Taekwondo

no correct combination of arts in order to be successful. The usual go to arts of current or apparitional MMA fighters are jiu-jitsu, muay thai, and wrestling. Today, we are seeing resurgence in traditional arts into the sport such as karate, taekwondo, judo, and wing chun. In MMA, unlike boxing, there are many ways to win such as knockout, technical knockout decided by a referee when a fighter cannot defend himself, doctor stoppage if the doctor views the fight should not go on due to a cut…

pursuing martial arts as a hobby, you will be more flexible, healthier, social, and have less stress. Martial arts have been around for centuries and there are many different styles and forms of martial arts. For instance, the styles from Korea are Taekwondo and aikido, from china one of the most known forms is kung Fu. There are many style’s, throughout Asia. Where they originated from. I am not here to talk about the history, or where they come from on an individual basis. I am here to talk to…

Life in hawaii is easy for me compared to Kahu in NZ. Even though Kahu is younger than me the life people and community is different. My parents spoil me and I'm always usually just hanging out or doing what i want to do. Where as Kahu it seems like she puts everyone before her and is always helping out. One thing i think Kahu and I have in common is tat we both have families that weened to deal with. We are in different situations but we still just want everything to be alright in the end. Kahu…

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Every four years the Olympic games are held in another country, in the 2012 Olympic games over 2.1 million people have attended the events in the first three days. (Degun, 2012). One of the Olympics worldwide sponsors is McDonalds, who has been an official sponsor of the Olympic moment since 1979. McDonalds has served a Varity of menu choices to over one million athletes, their families and fans. (McDonalds, n.d.) This year McDonalds has agreed to sponsor a new event taking place prior to the…

My childhood was filled with positive and fun moments and unfortunately I was oblivious to the problems that I would eventually have to deal with. I disregarded the fact that people change and that they will leave my life. I lost my core group of best friends during my freshman year of high school. My family life also started to fall apart when my parents started to fight constantly. I felt utterly alone and scared for the future because I did not have anyone secure in my life to help me. I was…

Working with children has always been a distant thought to me. Growing up, I never imagined working with kids, although I have always enjoyed being around them. I signed up to do my internship for undergraduate school at a daycare. I wanted to challenge myself and working with children was the area that I had the least amount of experience in. What I learned during that internship has shaped my life in a completely different way. Fast forward a couple years and now I am completing my practicum…

Guiding Principles For The Martial Arts & Everyday Life by Master Teruyuki Okazaki, on my fifteenth birthday, changed my life. An outdoors person, I taught myself Taekwondo martial arts, when my friends were playing on their PlayStations and becoming masters of ‘God of War’. Perfection of Character inspired me to join the neighborhood Taekwondo Academy. My winning the silver medal within a year of my learning the martial art formally in a local competition was but the precursor to several wins…

closing, I also cleaned equipment used for preparing food ingredients to make it available for future. After I did this job, I felt more responsible on caring other people and my work became more efficient. At college, I was a secretary of IU’s Taekwondo Club. I learned…

Fortunately, my parents found a way to channel my excess energy; they enrolled me in taekwondo classes. This was the first step into my athletic history, from that point on I continued to participate in volleyball and basketball. Although I was given the opportunity to expose myself to different sports, there was also the issue of exposing myself to different injuries. Likely enough, I suffered my first major injury in a taekwondo tournament; I broke my left ankle trying to kick my sparring…