Bro, Can You Even Karate?

I have been involved Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu since age of nine. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has taught me to always seek technique over physical strength. As I grew older, I sought to help teach younger students the valuable lessons that come with training Bra Jiu-Jitsu. By age fourteen, I was coaching the kid’s class. I am thankful for my opportunities to train and coach Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu because of the discipline I developed, which I was able to apply to my academics. While training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, I was given the opportunity to train, and compete, as a wrestler within the last two years. I initially struggled with the transition since Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners are comfortable on their backs as numerous grappling techniques occur from

Brain’s character is challenged in his efforts for his durability. He changes as he observes new temperaments and actions. In Paulsen’s breathtaking novel, Hatchet, a motivated Brain pushes away panic, and pessimistic thoughts. Eventually he get productively gets moving for his survival. Brian is inspired from a old friends words, Brain states, “Look at all of it”. This represents that Brain starts to become patient and investigates his surroundings with a exceptional and advanced perspective. This is important because these traits might be helpful if another situation like this one occurs again. Brain interprets, “You are the best thing you have”. This displays that Brain overcomes his anxiety feeling and starts logically thinking about his advantages he has. This is important because Brain needs as much dignity he can get because of his mental and physical conditions he is in. As a result, Brain begins to think about excellent thoughts also, is being resourceful for the time being. I relate to this book because I have had an experiences when I got into a fight with my sister about a little, non-important problem. My sister and I were fighting one day because I used something of hers without asking. She was mad at me, and I totally respect that, but she was being a little harsh. My sister and I figured it out after a bunch of fighting. That experience changed my character, by being careful, and respectful of what I use without asking my sister.

My opponent is my teacher and my ego is my enemy. During the beginning of 9th grade I had always wanted to get a membership at a gym and so happen that my cousin started working at this new gym called UFC, she invited me to check it out. Monday in the afternoon, I went to the gym and from the moment I first stepped foot in that gym I loved the vibe there. Everybody pleasantly welcomed me. I first started taking DUT (Daily Ultimate Training) classes which worked more on strength and conditioning. Then several different classes, however the one class that caught my attention the most was the Brazilian jiu-jitsu class. Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) is a martial art and combat sport that teaches a smaller person how to defend himself against a larger adversary by using leverage and proper technique

Verbal Judo is a 138 page book, written by George J. Thompson, Ph. D. and was published in March 2004. It is classified as a nonfiction, personal growth, self help and communication genre. Verbal Judo is based on the art of words and how to utilize them in various situations, in everyday life. The following three chapters left an impression on me; chapter two: The Language of Guidance, chapter four: The Language of Persuasion and chapter eight: The Language of Enforcement. They remained me of situations that have occurred in my own personal life, while I was growing up. This book has opened my eyes to think and solve problems from a different perspective then I would have done so before reading it.

Soon into the weeks we had people getting sick, people getting Infantigo, people getting Ringworm, and we just had people getting worse and people missing out on tournaments. This got to the point where some of the junior varsity kids had to wrestle Varsity. The JV kids had got better during the time and people had moved classes and everything and people had got to be JV just like I have been. The 152’s weight class had went, Sten, Tristan, Drake, Me, Leif. I had to stay at that class for a while because they would make Tristan wrestle 160 JV so they could fill up brackets. Leif would go too so they could fill in more spots, So I was the 2nd JV wrestler. Soon the sickness would get worse and worse and people would have to move lots of classes and wrestle different

Louie and his crew are assigned a mission with an unfamiliar plane called Green Hornet. During their flight towards Palmyra, Green Hornet’s no. 1 engine failed and the plane crashed into the Pacific. As Louie, Mac, and Phil were stranded with little to no supplies, Louie expressed his inconspicuous behavior by agreeing to take charge and step up in tough situations while being tranquil. For example, Hillenbrand wrote, “The current was too strong for him to get his legs beneath him, but he was able to swing them to the side, away from the shark’s mouth. The shark kept coming, directly at Louie’s head.” (162). In this state, Louie stayed relaxed as much as he could’ve been while he thought of the smarter things to do rather than work harder. As calm as the morning-ocean waves, Louie patched the raft’s bullet holes while the sharks swimming around him threatened his life.While Louie’s physical condition worsened, his mental condition sharpened. Therefore, proving that Louie remaining serene in tough situations, helped his mental thinking and let him think more reasonably. Another instance in which Louie remained serene is when,” he jammed one end of the reed through the knothole hard enough to pierce the grain sack, then put the other end into his pajama fly. The grain-rice-poured through the reed and into his pants” (290). Without being caught, Louie manages to steal rice inconspicuously from the benjo. Thus proving that, in Louie’s younger years when he is involved in delinquent activities, that with the practice in his younger years, helps him survive as a

When I started Jiu Jitsu it changed how I felt about being more social. One sunny day in a hot summer me I have sandy blonde hair and blueish green eyes I prefer to read books and be in loud places, my sister Cheyenne a fifteen year old that has blonde hair and blue eyes she loves to read books and pink items, and my nephew Nate is a hyper thrill seeking seven year old were all sitting on the couch trying to find something to watch. Going through the boring choices of movies we couldn’t choose anything then I flicked of the tv, and turned to Chey and Nate let’s go do something this is too boring I said with a little-bit of enthusiasm. Then we went on a hunt to see some fun things we could do we found Jiu Jitsu. Chey and I talked to Mom about our special activity, and she said she would think about is. Later that night I fell asleep hoping she would say yes.

Win points you have to hit certain parts of the other person's body parts to get points, Like for instance the head was like 4 points and the arm was 2 points. Ok back to the story, so I was really far into the tournament and I was up against a red belt which is 2 belts higher than me, so this kid new more moves than me which was his or her advantage. I was using all my effort to beat this person and using mostly headshots to get more points. Eventually I was tied with my opponent at 10 points and their was only a couple more seconds left and I swung my foot and hit the other person on the head and got 4 points, then the match ended and I won and was moving onto the finals. As I was warming up my teacher came over to me and told me the next opponent is a very tall and was a black belt. As the match started I was looking up at the tall man who was probably like 5ft and 10 inches. I started off the match ok but my opponent kept blocking all my moves and attacking me with strong blows that pushed me back to the edge of the ring. If I was pushed out of the ring I would

After reading Susannah Cahalan’s book, Brain on Fire, a theme of how life can have unexpected, sudden impacts becomes apparent. The author takes readers through a journey, or life lesson, that the young woman was not expecting. Throughout the story, the author brings other equally important themes such as: loyalty and finding darkness before you can find the light.

After the conditioning drills, we learned a few moves, then paired up and practiced them. “You’ll be fine,” coach said “you just have to be aggressive.” I nodded, but inside I secretly prayed that I wouldn’t get stuck with a rabid beast of a wrestler. Apparently the wrestling gods weren’t listening.

Six wrestling mats mantled the floors, three in each of the two gymnasiums. A battle was being fought on every one, each and every soldier using all of the weapons in his arsenal. The hands of the victors were raised while the heads of the defeated drooped. The bleachers were packed with spectators. In the thin corridor that separated the two gymnasiums, people shuffled through, walking, talking, and laughing. Wrestlers occupied the indoor track that encircled the upper floor of the gymnasiums. Awaiting their next battle, the warriors prepared their minds and bodies.

Those Girl Scouts had brought their fathers. But he was ready. he lunged at the largest one with a scream and hit him in the stomach. He hit the ground harder than a fat kid on a jungle gym. As the others began to circle around him, Mark changed techniques. Holding both of my hands in tight fists, I raised my arms to my sides and initiated the helicopter spin. Clearly Mark wasn't the smartest but They all backed off, fearing his impressive Rotations per minute. After a while he started getting dizzy, and one of the fathers decided to try to tackle him. As he ran Mark just stood there, dizzy and queasy time was going real slow his lunch was fighting its way back up his stomach. He tuned toward the father and launched a stream of projectile vomits with chunks of tomato and what looked like to be porridge at the feet of the group. The father immediately stopped looked Mark in the eyes and jogged in horror to the car leaving the others in the pool of

He walks in through those doors every day, Monday to Friday, first man in, last man out. A limp follows his every step telling the story of a body that has long seen its best days. He has White hair, wrinkles, and round glasses, that allow him to look cartoonish, if you didn’t know him better. He stands tall and proud, working as hard if not harder than any young man in the company. At 66 years old, Julian still feels strong and willful enough to manage a crew of 6 in Atlas refinery, where he’s worked for over 30 years and can be contributed for a lot of the company’s continued success. He’s the version of the kind of man his father taught him to be, growing up in Cincinnati, Ohio. His children are all grown up now, but he still goes to

Embodying Martial Behaviour in the Eighteenth Century, by Joanne Bailey explores the symbolic and functional attitudes regarding the body. Bailey highlights both the enduring and evolving gender stereotypes that permeated European society beginning in the late 17th century extending into the 19th century. In addition, Bailey identifies the association between gender differences and the effect it had on societies perception of crimes of physical abuse. Throughout the 18th and 19th century the body was at the apex of martial balance of power. The body was utilized to express both love and hate in a marriage. The body was a symbol of devotion and worship to one’s partner in matrimony. However, the body was and still remains a weapon for violence.

In order to understand the many influences that have shaped Mark Harbin’s life, it is beneficial to first learn about his family background. Furthermore, it is evident that before Mark was born various chaotic elements have been a pestilence present for several generations in his family. His father Mark Harbin Sr. was born in 1967 and starting from early on in his life, he was corrupted by his environment. He was born into the projects with only his mother as a caregiver because his father was out of the picture. Moreover, he started stealing at the age of seven and he admitted that when he was young he broke into a bowling alley and ransacked a safe that was there. Stealing would be a chronic occurrence that would follow him for the rest of