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The question today is from Kurt.

Did Alexander the Great's army introduce Pancration to India? If so, could Pancration have

contributed to the future expansion of martial arts from India to China and other Asian countries?

Wow, far out. That is delving into things that are not my expertise, and I do apologize

in advance if I cause any controversy.

I think the interesting thing is what, of course, we've got with Pancration is the ancient

all-in wrestling of the ancient Greek world that we find at, the Olympian Games and other places. It's not still

done at the Olympics. It's one of the original 12 Olympic sports that are performed still. We've got

lots of stories of famous, well actually MMA is probably the closest to Pancratian, to be honest,

and that's not an Olympic sport. I think they're trying to get that into an Olympic sport.

But anyway, it's a combination of boxing, wrestling, and there's all sorts of things

which are practiced in pancreation, which are grapples and takedowns, chokes, and joint

locks and all that sort of stuff.

But, interestingly, Alexander the Great, we know from various different sources,

along with his father, was a pancreatist.

They fought in pancreation whilst soldiers watched.

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