ORIGENS , HISTÓRIAS , CURIOSIDADES DO BOXE.

Promote your martial arts school on the channel, symbolic value, contact below. Make a video talking about your school, styles, teachers and consult the regulations to promote on the channel. On this channel you will find videos about martial arts, especially Kung Fu, histories, origins, techniques, styles, benefits. Contacts for partnerships below. We can tell the story of your academy and promote it. [email protected] 21 98160 5051 Hello martial arts friends, I'm back. Boxing, also called pugilism, is a sport that originated in Egypt around 3000 BC as an attraction at the feasts held by the pharaohs. However, the sport only became popular in Ancient Greece, around the 7th century BC, with its inclusion in the Olympic Games. In Ancient Egypt, in addition to boxing, sports such as weightlifting, swimming, and athletics were already practiced at the time. In the tombs of Saqqara, built more than 4,400 years ago, scenes have been identified with boxers fighting while pharaohs and princes watched the competition. Boxing became more popular in Ancient Greece, however, little is known about the rules of the sport at the time. But it was known that fighters could attack with their fists and wrapped their fingers with leather straps. The end of the game was declared when one of the athletes became unconscious or indicated surrender. In Greece, there was also pankration, a combination of wrestling and boxing, an extremely violent event that could even lead to death. The competition involved punches, kicks, knee strikes, headbutts, strangulations, etc. Everything was allowed, except gouging the eyes and attacking the genitals. In the Roman Empire, boxing matches and competitions became more bloody. This is because the fighters, usually gladiators, competed with gloves made of metal. From this period onwards, boxing went into decline. It began to be practiced in Greece and Rome and was a very violent and inhumane sport, as the fighters faced each other to the death. This type of fight was later adopted for the first time in an Olympic Games in 668 BC. This was the 23rd edition of the Ancient Olympic Games, and the boxers used leather straps on their hands to protect their fingers and fought until one of them fell unconscious or admitted defeat. With the fall of the Roman Empire, the culture of boxing was somewhat lost, but it is believed that it continued to be practiced, as its practice was documented at the end of the 9th century in southern England. There was no maximum number of rounds, fighters used bare hands, and the fights were devoid of any rules. Violence was the norm, and victory was given to the one who remained standing while their opponent lay on the ground. However, the English nobleman Marquess of Queensbury, an enthusiast of boxing, decided to give it certain rules, making it fairer, more balanced, and less violent. This is why boxing is nicknamed the Noble Art. In its modern version, boxing emerged in the latter half of the 17th century in England, where the first national champion was James Figg in 1719. At that time, there was no time limit for fights, which only ended with the surrender of one of the opponents. Boxing matches were fought without gloves, wrestling moves were allowed to knock down the opponent, and it was common for a fighter to attack a fallen opponent. The use of gloves, weight divisions, and round limitations were introduced, and boxing came to be considered a true sport by the Western world. The first legalized professional boxing match took place on February 7, 1882, in the United States. Boxing resurfaced in England during the 18th and 19th centuries, practiced with bare hands (without gloves or any type of protection), which made it quite violent. Consequently, the sport needed some modifications to minimize this atrocious character. In 1865, sportsman John Graham Chambers created the "Marquis of Queensberry Rules," a set of rules for the practice of the modern sport. Here are some rules: 1. All fights must take place in an appropriate ring; 2. Each round must last 3 minutes, each with a 1-minute interval; 3. If a boxer is knocked down, a 10-second count will be given for them to get back up without assistance. If the downed athlete is unable to get up within that time, the referee may end the fight and award the victory to the opponent; 4. Boxers must wear new, good-quality boxing gloves;