Agony: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu & the Ancient Greeks

by David Larmour and Joshua Kulseth

What has Brazilian Jiu Jitsu to do with the Ancient Greeks? A lot, according to Joshua Kulseth and David Larmour, investigating the connections between the Greek pankration and contemporary BJJ and MMA. They argue that today's Brazilian Jiu Jitsu gyms, training, and competitions offer the closest modern analogy to Ancient Greek wrestlers and pankratiasts and to the ideals of Greek agonism embodied in the Olympic Games.

Their book,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0989537153
• ISBN13: 9780989537155
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Candle Light Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"