques were developed around the principle of using an attacker's energy against him, rather than directly opposing it. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu promotes the principle that a smaller, weaker person using leverage and proper technique can successfully defend against a bigger, stronger assailant using joint-holds and chokeholds to defeat an opponent. Picture below Sensei Frank with world-renown Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Practitioner and MMA fighter Renzo Gracie.   Sensei Frank DiBenedetto
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