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    Do you know what sport was established in the 15th and 16th century? Many people may not realize that the great sport of wrestling was established so long ago. However, wrestling is much different now than it was when it first came about. Since the sport of wrestling began, major changes and advancements have come about which have changed the sport tremendously and made it what it is today. Wrestling is one of the oldest sports, and it has a lot of historical background. Wrestling was established

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    One thing this year’s wrestling team kept on making. The regular season was not what this team would be remembered for, but rather be remembered by the success they held in the postseason events. With the team winning the Northern Central Connecti- cut Conference Tournament for the first time in school history, the moment was surreal. Four wrestlers took home first place, Jeff Suschana in the 132 lbs weight class, Jacob Berry-Parker in the 160 lbs weight class, Frankie Rinaldi in the 170 lbs weight

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    Maddie Mastro, an Olympic half-pipe snowboarder representing United States, was born on February 22, 2000 in Loma Linda, California. About a week ago, Mastro turned 18 years old. She has been on the United States Olympic Team for about two years. Mastro began skiing at age two, but transitioned to snowboarding after her parents bought her a pink snowboard at the age of six. Obviously, when one is an Olympic athlete, there is hard-working training invovled. One of the training for all snowboarders

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    Throughout the Middle ages the French invented a new style of wrestling called “Greco-Roman”. They combined the two names Freestyle and Greco-Roman and called it “Amateur wrestling”. Then it continued in England, France, and even in Japan. When the settlers from Europe came to the new world they practiced wrestling for entertainment not for art, so did the Native Americans (Different). Freestyle and Greco-Roman was starting to get well-known in the colonies. It made it traditional to make wrestling matches

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    The History and Future of Wrestling

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    Freestyle is described as a combat sport that confronts two competitors who try to gain control over their opponents through the use of throws, locks, leg trips, and clinching techniques (Fila Official ). Takedowns are described as the action that occurs from the standing/neutral position when an opponent is taken to the mat and controlled (Isport). Developed in Great Britain and the United States under the name catch-as-catch-can, Freestyle became the favorite attraction

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    The room is best described with one word: Sanctuary. When you walk into the room, you’re greeted with the sense nothing else matters inside this room besides one thing and that is improving your skills as a wrestler. Unlike a basketball court or a football field, which are used for many different activities, the wrestling room is for work only. Isolated from the rest of the school with a set of heavy metal doors, the wrestling room contains two full sized mats that cover the floor and go halfway

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    Wrestling was a popular sport among ancient Greeks. Illustrations of it is often found on greek pottery and currency, non specific to any period. Wrestling was not strict and was done naked. It was in the Olympic Games from 776 BCE. There were two different parts to the game: a toppling game and the pankration. The toppling game was for the best two of three falls, and pankration which was a combination of wrestling and boxing. One famous greek wrestler was Milon of Croton, a winner of the wrestling

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    Homer recounts those Trojan war of the 13th alternately 12th century BC. Those roots for grappling do a reversal 15,000 a considerable length of time through whole drawings on France. Babylonian also Egyptian reliefs hint at wrestlers utilizing Mossy cup oak of the holds referred to in the present-day game. The game from claiming grappling need fallen a long manner since it might have been rehearsed toward our soonest ancestors, getting to be a greater amount formal and composed representational

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    The History Of Wrestling

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    Louis 1904 Olympic Games and changed style of wrestling. (Wikipedia, 2016). Freestyle Wrestling is a form of wrestling, which allows the opponents to grab each other by the legs to take them down for a pin at the shoulders. The difference in this form versus the Ancient Greek form is the opponents were not allowed to grab legs for

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    Eggsy Unwin

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    Stuntman Damien Walters became a household name and one of our favorite stunt performers when he tumbled out of his clothes and into his nickers in his 2009 Reel. Starting off as a power tumbler, Damien picked up many parkour and freerunning fundamentals and he blew the public away bringing in millions of views on the reel he published in 2009. Damien broke into the stunt business in 2008 when Stunt Coordinator Brad Allan hired himto work on Hellboy II. Since then has done stunt work for a variety

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