ffff
PANCRASE - RUTTEN STYLE
The origin of the name PANCRASE dates back to the ancient Greeks who had a sport competition called PANKRATION.



The ultimate goal and spirit of PANCRASE is the completion of "total-fight"-a collection of the best of all the styles of martial arts in the world.

Martial arts techniques used in the PANCRASE matches include wrestling, judo, boxing, sambo, karate, kempo, jiu-jitsu, and Thai boxing.






              Pankration combined wrestling and boxing



The Pancrase logoIn the PANCRASE logo, red indicates blood, and black indicates the complete collection of all martial arts, as the mixing of colors ends up creating black.
The PANCRASE cross indicates all the best techniques from all the martial arts. 

One of the unique aspects of a PANCRASE fight is the need of the
combatants to adapt their existing techniques to this unique competition.
For example, even if the fighter is an expert with karate techniques, 
these techniques alone will not be effective enough to win in a
PANCRASE fight.

The fighter needs to think about what he will do if he throws a kick but his leg is grabbed by his opponent. 




Karate does not have submission techniques. Judo does not have kick techniques. Traditional wrestling does not have
kick techniques. In order to win, PANCRASE fighters need to train mixing various techniques from every martial arts disciplines.
The alternative is almost certain defeat.



Punching in a groundfightForce your opponent to submit - the Kneebar            Punching to the head while fighting on the ground                 Force your opponent to submit - the Kneebar                         



Bas Rutten (February 24, 1965 -) is an actor and retired Dutch mixed martial arts fighter.

He was a three time Undefeated Pancrase champion and a former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight
Champion. He is a Certified MTBN Thai Boxing Instructor and Pancrase Instructor.
He is a 3rd Degree Black Belt in Kyokushin and a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. He is the founder of "The Bas
Rutten System" and the author of various martial art books and videos.



Bas Rutten and Iwan de Groot
                                                                  Bas Rutten and Iwan de Groot