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    failure may seem to be dreadful at the time, but my times of failure are actually the key to my success. The first time that I experienced failure was during my freshman year of wrestling, when I came across a senior from Carmel High School by the name of Karl Wilhelm. I first meet Karl Wilhelm at the 2013 Hamilton County Wrestling Tournament. Karl and I were both in the 106lb weight class and we were both seeded. Karl was seeded number one in the tournament, due to him being the returning…

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    As soon as the referee called my name, I forced myself into an aggressive mindset and stepped into the fray. At first glance, I could not comprehend how my burly wrestling opponent was even in my weight class. A stocky junior with the body of a tree trunk stared straight into my inexperienced freshman soul. Immediately after the whistle blew, he dove for my leg. I sprawled back and blocked his arms, successfully barring this move. I knew I had to counter quickly and aggressively. He cautiously…

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    Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is an advanced form of the Japanese martial art of the same name. It has been modified by the famous Gracie Family of Brazil to become "arguably the most effective martial art in the world." With the arrival of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu on the martial arts scene, it has forever changed the way fighters train. Without learning the proper ways to defend and execute techniques from the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu arsenal it is difficult to survive against a good Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Fighter.…

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    against an equal opponent, not just self defense. It helps to teach how you can earn points in a competition so that your are not clueless on what you or your opponent can get points for during a competition. Modern Jiu-jitsu focuses a bit more on wrestling as a crutch along with no-gi training(your train in gis, also known as kimonos). These trainings are advantageous for Mixed Martial Artist that want to use Jiu-Jitsu in their fights. ATOS, a team that trains modern Jiu-Jitsu is an a great…

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    People ask me, “Why... Why do I wrestle?” Then they say, “Wrestling is so gay.” My answer to that question always seems to be, “I don't know. Why do you play with balls?” But, to be honest, I don't really know why I wrestle. I mean, rolling around a mat with sweaty guys isn't exactly my idea of what I call fun, and imagine after all of that you lose. That's just a lose, lose situation. The only win, win situation is when you win by either disqualification or default. Maybe I’m overreacting, but…

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    Anthony robles case they said that his upper body was a lot bigger then all of the people in his weight class, and that was because he was missing a limb. Another knock against him was that wrestler rely on muscle memory to compete in their matches. Wrestling two legged people their whole life, they are use to doing certain things. When someone has one leg, it messes up their muscle memory and its harder for them to do there moves. I found it interesting that after Oscar Pistourious, the south…

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    John Cena Research Paper

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    you walk in the doors for the first time, you don’t see a normal gym; there’s no treadmills everywhere…”. Xavier Woods mentions that he is thankful that John would give out his gym. John Cena gives out this gym for others to achieve their goal in wrestling or weightlifting. Though John Cena does not mention it, all wrestlers’ goals are mostly to be the best in the WWE history, but they also may want to be good parents. Lee 2 Though it is unclear if John Cena has kids, according to…

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    Upper Iowa wrestling team. From that day forward I could not wait to get to college and experience the college life. Many colleges wanted me to join their school. I chose Upper Iowa over two other colleges the two main reasons were: First, the way they do their scheduling is very nice, you only have to take 3 classes, at most, per term and there is only two terms in a semester. I felt this college was best to get me a degree in the career that I am pursuing. Second, was the wrestling program and…

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    I didn’t really like wrestling a lot but my dad made me go so I went to practice anyway. During my free time, I sat around my house watching TV and playing with Legos. I had never thought about trying any other sports. I also didn’t really know much about other sports. I had always enjoyed watching sports on television, but back then I thought they were only playable by adults. One day, a lacrosse team had practice right outside of the gym where I wrestled at. After wrestling, I asked my dad if…

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    During this time period I felt like a very good wrestler. I was going to National Duals, in Council Bluff, Iowa. A lot of things happened from around March-April. I was wrestling in Subdistricts at 92 lbs. one year ago. The next day I had to make 90 lbs. for middle school duals. If I place in the top 6 places I have a chance to be an alternate or on a dual team for Team Kansas. I got picked up for sub weigh ins by Kaydin Bruner. After about 30 minutes ago I arrived. I was starving just like I…

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