Combat sport - wikipedia Combat sport Combat sport Boxing is a common fighting sport Characteristics Contact Yes Team members No Mixed gender No A combat sport, or fighting sport, is a competitive contact sport with one - on - one combat. Determining the winner depends on the particular contest 's rules. In many fighting sports, a contestant wins by scoring more points than the opponent or by disabling the opponent. Mixed Martial Arts, Boxing, Wrestling, Savate, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, sanda, Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Brazilian Jiu - jitsu, Sambo and Fencing are examples of combat sports. Contents 1 History 2 Popularity of combat sports by gender 3 Modern sports 4 List of combat sports 4.1 Striking 4.2 Grappling 4.3 Hybrid 4.4 Weapons 5 Techniques 6 Olympic Combat Sports 7 Protective Gear / Clothing 8 See also 9 References History Further information : History of martial arts Folk wrestling exists in many forms and in most cultures, and can be considered a cultural universal. The Ancient Olympic Games were largely composed of sports that tested skills related to combat, such as armored foot races, boxing, wrestling, pankration and chariot racing, amongst others. Combat sports are first recorded during the Olympic games of 648 B.C. with pankration. Pankration allowed competitors to use all striking and grappling techniques. The only rules for this sport in its origin were no biting and no eye gouging. A winner was decided by submission, unconsciousness, or even death of an opponent. It is a common occurrence for matches to last for hours. Pankration grew in popularity during the Hellenic Period. Matches were in small square arenas to promote engagement. This tradition of combat sports was taken even further by the Romans with gladiators who would fight with weapons, sometimes to the death. Through the Middle ages and Renaissance the tournament became popular, with jousting as a main event. While the tournament was popular amongst aristocrats, combative sports were practiced by all levels of society. The German school of late medieval martial arts distinguished sportive combat ( schimpf ) from serious combat ( ernst ). In the German Renaissance, sportive combat competitions were known as Fechtschulen, corresponding to the Prize Playing in Tudor England. Out of these Prize Playing events developed the English boxing ( or prizefighting ) of the 18th century, which evolved into modern boxing with the introduction of the Marquess of Queensberry rules in 1867. Amateur boxing was part of the modern Olympic Games since their introduction in 1904. Professional boxing became popular in the United States in the 1920s and experienced a `` golden age '' after World War II. The creation of Brazilian Jiu - Jitsu is attributed to the Gracie family of Brazil in 1925 after Asian martial arts were introduced to Brazil. Vale - tudo, wrestling, muay thai kickboxing and luta livre gained popularity. Modern Muay Thai was developed in the 1920s to 1930s. Sambo was introduced in the Soviet Union. Modern Taekwondo also emerged after the Japanese occupation of Korea and became an Olympic sport in 2000. Sanshou as part of modern wushu was developed in the People 's Republic of China since the 1950s. Kickboxing and full contact karate were developed in the 1960s and became popular in Japan and the West during the 1980s and 1990s. Modern Mixed Martial Arts developed out of the interconnected subcultures of Brazilian Jiu - Jitsu and shoot wrestling. It was introduced in Japan in the form of Shooto in 1985, and in the United States as Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC ) in 1993. Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts were introduced in 2000, and the sport experienced a peak of popularity in the 2000s. With the popularity of MMA hitting its peak in the 2000s it allowed for multiple brands and promotions to become established and form legitimate businesses. The most well - known promotion for MMA is UFC as of 2016, this is due to being able to purchase most of the other competitors such as Strikeforce on March 11, 2011 and World Extreme Cagefighting ( WEC ) in late 2006 and later merged with the Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC ) after its final fight on December 16, 2010. There are still other promotions working, such as Bellator MMA, ONE Championship and many others. A photo of Connor McGregor, Jose Aldo and Dana White at a press conference for the fight between McGregor and Aldo. This shows the two fighters posing for media, increasing revenue and interest in the fight. Popularity of combat sports by gender Males have been the gender that will often react, enjoy and seek out combat sports due to being a male dominated sport. For many years combat sports were a male only sport with the first recorded female combat sport event in the United States of America on March 28, 1997. A study conducted by Greenwell, Hancock, Simmons and Thorn during 2015 reported that men had more experience in watching and seeking out MMA events unlike women. With this interest in combat sport, companies and promotions such as UFC or Bellator MMA have aimed advertising towards the male demographic as combat sports was more prevalent within that gender. Modern sports Today athletes usually fight one - on - one, but may still use various skill sets such as strikes in boxing that only allows punching, taekwondo where punches and kicks are the focus or muay thai and burmese boxing that also allow the use of elbows and knees. There are also grappling based sports that may concentrate on obtaining a superior position as in freestyle or Collegiate wrestling, using throws such as in judo and Greco - Roman wrestling, or using submissions as in Brazilian jiu - jitsu. Modern mixed martial arts competitions are similar to the historic Greek Olympic sport of pankration and allow a wide range of both striking and grappling techniques. Combat sports may also be armed and the athletes compete using weapons, such as types of sword in western fencing ( the foil, épée and saber ) and kendo ( shinai ). Modern combat sports may also wear complex armour, like SCA Heavy Combat and kendo. In Gatka and Modern Arnis sticks are used, sometimes representing knives and swords. List of combat sports Striking Fist Fighting ( Boxing ) Historical Ancient Greek boxing ( Pygmachia ) Historical Russian Fist Fighting ( Kulachniy Boy ) Historical English Bare - Knuckle Boxing ( Pugilism ) Modern Amateur ( Olympic ) Boxing Modern Professional Boxing Kickboxing ( under K1, American & European rules ) and analogous styles Musti - yuddha ( Indian Kickboxing ) Savate ( French kickboxing ) Sanda ( Chinese kickboxing ) Indochinese Kickboxing Muay Thai ( Thai Boxing ) Muay Lao ( Lao Boxing ) Lethwei ( Burmese boxing ) Full Contact Karate Taekwondo ( under World Taekwondo and ITF rules ) Shoot boxing Japanese combat sport introduced in 1985. Grappling Pinning, clinching and takedown oriented wrestling Ancient Greek wrestling ( Pale ) Beach wrestling Belt wrestling Judo ( Olympic Judo ) Freestyle wrestling Greco - Roman wrestling ( French Wrestling ) Scholastic wrestling ( American Folkstyle ) Sport Sambo Sumo Submission grappling : Brazilian Jiu - Jitsu ( under Gi & no Gi rules ) luta livre FILA Grappling Folk wrestling ( Numerous Regional Styles Worldwide ) shuai jiao ( Chinese jacket wrestling ) Catch wrestling ( Western Submission Wrestling ) Hybrid Hybrid martial arts, combining striking and grappling elements : Pankration ( Ancient Greek Freestyle Fighting ). modern Amateur Pankration Dambe traditional form of boxing, including kicking and wrestling elements, practiced by the Hausa people. Combat Sambo : Russian sport introduced in the 1920s. kudo Vale Tudo ( No Rules Freestyle Fighting ), derived from Brazilian circus shows of the 1920s. Sanshou ( Sanda ) ( Chinese kickboxing within Contemporary Wushu, includes some grappling techniques ), institutionalized as part of modern Wushu since the 1950s. Shoot - style wrestling, since the 1980s. Shootfighting Shoot boxing Japanese combat sport introduced in 1985. Mixed Martial Arts ( Freestyle Fighting ), since the 1990s. Weapons ( simulated ) bladed weapons Matrak in 16th - century Ottoman Empire Fechtschulen ( fencing competitions ) in 16th - to 17th - century Germany traditional academic fencing ( mainly in Germany, 16th century to present ) Kendo ( Japanese fencing ) Modern fencing SCA heavy combat Belegarth Medieval Combat Society Dagorhir Historical European martial arts Historical medieval battles ( HMB ) sportive stick fighting Quarterstaff ( historical English, 17th to 18th century ) Singlestick ( 1904 Summer Olympics ) Bâton français Gatka ( Punjabi stick fighting ) Arnis ( Filipino stick fighting ) hastilude Modern competitive jousting Techniques The techniques used can be categorized into three domains : striking, grappling, and weapon usage, with some hybrid rule - sets combining striking and grappling. In combat sports the use of these various techniques are highly regulated to minimize permanent or severe physical damage to each participant though means of organized officiating by a single or multiple referees that can distribute penalties or interrupt the actions of the competitors during the competition. In weapon based sports, the weapons used are made to be non-lethal by means of modifying the striking portions of the weapon and requiring participants to wear protective clothing / armor. Olympic combat sports Amateur boxing - ( 1904 - 2016 ). Boxing has been staged at every summer Olympic games since 1904 except Stockholm in 1912 due to Swedish law. Judo - ( 1964, 1972 - 2016 ). Judo was not included in the 1968 Mexico City summer Olympics. Women 's judo was added to the Olympics in 1992 in Barcelona. Taekwondo - 1988 Seoul Games ( demonstration sport ), 2000 - 2016. Became an official medal sport at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Wrestling ( Greco - Roman ) - ( 1908 - 2016 ). The first form of wrestling to be held at the Olympic Games. Wrestling ( Freestyle ) - ( 1920 - 2016 ). Was modified at the 2000 Sydney Games and reduced the amount of weight categories provided. Pankration and singlestick are two other forms of combat sports that have been included in the olympics. These combat sports were introduced to the Olympic Games in the early 1900s however singlestick was only represented at the 1904 Olympic games and pankration whilst lasting four centuries in Ancient Greek Olympia 's, was not included at all after 1900. Fencing - ( 1896 - 2016 ) Competitive fencing is one of the five activities which have been featured in every modern Olympic Games, the other four being athletics, cycling, swimming, and gymnastics. Protective gear / clothing In combat sports, victory is obtained from blows, punches or attacks to the head to a point of physical injury that the opponent is unable to continue. Different forms of combat sport have different rules and regulations into the equipment competitors have to wear. In Amateur boxing seen at the Olympics, competitors are permitted to wear head guards and correctly weighted padded gloves, mouth guards are optional and the canvas floor protection from a hard fall. In sports such as Taekwondo, competitors are permitted to wear a trunk protector, head guard, gloves, groin guard and shin and forearm pads. Professional boxing and UFC are two of the most dangerous combat sports in the world due to the lack of protective gear worn. Competitors in these two sports have the option to wear a mouthguard and must wear suitable gloves. The lack of protective clothing makes competitors vulnerable to concussion and further traumatic head injuries. A scientific experiment, conducted last year by Dr Andrew McIntosh of ACRISP at the Federation University of Australia, tested the impact of 7 different head guards in combat sport. The results of the experiment revealed the benefits of the combination of a glove and headguard in maximising the impact energy attenuation. A study conducted by Lystad showed that combat sports with little to no protective gear such as MMA or boxing has an injury incidence rate range of 85.1 - 280.7 per 1000 athletes in comparison to another striking combat sport like Taekwondo which has a large amount of protective gear such as pads, headgear, mouth guard and gloves, has an injury incidence rate range of 19.1 - 138.8 per 1000 athletes. This means that injury rates are drastically lowered when protective gear is used. List of Protective Gear / Clothing Gloves Head gear Mouthguard Shin Guards Arm Guards Groin Guard Trunk Protector Wraps ( Material wrapped around the hand that provides added protection and support ) See also Hand - to - hand combat Martial arts Hoplology References Jump up ^ Poliakoff, Michael. 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Question: what fighting events are there in the modern olympics
Answer: Amateur boxing