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Rock-Paper-Scissors
depicts the three styles of fighting. Rock or striking i.e. karate, TKD, boxing, Paper or wrapping i.e. judo, wrestling, sambo, and Scissors or weapons i.e. sword, bow & arrow, gun. While Jigoro Kano included
ne-waza groundwork and
atemi-wazi striking in kata and self-defense, his bias towards
tachi-waza throwing is apparent as he incorporated 65 of these techniques with endless variations into his new judo.
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu s rise in popularity since the beginning of the UFC in the early 90 s underscored the renewed interest in the usefulness of grappling martial arts in no holds barred competitions. Before that debuted on pay for view TV, striking arts dominated Hollywood productions with the success of Bruce Lee s brand,