but no one has been able to defend it”, said Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) commentator Mike Goldberg when asked to critic Ronda Rousey’s strategy before every fight. At the age of 28, Rousey has in four years become the most dominant mixed-martial-arts (MMA) fighter in the sport’s history and was in fact recently named “the most dominant athlete alive,” beating out names like LeBron and Mayweather (“The World’s Most Dangerous Woman”). Ronda Rousey is currently known as the best female MMA…
I considered which story needed revision most. My first submission earned ninety-seven points, while the latter one got less. Ideas flowed for making it better. The other composition I submitted was abstract in its plot. I experimented with second-person through placing readers in the shoes of a ranked heavyweight who has gotten placed into a time machine and transported to an unspecified period in history to fight someone they think is Sonny Liston. There wasn’t a true setting apart from the…
Knocking Out Brain Trauma I have a lot of personal experience from fighting. I used to be a professional MMA fighter and boxer, I had many bouts. I’m here to tell you that a fighter’s health should be regulated especially their mental capacity. I am speaking from experience from someone who fought all the time and would spar almost every day. For those of you that don’t know what to spar means it is where you pretty much have a gym fight and practice your skills. If you get too many…
Media Essay – Analysis of Divergent In this essay I will be analysing the film Divergent and the ways in which it links to Theory in Action. This essay will cover the links between Divergent and theories such as the Feminism Theory, Marxism, and Structuralism etc. The first topic that I will be looking at is the genre of the film. Divergent can be linked to many genres due to the narrative but the main genres that it is categorised under are Action and Adventure. There are many ways in which…
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. After working with his professor for several years, he soon opened up a gym of his own with a few of his…
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…
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…
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…
December, 1939 in Fazenda das Lajes, a ranch close to the town of Campina Grande, state of Paraíba – Brazil. Ivan Gomes’ father was a cowboy at the ranch, and it was expected of Ivan that he followed his dad’s footsteps; however, in 1954 Gomes met a martial arts coach nicknamed “Tatá” who introduced him and his two young brothers, Jose and Jaildo, to fighting. Coach “Tatá” taught boxing in Rio de Janeiro, prior to his arrival in the Northeast of Brazil. As he coached Ivan, “Tatá” saw great…
wrestling bout is where two competitors compete in a physical competition who attempt to achieve and retain an more advantageous position. The military has also integrated wrestling techniques into their hand-to-hand combat systems as well as other martial arts.Wrestling is considered the oldest sport known to mankind; although there are multiple styles of wrestling the two that are performed in the Olympics are Freestyle and Greco-Roman. Just as they stay prostitution is…