began at a very young age‚ his main focus being football. However‚ when he was a sophomore in high school‚ he incurred an injury that prevented him from playing the sport that he loved so dearly. So he turned to wrestling and the rest is history. Recruited by most of the top wrestling colleges in the country‚ Mark went on to wrestle at Oklahoma State University under legendary Head
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Kid are Alright” examines the effects of our counties’ increasingly professionalized amateur sports system. The article illustrated how pervasive professionalism has become in amateur sports thru surveys‚ examples‚ and the personal experience of a father and son. Elements of professional sports such as specialization‚ branded equipment and accessories‚ and prolonged practices have become more prevalent in amateur sports in recent years. In fact‚ practices and games occur so common and lengthy that
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 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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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in 1993.The goal was to find “the Ultimate Fighting Champion” through a tournament of the best athletes skilled in the various disciplines of martial arts‚ including karate‚ jiu-jitsu‚ boxing‚ kickboxing‚ grappling‚ wrestling‚ sumo and other sports. The winner of the tournament would be crowned the champion. The Ultimate Fighting Championship had introduced a form of fighting which it dubbed “no-holds-barred‚” or NHB fighting. The sport gained international exposure and
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April 20th 1995. On its very first televised Vale Tudo match over 12‚000 people showed up. With fighters like Rickson Gracie and Jorge Patino it’s no wonder why they did. Vale Tudo is based on many forms like Jiu-Jitsu‚ Muay Thai‚ Sambo‚ Greco-Roman Wrestling and Western Boxing. Vale Tudo is mainly based on defensive maneuvers‚ safe sparring so you can make more effective moves on the opponent. Vale Tudo artists practice sparring at least three hours a day. The class sizes are kept small because
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as much as they care for the revenue and profit that college sports‚ especially Division I Football‚ brings in years after year. This is due to the lack of care for their football players individually as well as the creation of the term ‘amateur‚
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DeFrantz and 24 others. The United States’ Olympic Committee has decided with the support of the president that the Olympic team will not go to the games in Moscow. We are here today to decide whether this is truly lawful. We will provide proof in the Amateur Sports Act of 1978 that the USOC had no right to decide to boycott. I hope at the end of this trial you will agree that a boycott of the Olympics is in direct violation of the law. Thank you.” Grinning‚ William then walked back to his seat next to
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before is considered an “amateur”‚ though there are varying degrees of amateurism. “Ambitious Amateurs” are candidates who have decent name recognition and an adequate amount of resources available to them. “Policy Amateurs” are those who run for office based on one or more particular issues (i.e. a candidate with a platform based solely on limited government or abortion‚ gay rights‚ etc.). Some “Ambitious Amateurs” give incumbents a run for their money‚ but “Policy Amateurs” tend to burn out quick
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Austin “Speedy” Marcum now has an opponent to fight against at this year’s 27th-annual Coal Area Toughman contest‚ set for Nov. 13-14 at Logan High School’s Willie Akers Arena. Marcum had been announced to fight “an opponent to be named later” in one of the two professional boxing matches. And now‚ Marcum‚ a former Logan Toughman champion‚ will go against Zack Kuhn of Madison on Friday‚ Nov. 13. Marcum‚ a Mingo County native‚ defeated Jason Keen in one of last year’s two professional fights at
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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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