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    Relieving Tensions through Unconventional Methods Mehmet Oz once declared “What happens when you have great grief in your life is the arteries of that heart begins to spasms down, just literally squeezes down like this because you’re feeling the tension of your life and then the heart muscle itself also begin- to get stressed out.” While my mind was more attentive and energized due to the continuous use of my meditation regime, my body still experienced tensions and soreness. As discussed in…

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    Jab Techniques In Boxing

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    A boxer seeks to maintain distance between himself and his opponent, fighting with faster, longer range punches, most notably the jab, and gradually wearing his opponent down. Compared to all other punches the jab is the closes to reach your opponent. The jab is fast, longer, most likely to land, and least likely to leave you vulnerable. The jab uses less energy than any other punch and keeps you in position to follow up with a dangerous power punch. The jab can be used for offensives technique…

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    John Cena Research Paper

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    John Felix Anthony Cena was born on April 23, 1997 to Carol nee Lupien and John Cena Sr. He is a professional wrestler of WWE, an actor, and was previously a rapper. He started his career as a professional wrestler in 1999, and his acting career started in 2000. His debut fight in the ring was with Kurt Angle, even though he lost. He is now related in the Make A Wish Foundation. Some of his moves are the Attitude Adjustment(AA), which was previously called the FU, the STF, and his “You Can’t See…

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    Betting On Boxing

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    immensely popular sport because it speaks to the instinctive nature of man. There is nothing like watching two ripped men get into to the ring and go at it until one is out for the count. However, aside from the brute force of the sport, there is a great art to it as well. Like the game of chess, players have to understand how to gracefully move and ensure the hit goes one way. It’s this mix of masculinity and grace that draws so many to the sport and has made it hot for betting. Before you…

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    Blow out II Going to the art gallery Blowout was my first time going to an art gallery in a very long time. I have never really been around art. The only art I have been exposed to has been through art class in middle school and high school. I found art class fun but art has never really stuck with me, I was never really good at it and that frustrated me. When I was assigned to go to the art gallery I was excited to see the art and be and try to become more familiar with art, with that…

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    importance in the history of art? Johann Winckelmann was a German scholar who believed classical art triumphed over “natural” art that was popular in his time (Kleiner 784). He published works like History of Ancient Art (1764) which details different classical art works. However, the thing that set this piece apart from those before him is the fact that he organized less by biography and more by subject, style, and period (Kleiner 784) . Winckelmann’s importance to the history of art deals…

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    I recently sat down to watch, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," and thought it was very interesting. I thought it was cool how the movie focused on the power of a woman and martial arts. I believe the acting and relationship between the characters was showcased well and the talent of the individuals was obvious and entertaining to watch. This movie is all about the search for the magic sword, "Green Destiny," and the drama this stolen object leads to. After a warrior gives his sword, "Green…

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    Journal 5: What is appealing to me regarding Chinese films is the very heavy use of some form of martial arts in most of their films. While I was looking on Google trying to figure out what movie I should watch for this journal, I notice while rea ding the descriptions, that most of the films dealt with some kind of martial arts training. Additionally, what I also found appealing while looking at which movies to watch, was how most of the films were set back in time and the movies were mainly…

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    In this exercise, I chose my four favorite movies and arranged each movie with six poetic elements. The six poetic elements are plot, character, idea, dialogue, spectacle, and music. As I was rearranging the six categories with my four movies, I realized several similarities to the genres of movies with the poetic elements. To give an example, Spider-Man (2002) is a character-driven movie. The movie expands on the main character’s personal development as a superhero. Throughout the movie Peter…

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    “The Painter” By John Ashbrey Introduction: The painter, by Ashbery sheds light on art in general and imitative art in particular, and touched some modern movements such as imagism, which depended on concrete images instead of poetic diction, so many critical views have been presented to interpret this piece of art. Ashbery endeavors to depict the beautiful vision of artist’s mind by focusing on the proclamation “as is painting, so is verse". Through verse he commends and praises the…

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