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    Wrestling

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    A wrestling match is a test of strength‚ speed‚ agility‚ endurance and above all‚ the ability to combine these things. A match can go as long as seven and a half minutes without stopping‚ but that is not the hardest part of being a member of a good wrestling team. Becoming a family is one of the hardest parts of wrestling. Learning to trust people that you don’t even know that well‚ but it is also what makes a strong‚ functional‚ winning team. Wrestlers compete individually to earn points for their

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    History of Wrestling

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    History of Wrestling “No sport is older or more widely distributed than wrestling” (Encyclopedia Britannica). Wrestling has been part of people’s life styles in hand-to-hand combat‚ to actual competition till one of the opponents die‚ and now present day where the sport is for winning but not causing death. Many people think that the Greeks made and started wrestling but records show around 3000 B.C. the Egyptians and Babylonian started wrestling. The Egyptians and Babylonian mainly used wrestling

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    Sumo Wrestling

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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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    Freestyle Wrestling

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    Grundbrecher English 1; Wednesday 03/06/2013 Wrestling The sport of wrestling helped mold me into the man I am today. Wrestling can be more than just a sport‚ as it was to me. Wrestling teaches young boys‚ and girls discipline‚ self respect‚ and hard work. Wrestling definitely gave me an entirely new understanding as to what hard work and dedication meant. I never could have possibly imagined that a sport could impact my life as much as wrestling did. I am extremely grateful for everything my

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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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    Wrestling can help you build a good self-esteem and can teach you to have self-control. Wrestling is a rough sport that involves strength training to give the wrestler the skill he needs to take on his/her opponent (Cooper). Wrestling is a high powered sport that helps you rely on your perservance and determination to out skill your opponent. Wrestling teaches you to be fearless‚ and gives you a mental toughness‚ and it gives you structure. A wrestler’s power should come from their legs‚ a tight

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    Girls and Wrestling

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    Girls and Wrestling Should girls be able to wrestle? I wanted to know the answer to this question and see what other people thought about this topic. I started out by looking for articles on the internet and talking to my wrestling coach Justin Ruiz to see what he thought about women’s wrestling. I am interested in this because a lot of people don’t believe that girls should be able to wrestle. I researched the question‚ I talked with my coach‚ and I did my own reflective thinking in order to disclosure

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    The World of Wrestling

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    Response 3 English 201 December 19‚ 2000 In The World of Wrestling by Roland Barthes‚ he takes the sport of wrestling and turns it into a modern day myth. He talks of the French wrestling scene describing the spectacle‚ the venues‚ and the wrestlers themselves. It is well known that wrestling itself isn’t real‚ just acting but it is still fancied by many people. The wrestler personalities are typically categorized the bastards and the good guys often having good fighting evil. The role a

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    Wrestling narrative

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    case‚ I am not a typical 11th grader. Because this year‚ I decided to try wrestling for the first time. I’ve always had experience with martial arts such as boxing‚ kickboxing‚ and Capoeira – a fight that was disguised as a dance by Brazilian slaves in the 1500s. Also‚ I’ve done school sports and athletic activities such as indoor and outdoor track‚ and lacrosse. But‚ until this year‚ I had never done any form of wrestling‚ which is a sport that has always piqued my interest. The exhilaration of

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    Wrestling Narrative

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    The Fall "Fall" is a term in wrestling where a wrestler is pinned to the ground on his back. Being beaten by fall is one of the ultimate forms of humiliation for the loser and a demonstration of absolute domination for the winner. I won most wrestling matches during my eighth grade year. My ego began to inflate more and more‚ as I began defeating most of my opponents by fall. However‚ I was not becoming a positive role model. With my undefeated record‚ I found myself fooling around in practice

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