Shawn Fogleman Robin Roberts LA 111 November 1‚ 2010 The World’s Rising Sport Topic: Mixed Martial Arts General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience on how mixed martial arts started‚ the rules‚ and the organization involved in it. Intro: * If you’re like me in high school I loved watching a good fight happen right in front of me. * But at the end of the fight the students would always get into trouble and usually so would the people who basically egged it
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The Rise of Mixed Martial Arts and the Fall of Boxing Todd Norris ECPI University The Rise of Mixed Martial Arts and the Fall of Boxing Being a man in my early thirties and a sports fan I have witnessed the rise in popularity of mixed martial arts almost from its birth. I can remember watching the first event which took place on November 12‚ 1993 in Denver‚ Colorado (Ultimate Fighting Championship‚ 2013). Living in Cleveland‚ Ohio I was only 13 and honestly was probably a little young
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Blood sport While boxing struggles for its very survival‚ viewers are turning to an even more brutal form of entertainment. Mixed martial arts is violent and gruesome – but it is accessible and unpredictable. A fight game veteran reports from his first MMA contest and finds that‚ like it or hate it‚ you can’t ignore the rage for the cage Action from Michael Bisping (r) vs Chris Leben (l)‚ Michael Bisping went on to win after 3 rounds. Photograph: Colin Williams/PA For more than a century‚ the
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Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques including boxing‚ wrestling‚ Brazilian jiu-jitsu‚ kickboxing‚ taekwondo‚ karate‚ and other styles. Early MMA was internationally popularized by the broadcast of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in November of 1993 (Mixed Martial Arts). In 2009 alone‚ the UFC had 7.175 million pay-per-view purchases. Then‚ in 2010‚ the number grew‚ and the UFC had 9.25 million pay-per-view
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I am a 16 year old guy who enjoys many activities. Sleeping‚ Mix Martial Arts‚ and sleeping. My three favorite activities are Sleeping‚ Mix Martial Arts (MMA)‚ and Skateboarding. I enjoy these activities because I get energized‚ worked out‚ and just have fun. One of the things I enjoy doing is just plain sleeping. I sleep to energize my body. When I sleep it gives me the energy I need to play sports‚ go to school‚ study‚ hang out with friends‚ and the energy I need to type up this essay and get
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gentlemen‚ I will bring you to the world of Taekwondo. The name Taekwondo is derived from the Korean word "Tae" meaning foot‚ "Kwon" which means fist and "Do" meaning way of. So‚ literally Taekwondo means "the way of the foot and fist". It is a martial art with an ancient history. In its modern form it was systematized by General Choi Hong Hi in 1954-1955. At the beginning of the New Era the Korean Peninsula was divided into three kingdoms- the Koguryo in the Northern part‚ Paekche- in the South-Eastern
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Assignment 1: Extreme Fighting Ultimate fighting‚ extreme fighting‚ blood sport‚ etc. is what modern day society calls two men beating each other to a bloody pulp a sport. Sport is defined in the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary as “physical activity engaged in for pleasure a particular activity (as an athletic game)” and by all means ultimate fighting fits this definition‚ however can we really call it a sport? In “Extreme Fighting and the Morals of the Marketplace”‚ George Will describes
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Contemporary arts in the world have become recently popular. In China traditional arts occupied most places for almost 2000 years. But now the contemporary arts is becoming more and more popular in China. Xiaogang Zhang (1958 Yunnan) is a symbol of this. This essay will look at Zhang’s‚ the first person in Chinese contemporary arts who have been internationally recognized as China’s most talented painter. Xiaogang Zhang is a famous Chinese artist who was born in 1953.His works sell for large
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History of Jiu-Jitsu There are many different accounts as to the origins of Jiu-Jitsu but some historians say that Jiu-Jitsu‚ also known as “the Mother of Martial Arts”‚ can be tracked back to India where Buddhist monks said to have invented it. Concerned with self-defense these monks developed movements based on balance and leverage. It was done in a manner that would avoid reliance on strength and weapons. With the expansion of Buddhism‚ Jiu-Jitsu spread from Southeast Asia to China‚ finally
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W | Fall 14 Dr. Minku Kim T.A Parisa A. Moghadam Oct 17th‚ 2014 A Study of The Lidded Chinese Canton Enamel Vase This paper is a study of The Lidded Chinese Canton Enamel Vase in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (M.I.A). On Friday October 3rd‚ I had the opportunity to visit the M.I.A and found this refined artwork extraordinarily attractive. The Lidded Chinese Canton Enamel Vase presents traditional Chinese porcelain elements as well as the unique element of Kwon-glazed decoration. The brilliant
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