 Sumo wrestling is traditionally considered Japan’s national sport. The sport is surrounded by ceremony and ritual and is considered a gendai budō‚ a modern Japanese martial art.  The precursor to sumo probably originated in China during the Han Dynasty. The first sumo-like match in Japan occurred in 453 at the funeral ceremony of Emperor Ingyō. The sport is also associated with Shinto ritual where a human ceremonially wrestles with a kami‚ a Shinto spirit or god.
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About 86% of all the citizens who watch Olympic Wrestling or have heard of it do not want wrestling to be taken away. Wrestling is one of the oldest sports known to man that is admirable‚ it creates deposition and teaches men‚ women‚ and children how to work hard for something that they want to achieve and be the best at it. One out of the many viewers who think this is true‚ he proclaims‚ “It creates character! It teaches how to work hard for something that you want to achieve and to be the best
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Animals Should Not Be Kept In Zoos Animals love being in their natural habitat; the wild. Far too many wild animals are kept in zoos being poorly treated and tried to shape into domestic pets. Majority of the enclosures are too small for the animals inside them. So many animals lose their natural instincts and then then if they are returned to the wild for any reason they don’t know how to act or hunt as a wild animal. People say it’s okay to have animals in zoos because it’s educational but it
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Should Exotic Animals Be Kept as Pets? Keeping wild animals as pets has been a recent topic of debate. Who wouldn’t think it was spectacular to keep a big cat as your own? As a child‚ we all loved going to the zoo to admire all of the exotic animals. However‚ there are various cons to keeping wild animals as pets. Exotic animals should not be kept as pets for numerous reasons. They should not be kept as pets because it goes against their rights‚ it is not safe‚ and they are going extinct.
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The Fall "Fall" is a term in wrestling where a wrestler is pinned to the ground on his back. Being beaten by fall is one of the ultimate forms of humiliation for the loser and a demonstration of absolute domination for the winner. I won most wrestling matches during my eighth grade year. My ego began to inflate more and more‚ as I began defeating most of my opponents by fall. However‚ I was not becoming a positive role model. With my undefeated record‚ I found myself fooling around in practice
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themselves on the wall next to the previous posters. As I open the door to my old high school wrestling room‚ I get hit in the face with hot air and the hot muggy smell of bleach and sweat. While I look around I see red and gray padded walls and posters of individual state champions‚ team accomplishments‚ and school records set by previous and current athletes. The floor was covered by a giant red and white wrestling mat made of some kind of foam and coated with a rubber texture on the outside and six foot
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Wrestling is one of the few games that can be followed back to the beginnings of written history. Wrestling is perceived as the world’s oldest forms of combat and competitive sport (Linde‚ 2007). In fact‚ the first real traces of the development of wrestling date back to the times of the Sumerians‚ 5000 years back (Guttmann‚ 2004‚ p. 12). The Epic of Gilamesh written in cuneiform‚ the sculptures and the low reliefs‚ are various sources that uncover the initially refereed rivalries‚ joined by music
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Sumo wrestling is one of the oldest forms of martial arts in Japan‚ and it is still a major sport that is populär with both men and women there. In ancient times‚ sumo contests were held only in the courtyards of Shinto shrines as a religious ritual performed for the gods to encourage them to grant a good harvest. Ritual is‚ therefore‚ an important part of the sport. Before each match‚ contestants sprinkle salt on the ring and rinse their mouths in a ritual purification. Nowadays‚ sumo wrestling
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Should wild animals be allowed to be kept as pets? After reading Wild Animals Aren’t Pets and Let People Own Exotic Animals (both by Zuzana Kukol) I think that you should not be able to own wild animals. This leads everyone to wonder: Should wild animals be allowed to be kept as pets? Wild animals are as their name says‚ wild. When something frightens them or they feel unsafe they will hurt‚ maul or even kill people. In Wild Animals Aren’t Pets they state‚ “In 2009‚ a 2-year-old Florida girl
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OLYMPICS The Olympics are a huge sporting event that contains many different sports and consists of many different countries from around the world.Back in ancient Greece is where the ancient Olympics originated. From 776 BC‚ the traditional games took place at Olympia every 4 years for almost 12 centuries until 1896. The first modern Olympic games took place in Athens Greece in 1896 and the games played to today every 4 years.Today‚olympic games worlds biggest athletic and competitive event that
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