DeKALB | A combination of martial arts and wrestling was shown off by one fraternity Tuesday night.

Kappa Pi Beta held a mixed martial arts workshop at Stevenson North with the help of a professional fighter.

Mixed martial arts combines elements of kick-boxing, Tai-boxing, American wrestling, Judo and Brazilian ju-jitsu.

Ramy Daoud, a professional fighter, was invited to teach the workshop because he and Mark Lamdagan formed a training group called Shoot 69 in high school. Daoud says he has been practicing martial arts for about 16 years, since he was three.

Daoud is also fresh off his first professional win. On Nov. 4, In front of 5,000 people at the UIC pavilion, Daoud beat his opponent in the first round by submission, meaning his opponent gave up by tapping out either physically or verbally.

Daoud and Lamdagan began the workshop by talking about the history of the mixed martial arts style. They said it has its origins in Brazil and Japan. The art is designed so a smaller person can take on a person of any size and win.

Though the original form of mixed martial arts was usually matched up against fighters using different styles and began as a, “no rules, anything goes,” fighting style, they said modern mixed martial arts has rules about only fighting against other mixed martial artists.

Most of the workshop demonstrated how to execute some simple mixed martial arts moves. The first one they showed the group was the rear naked choke, more commonly known as the “sleeper hold.”

Daoud said the move can choke a person to the point of blacking out. He said it was still safe because to actually kill a person one would have to hold it for about two minutes after the person passes out. He also taught the group how to successfully defend against the move.

“See, I just taught about 20 of you to do this move, imagine how many people out there already know it,” Daoud said.

In the spirit of self-defense Daoud showed that by tucking in his chin and covering his neck by placing the hold on himself he could prevent an attack from behind. He then showed he could grab the attacker’s arm, twist it and then push them away to escape.

They also showed the group how to do a few other moves: the guillotine, the kimura and the arm triangle choke. The kimura is a joint lock. Daoud said this move is dangerous because if too much force is used, it could dislocate a person’s arm.