: Arvanitis first unveiled his system to the world in a 1973 cover story for Black Belt magazine, titled "Mu Tau: The Modern Greek Karate".
: The system utilized a "natural weapons chart," focusing on the fists, feet, elbows, and knees to target high-impact areas of the body. Mu Tau: The Modern Greek Karate
is a hybrid martial arts system founded by Jim Arvanitis in the early 1970s . Often referred to as "the modern Greek karate," it served as the original name for Arvanitis’s reconstruction of pankration , the ancient Greek combat sport that combined boxing and wrestling. : Arvanitis first unveiled his system to the
: Drawing from ancient Greek wrestling (pale), Mu Tau incorporated clinches, takedowns, throws, joint locks, and chokes. Often referred to as "the modern Greek karate,"
: In 1991, Arvanitis’s combat methods were used to train elite U.S. Army Rangers for Operation Desert Storm.