History of Arnis Modern Arnis is the system of Filipino martial arts founded by the late Remy Presas as a self-defense system. His goal was to create an injury-free training method as well as an effective self-defense system in order to preserve the older Arnis systems. The term Modern Arnis was also used by Remy Presas’ younger brother Ernesto Presas to describe his style of Filipino martial arts; since 1999 Ernesto Presas has called his system Kombatan. It is derived principally from the traditional
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Sara Gruninger Professor Delaney English 104 30 January 2018 The poem‚ “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost states that in life we are faced with many decisions‚ and these decisions do not always have a clear answer of which is the right path to take. The message of the poem is about life’s choices and making these important decisions. Making decisions is what life’s all about. The choices people make in their lifetime not only shape their entire life but depending on how big the decision is
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Carney 1 English 102-105 11 April 2014 A Journey of Self and Sexual Desire The Awakening by Kate Chopin is a novel about a woman who leads the typical life of a nineteenth century woman. During this era‚ a woman’s role is to be a wife and mother. The main character‚ Edna Pontellier‚ begins to struggle with this obligatory role in society. Even though she is an upper woman in society‚ she has feelings of suffocation and frustration. She begins to neglect her
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The Harlem Renaissance was a complex‚ diverse movement driven by African Americans who introduced their unique heritage into American culture through a flourishing of art‚ literature‚ theater‚ and music (Hutchinson‚ Encyclopedia Britannica). It was an epochal era in which for the first time in history‚ African American artists attained critical acclaim (Jackson‚ Yale New Haven Institute). Furthermore‚ the hotbed of ideas was connected to the emerging civil rights movement which followed from this
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The Vietnam War was not necessary Donna Baker COM/172 Version 3 October 29‚ 2012 Donna Hooley The Vietnam War started in 1954 with the defeat of the French and ended in 1975 with the fall and withdrawal of Saigon. The United States’ (U.S.’s) involvement in the Vietnam War started in 1963 with support of weapons‚ military training‚ advisement‚ and supplies until 1965 when U.S. troops went into battle with the North Vietnamese (Szczepanski‚ n.d.). American troops did not pull out of the war until
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When discussing the history of Rondo women are often not included in the discussion. Likewise‚ when discussing present day Rondo businesses that were lost are not discussed. In the “The Highwaymen”‚ performed by the History Theater‚ no women were portrayed‚ and no resolution is made for the loss of Timothy Howard’s barber shop. Women play an instrumental role in the history of any society‚ but in the context of Rondo their roles in the community are missing from the narrative. Females represent the
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During this clinical situation‚ I was trying to make Bob pain free. To assist this a nursing assessment was performed‚ followed by planning and clinical reasoning to determine a clinical decision. I intervened to make Bob comfortable. A focused nursing assessment was performed‚ this included onset of pain and an abdomen assessment. It is important to focus on the patients’ presenting problem to establish a decision (Bickley‚2017). On assessment Bob had a distended lower abdomen. A distended lower
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disc containing the video of the murder of Congressman Hammersly (Jason Robards). This is when Robert Dean’s life begins to fall apart; he loses his job‚ his family and all his money. Whilst on the run he meets a former government operative‚ Edward Lyle “Brill” (Gene Hackman) who then unwillingly befriends Dean and helps him to escape from the NSA. Brill becomes an antihero because of his unconventional methods‚ and because he is unlikeable‚ but is a protagonist in the end. In the film‚ Enemy of
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The Story of Suicide Sal We each of us have a good "alibi" For being down here in the "joint"; But few of them really are justified If you get right down to the point. You’ve heard of a woman’s "glory" Being spent on a "downright cur‚" Still you can’t always judge the story As true‚ being told by her. As long as I’ve stayed on this "island‚" And heard "confidence tales" from each "gal‚" Only one seemed interesting and truthful -- The story of "Suicide Sal." Now "Sal" was a gal of rare
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Motion detector records show that the only footsteps detected in the Blue Room that night were at 12:27 a.m. and again at 12:53 a.m. These times match to when Abath said he passed through on patrol. The frame for the painting was found on security chief Lyle W. Grindle’s chair near the front desk. The thieves made two trips to their car with artwork during the theft‚ which lasted 81 minutes. Before leaving‚ they visited the guards once more‚ telling them "You’ll be hearing from us in about a year‚" although
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