Kumite To MMA: America’s underground history of the origins of mixed martial arts

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On this no-holds barred,tell-all account, Headmaster and Martial Arts Hall of Famer, Dr. WestMillertells of his days as the first American to be invited to compete within the eliteand underground Kumite. He first started fighting at Master Hidetaka Nishiyama’ssuggestion in 1962, and retired in 1964 with an astounding record of 27 winsand zero losses. Ten years later, Frank Dux would establish his Martial Artsname by fighting On this same no-holds barred Kumite world. As Frank Duxrelated in an interview with Martial ArtsIllustrated, the early days of MMA in the USA were filled with real, full-contact,no-holds-barred fighters who did not hide in the back of styles, but were willing tofight someone, anywhere. As a result of the underground nature of such competitions,few were filmed and plenty of fighters competed under pseudonyms, like “a fighterknown only by his maintain ‘Cherokee’ whose real identity is Joshua WestMiller,Hidetaka Nishiyama’s student.”

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