The Combatives Blueprint: Ancient Greek Pankration and Pammachon Updated for the Modern World of Fighting Paperback – April 21, 2025

Over the course of his 20-year military career and deep dive into various martial arts, Evan “Ultra-OCR Man” Perperis takes a complete look at combat through all ranges. Using broad concepts from Ancient Greek Pankration and Pammachon as a framework to give you the blueprint for success in martial arts. Rather than being a reconstruction of an ancient martial arts, Evan uses lessons from a variety of arts including Army Combatives, Tiga Tactics Combatives, Filipino Martial Art/Kali, Jeet Kune Do, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, Wing Chun, firearms and modern knife-based systems to develop a framework to ensure you are capable in every range of combat. If you are looking to ensure that you have a complete understanding of the eight ranges of combat from support range all the way to grappling range, you need to read this book. Whether you are a new martial artist or someone who is looking to identify gaps in your training, this book will help. In addition, he dives into aspects that are overlooked including the importance of mindset, nutrition and fitness. Finally, the book wouldn’t be complete without a discussion of why things like chi blasts, no touch knockouts and iron body continue to be a point of discussion with traditionalists. All of this and more including the relevance of spirituality are contained in this almost 300-page resource. Read more