Development

About the sport

Pammachon as a sporting contest was first conceived by Kostas Dervenis in 2002 and was designed, as much as possible, to closely emulate the tactical demands of hand-to-hand combat and better prepare the practitioner for the submission and control of hostile perpetrators who may be bearing a concealed weapon. This competitive sport has been enacted institutionally in various forms since its inception in 2002. In essence pammachon combines mixed martial arts with fencing; a baton or rubber knife is used to simulate the presence of a concealed weapon during grappling, as is strategic scoring with what is termed the “weapon hand” before the athletes’ transition into grappling.

The rules of the sport, originally conceived and published by Kostas Dervenis in 2011, have been reviewed by IPF Secretary Petros Tsirigotis in 2022 and are posted here for public review. They should be considered a "work in progress" and will be refined as more Pammachon competitions take place around the globe and the sport's popularity grows. Athletes and sport organizations interested in Pammachon should contact us at info@pammachon.org