Folk wrestling

He is a singer and a songwriter who sings mostly about folk music. He has been an extremely influential person in the music industry for years. Bob Dylan also had a lot of influence during the political movements of the 1960s and 1970s. He sang at the March on Washington in August of 1963 with a fellow folk musician, Joan Baez. Together, they sang, “When the Ships…

“This land was made for you and me.” Way back in 1940, there was a man named Woody Guthrie. He trekked across the USA singing hundreds of songs. His most prominent song, though, is “This Land is Your Land”, a song that explained that the USA is for everyone. He is often quoted because of his inspiring messages. The famous song is very similar to one of his quotes, but is different too. Both the song and the quote are proportionate in some ways. First, let’s knock off the obvious one: they are…

There are two important characteristics of ballads. The first is incremental repletion which is the repetition of one or more lines with small but significant variations that advance the action. The other is the ballad stanza which is four lines. The folk ballad is mostly anonymous and the presentation impersonal. I personally like ballads due to them telling stories. These stories can tell about many different aspects of life including love or death. For example, the song “Barbry Allen” tells a…

Joni Mitchell is best known for her gentle voice and poetic lyrics often accompanied by acoustic guitar or piano. She has had hits like “Big Yellow Taxi” (1970), most of her songs taking a political stance. Mitchell started her career as a small town folk singer in Ontario, though her influences expanded to include genres such as jazz and pop in the mid 70’s, early 80’s. Though, most of her lyrics are introspective, what is most interesting about her music is her exploration of alternate…

For any wrestler, it is a long and excruciating process, but well worth the pain to reach his goal: to be a State Champion. Before the wrestling season, a wrestler needs to be mentally, and physically prepared. This journey is anything, but easy and sometimes to have the most success, wrestlers must cut weight. The wrestler has to create goals through exercise, dieting, weight checks, while remaining mentally motivated. Sticking with these goals will determine how the individual season ends.…

I started wrestling in 6th grade and I was pretty bad but I would be incomplete without wrestling. Wrestling has had a big impact on my life because it has taught me not to give up, to do my best and there is always room for improvement. When I started wrestling, I didn’t think I would like it as much as I do now. I actually thought about quitting that season. The workouts were rough with all the running and drills we did. Slowly, I started to like the sport. I finished 6th grade year winning a…

of my summers to wrestling camps. Wrestling is a big deal for me and my family. It all started with my god-father wrestling in High School and his brothers. In my culture and religion, your first god parents which are your baptism godparents, are like your second parents. I grew up looking up to my godfather like my second father. My godfather and his family were the ones who introduced me to the beautiful sport called wrestling. Every summer my godfather signs me up for wrestling camps in…

after practice. Losing meant drilling the same takedown over and over and over again until my knees ached and Coach Dean nodded at me, and practicing it again until I had satisfied myself. Losing meant learning everything I possibly could about wrestling--how many fingers can I grab and bend back, when to drive forward, when to pull back, how hard to head-tap, how to sprawl. Losing meant learning that I needed to ask questions sometimes, and that it was okay to need help. It taught me to pay…

Growing up most kids participate in basketball, football, and baseball. But growing up with a father who was a wrestler, I chose to wrestle. My dad got me started in wrestling when I was about three years old; I instantly loved it. I fell in love with the sport and by the time I was in high school, wrestling was about the only sport I participated in. My freshman and sophomore years were a bit rough, as I wasn’t big enough to field the lightest weight class. By the time I was a junior I was big…

I started wrestling for the Smithville Youth Wrestling Club. At the time I was in the fifth grade and I was 12 years old. At first I hated the idea of wrestling because of the tight singlet you had to wear, and also the idea of people making fun of you because of “rolling around with other guys”. Plus to make thing worse a lot of the other kids there have already wrestled since they were 5 which gave them more experience. I remember coming home from practice and just hating wrestling because it…