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that,” rather than think “I wish I did that”. Whether it be stealing home late in a baseball game with my team down by two or trying to granby-roll my opponent while I am up by ten, I refuse to be conservative in athletics. During my junior wrestling season nearly every one of my losses were a result of over-aggressiveness. My first loss was to my rival from Lone Jack whose name is Michael “Trey” Raysick. After pinning him in previous matches, I was up by four…

For four years the second Monday in November till the last full weekend in February I have slaved away in the wrestling mat room to try and qualify and make the top eight wrestlers in the state championship tournament. Most years haven’t been successful, but last year was different. In The November of 2015, on the Monday that wrestling practice was planned to start, I showed up to practice after all day at school to meet my teammates for the year and plan out the season. This year been my…

The goal of every taekwondo olympic fighter is to master a kick you know will knock out your opponent. The most common one and the I am testing is a Round kick, is a kick where the attacker swings their leg around in a semicircular motion, striking with the top of the foot. There is a lot more that goes into the perfect kick than most think. What is the perfect angle? What is the perfect distance away from the opponent? What is the perfect speed of the kick? These are all things that go into a…

Old School Vs. Modern Jiu-Jitsu Today the most argued about topic in the world of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is if modern Jiu-Jitsu is better than old school Jiu-Jitsu. This question, many times, has led to negative commentary or actions towards the opposing viewers. To help give a better understanding of Jiu-Jitsu here is its beginning. Jiu-Jitsu derived from the art of Judo by a man named Miysuyo Maeda; this man settled in Brazil and opened up a gym there with one of his best students Carlos Gracie.…

I remember back in seventh grade, I signed up for wrestling because it looked cool because you could slam people to the ground. Boy I was wrong. The first day they just conditioned us until we were about to die it felt like. I wanted to just quit but my favorite quote is my favorite bull rider cody nance, “ It was either be tough or get beat up and quit and I ain't never had much quit in me.” I wasn't about to get beat up and quit I signed up for it i'm going to do it. So I did. It was the first…

I used to struggle with failure. I used to never want to try something new because I was afraid I would look stupid and mess it up. Eventually, I would try wrestling as it seemed interesting and would get me out of the house, something I tried to achieve frequently. When I first did wrestling I was a freshman, I was awful at it as I expected, I got beat up, hurt, and failed frequently. After the first week or so I wanted to quit, but I was afraid of looking like a wimp, so I decided to stick…

What is wrestling? When most people think of wrestling, the first thing that comes to their mind is the fake “professional” wrestling you see on television with the goofy costumes, silly names and the use of props. Well, the real sport of wrestling dates back to before the first olympic games were held back in ancient Greece in 776 B.C. The sport of wrestling was actually the sport that started the great thing today that we call the olympics. Wrestling has many components that people would not…

Essay #3 Mixed martial arts is one of the fastest-growing sports on the market. The sport’s fan base is excited, dedicated, and extremely supportive. While sports such as football or baseball are far more well-known, mixed martial arts or MMA, as it often referred, is featured regularly on sports news stations, and magazines, such as ESPN. The biggest stars of the sport, such as Conor McGregor, are famous celebrities in their own right. However, there is no college feeder program for the sport,…

Arm wrestling with my father is about a boy and his father being competitive in arm wrestling and them having a physical relationship, more than your typical father son relationship. Arm wrestling was a thing he did with his father and how they expressed their love for each other. His father didn’t really know how to express his love for him son so he showed it through physical sports which was arm wrestling. The love him and his father had for each other was always there, even though they…

home to see who will win. Many sports advertise challenging competition similar to that of wrestling, but very few can follow through with these promises. This happens because these other sports do not build themselves on set standards such as mental and physical strength and technique. These important parts of wrestling have set it apart for centuries. As a wrestler, I know that these standards make wrestling not only a sport, but a lifestyle. Mental strength comes from the long hard practices…