New Year S Mma Japan

Every year at the stroke of midnight on new year s eve buddhist temples all over japan ring their bonsho temple bells an even 108 times an event known as joya no kane this number represents the number of human desires which according to the buddhist faith lead to pain and suffering.

New year s mma japan. Gsi revives new year s eve fight show in japan. Facebook twitter flipboard uproxx it topics. It continues something of a tradition as the promoter has organised such events on december 31st for the past four years.

New japan pro wrestling co ltd. Will promote 10 mixed martial arts and three kickboxing bouts at. But in japan starting off the new year is much more about spending time with family than it is about partying.

Mma ufc tags. People heading to japan for the new year are being given the chance to watch some mixed martial arts mma. The japanese custom of sending written new year s greetings dates back to at least the heian era 794 1185 when the nobility started to write such letters to people who lived too far away for the usual face to face new year greetings.

And food doesn t get more traditional than osechi ryori. It s a time of year when people go back to their home towns pay their first visit to the local shrine and sit down to some traditional food. After the zuffa buyout of pride fc the former dream stage entertainment executives put on a collaborative new year s eve mixed martial arts show with shooto m 1 global and the fighting and entertainment group called yarennoka.

The rizin new years event goes down december 29th and december 31st yes it s a two night affair at 1am est on fite tv. Japanese promotions have produced new year s eve cards for about two decades now with origins stretching back to 2000 with the professional wrestling mma mixed inoki bom ba ye events. When japan s postal service followed europe s lead and created postcards in 1871 they were the perfect.

However although we all celebrate the same thing we tend to celebrate it differently. Japanese combat sports fans won t be left in the cold on new year s eve. However due to its success and further petitioning by japanese mma fans the feg and the former dse staff decided to combine their efforts and form a new japanese promotion.