Aris Makris is the instructor of Spartan Pankration Academy. With 34 years training in the martial arts he has been teaching Pankration in Canada and abroad for the last 20 years.

He started training from at a young age and was influenced by legendary fighters such as Bruce Lee and other actors in martial arts movies. He has trained in a variety of systems and training methods like Greco Roman Wrestling, Chinese Boxing, Muay Thai, Viet Vo Dao, Boxing, Judo, Jujitsu, Kyokushin Kai, Wing Chun, Chow Gar, Kajukembo, Cabales Escrima and Cacoy Canete Doce Pares Eskrima/Eskrido.

 
PANKRATION: a brief overview

PANKRATION is in the understanding of how human being develops and transforms himself into a complete warrior and by which methods that objective is accomplished. The ancient Greeks were known to examine and analyze everything and anything especially when it came to the business and art of war.

 

For someone to have a firm understanding of PANKRATION, it is very important to understand its history and reason for its development and for what type of conditions it was developed and practiced.

 

In ancient Greece the demands of the Hoplite were enormous and because the risk of him loosing his shield and sword in battle were very present, he had to make sure that he could overcome his enemy with "hands, feet and teeth" as Philostratos says.

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