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Catch-as-Catch Can Wrestling and NHB Fighting a Tradition of Excellence; Vipers Pit MMA was formed by 4 time Bare-Knuckle Super Heavy Weight World Champion Jonathan “ICEMAN” Knudsen; Mr. Knudsen having started his training in the art of Catch-as-Catch Can & NHB fighting in 1978 at the young age of five years old under the legendary Professor Osama Ozawa; through out his life in the Martial Arts and NHB No Holds Bared fighting Mr. Knudsen had the privilege of training with some of the best “Pit Fighters” in the world to include, Bear “The Mongolian Giant” Mongolia’s top Underground Fighter, Beef Wellington (Japan), Shot-Gun Kenny Yates, and many others; the tradition of Catch-as-Catch Can goes beyond the idea of men like Fujiwara creating the art, this was a away for the World of MMA to capitalizes on the name.

Catch Wrestling goes back to the early Spartans who started training their young males at the age of 3 with the majority of their young dieing during training (this is the reason for the saying “Only The Strongest Survive”; this tradition was continued on to the Roman Legion by Alexander “The Great” himself after having spent many years with them training his armies; Gladiators in the Roman Coliseum where trained in the art of Catch-Wrestling because of it’s ability to finish matches quickly; this however left the winner crippled for life and the looser usually died; most forms of the Martial Arts have incorporated many Catch Techniques to include Gung Fu and most forms of Traditional Japanese Martial Arts; Catch-as-Catch Can pre-dates Kung Fu by 400 plus years; hence the reason that Catch practitioners call it the Grand-Father of the Martial Arts with Kung Ku being the Grand-Mother; this tradition of training continues on mostly in the form of Professional Wrestling and private training centers around the world to include the Famous “Snake Pit”  in England; Vipers Pit was formed to continue this tradition.

MMA Mixed Martial Arts has long been the term for the mixing of styles of combat; Catch Wrestling began this tradition by incorporating the best of striking and grappling into one fluid fighting style; the effectiveness of this has been proven in “Pit Fights” and the Roman Coliseum through Gladiatorial Fighting; Vipers Pit intends to bring the knowledge of this long lost art back to the World of NHB Fighting.