The Ultimate Fighting Championship The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is recognized as one of the fastest rising sports in America today. In a matter of two short years‚ it has gone from an underground spectacle with evolving rules and standards to a recognized sport with a mass fan following comparable in number to "professional wrestling" in the 80s and 90s. The demand the sport has on a fighter’s body and the endless time devoted to training that a fighter must endure have solidified
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Thursday Night Class‚ 6:30pm MMA a Sub-Culture History My subculture of Mixed Martial Arts ( MMA ) started about 4 years ago‚ while I was in 8th grade. I need a sport‚ but I wanted a sport different from what everyone else was doing. So I decided to give MMA a try‚ and I was instantly hooked after my first day of class. I train a out of the Armory Training Center in Jupiter‚ Florida. My subculture has personally grown for me because I have taken many more classes from the initial Brazilian
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The following is a list of sports/games‚ divided by category. There are many more sports to be added. This system has a disadvantage because some sports may fit in more than one category. Physical sports Air sports Lima Lima aerobatics team performing over Louisville. Main article: Air sports • Aerobatics o Gliding aerobatics • Air racing • Ballooning o Cluster ballooning o ((soccer mitt))** o Hopper ballooning Wingsuit flying • Gliding • Hang gliding o Powered hang glider •
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Thai is a combat sport that started from Thailand ’s martial arts which use a similar approach to boxing and or kickboxing with various techniques. It not only physically challenges the person‚ but it also shows mental control and discipline for the mind in combat knowing how to control the other person at all times. It is the one sport that requires no shoes or sneakers‚ with hands wrapped and boxing gloves on. The combat is known as “the art of eight limbs” or sometimes “science of eight limbs”
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ancient world‚ wrestling was considered the sport of champions. Greece‚ Egypt‚ France‚ and nearly every other ancient civilization shared this belief (Columbia Encyclopedia). These days however‚ wrestling is seen by people only as a combat form or martial art. While wrestling is an excellent form of combat‚ it should also commend respect as a challenging physical sport‚ and as a life changing recreational activity. To start with‚ it is very obvious that wrestling is a famous‚ effective‚ and perhaps
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Demonstration Speech COM101 1) Topic: Self-Defense techniques 2) Specific Purpose: To teach my audience history about self-defense‚ also how to execute three primary self-defense techniques to escape an attack. A. To provide a knowledgeable history of self-defense that is applicable in modern day situations. B. To explain to my audience the individual body parts that anyone can use as weapons to inflict the most damage. C. To explain to my audience
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April 1st‚ 2012. Loman‚ S.‚ (2009) Cutting Weight.‚ Retrieved from http://www.teenink.com/nonfiction/sports/article/71731/Cutting-Weight/ on April 1st‚ 2012. Matheny‚ Elliott.‚(Feb 15th‚ 2010)The Negative Health Effects of Weight Cutting in Mixed Martial Arts.‚ retrieved from http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2010/2/15/1311633/the-negative-health-effects-of on Feb 20th‚ 2012. McAllister‚ C‚. (Feb 24th‚ 2011).‚ How Much Weight can Wrestlers Lose?‚ Retrieved from http://www.livestrong.com/article/390253-how-much-weight-can-wrestlers-lose/
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Against / opposition 2 nd Speaker ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- (Blood sports rules should be strengthened‚ not banned) Blood sports should not be banned; whatever problems there are with the sport can be fixed with reforms. The World Health Organization has called for tighter regulation‚ including “Simple rules‚ such as requiring medical clearance‚ national passports to prevent players from fighting
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The History Of Boxing The origin of boxing dates back to early 4000 B.C‚ and it only got bigger from there. From fighting for freedom to fighting for sport‚ “the manly art of self defence‚”(Whitecollarboxing.com)‚ boxing has become one of the biggest sports in the world. It has evolved over time like any sport from rules to equipment‚ but it kept the structure of the original flatline. Every fight was balanced by weight and size‚ that way no one was at a disadvantage. The winner was decided
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started in 1993 as a professional mixed martial arts (MMA) organization. • In 2001 UFC was purchased by Zuffa and restructured MMA into a highly organized and controlled combat sport • Response to the UFC brand of MMA has been tremendous‚ resulting in a growing fan base that has developed steadily through the years. Slide 3- Background (Sarah) • UFC is the worldwide benchmark for Fight Entertainment industry • They lead the global mixed martial arts industry with 90% of market share
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