In November 2005 recognition of its effectiveness as a test came as the United States Army began to sanction mixed martial arts with the first annual Army Combatives Championships held by the US Army Combatives School.

The sport reached a new peak of popularity in North America in the December 2006 rematch between then UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell and former champion Tito Ortiz, rivaling the PPV sales of some of the biggest boxing events of all time,[4] and helping the UFC's 2006 PPV gross surpass that of any promotion in PPV history. In 2007, Zuffa LLC, the owners of the UFC MMA promotion, bought Japanese rival MMA brand Pride FC, merging the contracted fighters under one promotion[15] and drawing comparisons to the consolidation that occurred in other sports, such as the AFL-NFL Merger in American football.[16]

Memphis Kendo and Iaido Club - Japanese Swords Fencing Arts and Sword Drawing Arts
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Head Instructor: Harry Dach
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Tel: 901-685-Dach(3224)