Martial Arts Olympics Russia
Sunday, May 30th, 2010
Best countries in these major combat sports?
Which countries produce the greatest fighters in these combat sports? I tried but I couldn’t come up with very good picks see if you agree or not?
1) MMA – USA and Brazil. Maybe Japan
2) Kickboxing icluding Muay Thai. Thailand
3) Olympic Wrestling. Eastern european countries and USA
4) Boxing. Russia and US.
5) Judo. European countries and Japan
6) Traditional Martial arts (TKD, Karate etc) ??
7) Jujitsu – Brazil. USA and Japan.
MMA: definitely the ones’ you said, but there are quite a few good Mexican fighters coming up now.
Kickboxing: America and Europe. However, Muay Thai is definitely ruled by Thais.
Olympic Wrestling: Us wrestlers are excellent, like Gold medalist Kurt Angle. Also Europe.
Boxing: Yeah, the Russians are dominating the heavywieght now, along with US fighters. Also central American fighters dominate lower weight classes.
Judo: Definitely Japan.
Traditional Martial ARts: Depends on the art. Japanese karate-ka dominate Shotokan tournaments, and US ones in the US. TKD has strong Korean and US competitors.
Iliqchuan. Russian team at Martial Arts Olympics