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    mentally prepared. As the ref blew the whistle I felt everything blackout, it was just me and my opponent trying to outmaneuver each other as if it were a game of chess. I knew what had to be done and was determined to accomplish my goal. I scored the takedown, secured the pin in rapid succession and as a result won the match. This is one of many stressful matches I have participated in. Still wrestling is not just a sport. For me wrestling goes beyond the ring. Wrestling has pushed my body to its limits

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    Anger is axiomatically palpable not only with the murder of the Manlander, Janet’s takedown at the party, but, it is quintessential to the text. The Female Man envisages a clear conjecture: it is natural for a woman to resist when subdued by a dominant, unless they are already demoralized and defeated. Then they are manipulated into a submission of the mind; thus, entrapped in a cycle of abuse. Russ said, "Anger is a necessity. It is part of all radicalism . . . sheer fury is necessary; you need

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    Martial arts has interested me ever since I was about 8 years old. One day I can remember hanging out at a friend’s house after soccer practice and seeing a trophy that caught my attention depicting a person performing martial arts. Not knowing what the trophy was for at the time, I can vividly remember asking what the trophy was for and him telling me that it was for Karate that he practiced on the weekends with his sister. That evening I asked my parents if I could start practicing Karate, but

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    Percy Jackson & The Titan’s Curse Characters: Percy Jackson: A 14-year-old demigod, who is the son of Poseidon, and he is the narrator for every book in the series of “Percy Jackson”. Annabeth Chase: A 14-year-old demigod, who is the daughter of Athena. Grover Underwood: A satyr, a satyr is a man with goat ears, tail, legs, and horns. Thalia Grace: A 15-year-old demigod, who is the daughter of Zeus. Bianca di Angelo: A 12-year-old demigod, who is the daughter of Hades, and Nico, is her brother.

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    They both placed at the masters. They missed the top six, which is the qualifiers for the state, by seconds. John gave up an escape with four seconds left. So he was four seconds away from winning that match. Seth was 10 seconds away. He gave up a takedown in the last 10 seconds. We came so close to sending four kids to the state, which would have been a new record for us. But Seth and John have surpassed my wildest expectations. GD: Your program had another successful season. Two Mother Lode League

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    Have you ever showed up to a wrestling match because all your friends are going and don't have any clue how the scoring works. I have been wrestling for a long time and all the time I have people come up to me and ask me how do you get two points? And why did the ref give you one Point? There are many reason why these points are given and why some people are given three points also. The start of the match both people have to go to the table and say their names to make sure they are the right weight

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    "verbal commands," which involves a clear and deliberate warning system. The third level which is a "soft technique," that involves pepper spray, a come along, and wrist locks. The fourth level which is a "hard technique," that involves strikes and takedowns. Finally there is fifth level being "deadly force," which involves firearms and strike to vital areas. The use of force by the police is limited mainly in the fact that non-deadly force can only be used if 1) a felony was in fact committed, 2) the

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    easy" - Dan Gable. Ever since I was in middle school I have would always walk by this unusually foggy room where there would be many guys grappling with their opponents as they ran out of breath and still would still have the energy for the finishing takedown. The amount of heat coming from that room was not because it was 98 degrees outside, it was build out of sweat and hard drilling. During my Junior year, I decided to be a part of the wrestling team for the weight class of 99. On the first day of

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    More protest were brought to the surface of the world after the shooting of an unarmed African American boy after he robbed the local convenience store in Ferguson Missouri, shot by a White police officer Darren Wilson, while confronting the African American boy Michael Brown Jr (Clarke, 2014). The response to the shooting went directly towards an automatic prejudice response of the police officer being racist towards Michael giving him no chance to surrender without need of weapon discharge. After

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    continue till a winner. There are 3 periods in a match, however, each period is 2 minutes making the match 6 minutes if it takes up the whole time. Scoring for wrestling isn’t like scoring for any other sport. You can score many different ways like a takedown, reversal, escape, back points, penalty points. When wrestling a team match a pin is worth 6 points and a tech

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