Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Raised in a multicultural household, I was shown a newspaper article on the Million Man March, Civil Rights Movement. In it was a photo of my mother, a German woman standing among African Americans, joining their crusade for equality. Her motivational story of overcoming negative social influences drives me to make a positive impact via research on influential factors, race and working memory in Applied Cognitive Psychology at, Claremont Graduate University. Claremont's academic…

“The threat for Zika is just too great” “2016 Olympians will be competing in poop water”. These are currently the fears that are looming over Rio for the upcoming Olympics. These problems should cause great concern and need to be acted upon. Rio Olympics should not go ahead until all countries can be certain that their athletes will be safe from disease and untreated waters and also have reliable security. Rio was chosen to hold the 2016 Summer Olympics in 2009 by the International Olympic…

between Adidas Brazil and the Brazilian non-legislative association Gol de Letra. Ginga Social is a game based after-school program actualized in five Brazilian urban areas. In each of the five urban communities (Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, São Paulo, Salvador and Porto Alegre), Adidas accomplices with a neighborhood association to offer different group and individual games, constantly taking into account the nearby request. Futsal, volleyball, sports, b-ball, judo, jiu-jitsu, move and…

Mark Erndt Jr was born june 29th 1997. He came out of his mother at a whopping 11lbs and 2 feet long. He attended Mount Forest elementary for kindergarten and 1st grade, then switched schools to St. Michaels elementary for 2nd-3rd grade, and finished 4th-6th back in Mt. Forest. In elementary he was a very smart child, doing very well in all subjects and showing intelligence greater than the majority of his peers. He did not have many friends in elementary, he only had his best friends Dylann and…

Indigenous people, colonialists, slaves and immigrants all contributed towards the creation of the very diverse culture that Brazilians have today. Brazil’s culture is comprised of cultures like European, Asian, African and native Brazilian and is as rich as the different locations that all its contributors came from. As is the language, most of Brazil’s culture came from the Portuguese due to the hundreds of years that Brazil was…