James Ronca Final Paper Wrestling is one of the oldest sports in the world. No one is sure who invented the sport but it was first implemented as a real sport in the first Olympics in the year 776 B.C. The origins of wrestling can be traced back 15,000 years through cave drawings in France; Babylonian and Egyptian relief's show wrestlers using most of the holds known to the present-day sport. More modern day wrestling has weight classes implemented so participants will wrestle people that weigh
Wrestling has and always will be a big part of my life, that’s not to say I have had a pleasant nor a fair time on the wrestling mat, but I guess life’s not fair. I have always enjoyed wrestling from the first time I stepped foot on a mat in kindergarten in my singlet that was 2 sizes too big, from the last time leaving the mat as a junior in high school limping off the mat in some of the worst pain I’ve ever felt in my life. It’s been in my family for as long as I can remember. My uncle has not
television and reality. Even as children grow out of cartoons, they are still entertained by violence. I grew up watching the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) with my older brother and my step-father, two people I looked up to. I remember countless days of wrestling with my friends throughout my childhood in result of watching the WWF. I did not understand how watching fake wrestling on television altered my reality until I grew up and now watch some of cousin’s children or neighborhood children wrestle and
The games were first called “Olympics” because the first location was close to Mount Olympus, Greece. During these first games events were limited and all competitors were males. Events were held in a coliseum and a few of the competitions were wrestling and sprinting. The games were held each year for hundreds of years until the 4th century BC. The games were stopped during that time by an Olympian ruler named Theodosius A. Christian. Modern historians believe that the ruler banned the games because
on the opposite side of the spectrum, many athletes are not eating enough. Their caloric intake is too low for the amount of physical activity being partaken in. Sports that are known for having problems with this are ballet, distance running, wrestling, cheerleading, and swimming. According to NPR, skinny ballerinas are not the only athletes, we now have to watch. “Highly committed young female athletes now run track and play soccer, basketball, water polo and other demanding sports that require
Wrestling is more than just a sport; it is a way of life. And for those who enjoy its opportunities, it is something that takes the mind off of all of life’s troubling times, and puts one man against another to get their hand raised. Competition makes everything evolve, and there is no other sport that epitomizes what competition truly is. Wrestling spans the entire globe, and although it incorporates several different styles and many National and World events, remains overlooked by most. The first
difficult time identifying a single event or person that has made me who I am. As I thought about it, there is an experience I had that shaped my upbringing and my adult decision making. My parents tried to make sure I had positive role models in my life. Most people are familiar with the image of a Mormon missionary. The missionary force for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) is made mostly of young men between the ages of 18 and 27 years old or young women from the age
after I graduated high school, the transition shocked me. Eating the wrong foods will really affect your performance, which is something that I learned the hard way. For example, all athletes need carbs for their sport. They store energy that will be later used during their event. Sports dietitian Dubost (2014) says “carbohydrate loading for three or four days before an event can help top off your glycogen storage.” The body changes glycogen into energy, which is the same energy that is stored for
intensive wrestling camp at the Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland. I woke up that day at four thirty in the morning and was so excited to finally see my family again. The excitement was so profound as I woke, I completely forgot why I woke up at four thirty in the first place. Then, it hit me. Internally I said, “Oh no, this morning is the Wet and Sandy workout. The most difficult day of my life”. The Wet and Sandy workout had achieved its reputation of being ‘the worst day of a person 's life,’ because
Ground and Submit? Are you a good "ground fighter"? Or maybe you prefer a stand-up style of self-defense/martial arts? In a self-defense situation (not a competition), would you try to take the fight to the ground (grappling/wrestling), or would do your best to stay on your feet (standup/striking)? Many styles do focus on one of these two options. Some are more standup/striking oriented like Kung Fu, Karate, Taekwondo, and Boxing/Kick-Boxing. These rely mainly upon punches, kicks, elbow/knee