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The sport of boxing is the epitome of masculinity. With its largely aggressive and physical nature and high injury rate, it is no surprise that author Joyce Carol Oates, in her collection of boxing essays, states, “boxing is for men, and is about men, and is men” (72). In refuting of this claim, women have been partaking in the sport of boxing since the eighteenth century ( van Ingen & Kovacs, 2012). Women have made great advances to enter the world of combat sports. However, research shows that they are not shown the same amount of respect that their male counterparts receive due to the attention paid towards their femininity instead of their passion for the sport.

Alberto Salazar once said, “an athlete who tells you the training is always easy and always fun simply hasn’t been there. Goals can be exclusive, which makes the difficult journey all the more rewarding”. Training in athletics is like training for college. You have to start all the way at the beginning and work your way up to the top. I come to you today to explain how my difficult journey through high school has influenced my decision about what I want to do in my future, and how it has influenced my family.

What comes to your mind when you hear of the word boxing? Do you just think of all the great boxers of the past like Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson. For some going to the gym and training for boxing isn’t just about being famous and making money, it is a sport that they love to do and have passion for. Imagine doing something that you love to do, that’s what boxing is to some boxers because they love the sport and they’re getting paid to do something they enjoy doing. Boxing requires training everyday since it isn’t a sport that comes naturally and is easy to do, along with training comes diet. Boxers need to eat healthy and know what to eat to prepare and be ready for training and matches. In boxing there are many types of levels that you are put in depending on your weight class. There are also many great boxers that have fought over the years, they each have a story and the reason boxing was meant for them. Apart from all that there are many great benefits that come with boxing like your salary can be really high and can vary off how many matches you win and there are also many benefits for your

Throughout world history people have enjoyed watching two men compete in hand to hand combat. Professional boxing made its debut here in America around the turn of the 20th century. Unlike boxing, mixed martial arts is a relatively new sport. Both sports are very technical and require their fighters to be in superb condition. Many fighters train all their life to make it big, but few ever get there. Although both sports are immensely popular, one stands alone as the dominant sport. In this paper I 'll prove that the sport of MMA is more technical, more exciting, and much safer than boxing.

“Techniques, forms, and self-defense” Once he said this I felt as if all the black belts eyes fell upon me. I gulped nervously to myself after trying to figure out how to successfully defend myself from three of the daunting, large black belts who could easily pummel me. I tried to remain calm and collected but, my right leg kept shaking vigorously which I got control of eventually. We began the techniques portion, all three of us went at the same time doing all of the same techniques. After successfully completing the first three, I felt more confident that I could easily get through

Immediately after the main character arrives to the boxing ring is when he faces a new challenge that he must overcome. This fight between classmates has him worried that he might not even get a chance to give his speech. The author implies that the setting of the boxing ring can intimidate anybody if there were

Everyone remembers that one place, that one place that instantly makes you feel good, that one place where you can completely act like yourself. For me, that one special location forever remains Texas Best Gymnastics, in McKinney, Tx. What I always adored was practicing with my team.I began competing there at the age of eight, and I competed my last competition shortly after my thirteenth birthday. However, even though I no longer spend half my time at the gym like I used to, it still invokes the same effect on me. Now that I stepped away from competing for a few years, when I look back on how stressful it seemed, I can still see all the wonderful memories I created. More than anything, I see what a wonderful impact the gym had on my life.

During my Capstone experience I was able to be involved in a training gym in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma. In this gym there are ages four to eighteen training. The athletes were from: Fort Gibson, Woodall, Tahlequah, Briggs, Hilldale, Oktaha, Vian, and Muskogee. The sports available were: basketball, football, baseball, wrestling, and healthy day-to-day living. There were multiple trainers and they used multiple different facilities. Since Fort Gibson is somewhat small and limited on their workout resources they used: local churches, a gym located downtown, outdoor fields at the Fort, the high school track, and sometimes even do home calls.

After a series of announcements about cardiac screenings and where to buy gym clothes, the Instructional Coordinator finally projected the three offerings for the students not signed up for one of the new specialized P.E. courses.The first choice was out immediately because there was no way I would pay to golf off-campus. One of the two remaining choices looked identical to a girls-only course I had taken my junior year, although this year all P.E. classes were officially coed. The group fitness unit offered would be less torturous than rotating between the cardio room and the weight room that catered to football players and wrestlers, not petite out-of-shape non-athletes, but I’d have to repeat hip-hop dance.

There is perhaps no other sport in the world that tests an individual’s will than Mixed Martial Arts. Unlike boxing or football that specializes in one discipline, Mixed Martial Arts, or MMA is a sport that incorporates a diverse of regime of preparation. A typical day for a this athlete begins early in the morning enduring grueling sessions of strength and conditioning and continuing on through the twelve hour day with practicing a multitude of martial arts like kickboxing, wrestling, and jiu-jitsu. The diligence required for a fighter preparing to fight is even more severe. Three to four months before a fight is scheduled, the intensity is drastically increased in conjunction with a specialized diet to lower body weight and meet the specified weight class a day before the fight.

I penetrated his gaze. I saw his fear. I focused my thoughts and all my energy to destroy his confidence and make his legs tremble in the ring. Once I was in the ropes, my entire focus was him. His trainer was nothing on my trainer, I had the best. His support was nothing on my support, I had my whole family, the local neighborhood and my girlfriend. This was my day. DingDing! I launched forward.

The American Educational System is not what it used to be. Many people fear the falling standards of the United States’ public school system. What with the harsh social environment, the controversial curriculum, the overpaid, corrupt teachers with their own agenda, and the exposure to horrifying new ideas and ways of thinking; Or at least this is what the paranoid parents of the United States have led themselves to believe. Anything looks bad when you look at it in such harsh light. Granted, there are a few (or several ) flaws in the Public Educational System but rather than make an attempt to help fix these problems, parents take it upon themselves to educate their own children and “fix” them. This alternative form of education known as

Stepping foot into that gym for the first time was the hardest thing I ever faced, not physically, mentally. In high school, I was physically and mentally strong. I could conquer any lift that I was instructed to do and I could mentally come back after a bad shot in golf or a strike out in softball. I found success in high school in being strong, fit, and healthy. Then my first year of college came in swinging, and it knocked me down the first couple weeks. However, I was not mentally tough. I did not like lifting weights anymore, because what if someone was watching me or they were judging me. I became very insecure. I had to work hard and fight myself most days in the gym, but fighting myself made me stronger. Fighting myself made me work

What do you think of when you hear the words "Mixed Martial Arts or MMA training?" Do you think of two, muscle-bound men kicking, and hitting one another in a round cage until their faces are bloodied and one falls to the floor, unable to continue the match?

Since the dawn of time, man has had to fight for one reason or another. There has been war using weapons, sword fights between individuals, and then there are modern day wars battled out in the cage. Kickboxing has had many uses in the past, but it is one of the most popular sports in today’s culture. It is a very useful skill to learn. There is no mistake that martial arts are dangerous, but if properly taught, a perfectly disciplined warrior will be a result. Warrior may not have the same meaning as it used to, but fighters are as close to a warrior as possible in modern time. Trained fighters are always toughened mentally and physically to a near superhuman extent. Bones are hardened, muscles are developed,