SOC224 Lecture Notes - Physical Education Organization, Royce Gracie, Lorenzo Fertitta
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Consensual violence as long as both agree to the fight: combative sports are all about consensual violence. International (sports federation) (international ice hockey federation) Municipal level (edmonton combative sports commission ecsc) Promoters of events: ufc (usa, the score fighting series, bellator. Edmonton: mfc, aggression mma, unified mma, king of the cage (kotc) Combative sports governance: so boxing commissions began at turn of the century, professional wrestling (entertainment vs. Sport) was overseen by the same combative sports commissions handling boxing: edmonton established a commission to oversee boxing and wrestling since. 1920: edmonton"s combative sport commission is a commission of council (administered by the city, council added the sports of martial arts (mma), kickboxing and full contact karate in 2000. Combative sports commissions in canada (2 types presently: there are provincial combative sports commissions (ex. Manitoba, ns, nfld/l; pei: there are municipal combative sports commissions (ex. Edmonton, calgary, red deer, moncton (nb): there are tribal combative sports commissions (ex.