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    the art of being able to control one’s opponent with simple techniques involving holds, chokes, joint locks, and leverage to subdue an attacker, has been proven countless times to show dominance over whosoever challenges a student of this beautiful art. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu does not grant the power to be invincible, but gives one such unmatched confidence that it does indeed feel as if invincibility rests in the palm of one’s hand. Brazilian Jiu…

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    oppression of a freedom that Bruce’s character embodies. Granted average viewers have never faced a mob boss, the premise of an ordinary minority man challenging the tyrannical power of foreigners made for a popular action plot. Lee would then use his martial arts skills, wits, and training in weapons, most popularly the nunchakus, to completely devastate the opposition. His role in these movies inspired others to try and better themselves, stand up for what they believe in, and show that an…

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    satisfying their marketing objective. If the new student decides to enroll, they have a few options to choose from. First, they can pay monthly, with this option, the student gets to participate in every class available, which includes all types of martial arts. This means that if a student enrolls in Taekwondo but later wants to take on boxing, they do not have to pay extra. Therefore, the monthly payment of a single student is $45.00. Adding a second into the account will save $25.00 due to…

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    This picture shows the martial art from of Thailand is Muay Thai. The art of Muay Thai, I mean posture of integration, using feet, knees, and elbows to offense or get in fight. Muay Thai is used skillfully to go through basic training for fluently, then learn to use both feet, knees, and elbow to blend art and maneuvering to based on the Thai Boxing teacher will be adapted to apply then named the boxing. In Thailand, The ancient culture and art, such as the many beautiful such as temples,…

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    Greek athletics went from a pure competition with regard to how more athletic you were to the other opponent to ones where whoever could withstand hits the longest wins. War became an integral part of Greek society, which in turn, brought more violent games to the Olympics. This being said, in order to create fierce competition, the Greeks needed to implement the rule for weight or age classes with all fighting competitions. The competitions were pale, which translates to boxing and was…

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    Have you ever had to fight someone before? Okay, maybe not a schoolyard brawl, but sparring with someone in a martial art. That is what I do twice every week because I take Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Judo. I have been taking it for almost a year now, but I occasionally still feel a little uneasy when I battle against higher ranked opponents. But when I first started, I was extremely nervous, as a consequence, I wanted to drop out of the class early. It was April of 2017 when I started Judo.…

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    I started training when I was about nine years old. I was in gymnastics but I was too old to stay in the class I was in but we couldn't afford the price to get into the class for older kids. My dad wanted me to join kung fu so I could learn to defend myself. Like every parent, he wanted me to be safe in this terrifying world. I thought it sounded pretty cool so we talked my mom into looking into a karate school. We looked through the phone book and the first place we found was Belen Goju Ryu…

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    In the locker room are Dan and Jason. I say hello and continue on to my locker. More people come in and everyone starts talking about how bad their day was. It's almost a daily contest to see who can have bragging rights for having the worst day, perhaps they want sympathy or maybe they just like to complain a lot. I find it humorous that a bunch of guys who come in every day to train and beat on each other can complain so much, so I laugh at them and leave the locker room. I start…

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    Mat of Pain What does it feels like being under the spotlight in a room full of people watching and cheering for you to defeat and win against your opponent who you know that is the same strength as you? Does it makes you nervous and makes you want to back out? Why choose wrestling as your sport when you can do basketball? Why settle with tough sport like wrestling? These are only few of the questions I wanted to ask the wrestlers whenever they have a wrestling match. I am not a fan of…

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    A prominent humanistic psychologist called Erich Fromm wrote a book called To Have or to Be, in which he describes two opposing orientations to living life. These orientations are the having orientation, and the being orientation respectively. In short, he describes the being orientation to life as living life in such a way that values objects above all else. Be it living life for money, or living for the next edition of the iPad, the concept of the having orientation encapsulates the rampant…

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