Chuck Norris “Did you know Chuck Norris pushes the Earth down when he does push-ups ?”(Chu 63). This statement is comical, but it shows the height to which Chuck Norris has risen in his career. After all, not many entertainers have entire books written about their prowess. From humble beginnings to stardom, Chuck Norris has made an impact on the entertainment world, while also giving back to others. While growing up Chuck faced many trials that changed the course of his life. Carlos Ray “Chuck” Norris was born 10 March 1940 (Chuck Norris Biography). His parents were Wilma and Ray Norris. Chuck was the oldest of three brothers (Chuck Norris). Sadly, when Chuck was Ten his parents went through a divorce because of his father's alcoholic tendencies (Chuck Norris Biography). Consequently, Chuck's mother took a job in California to work in an aircraft factory to get out of poverty (Cartwright 102). After moving to California Chuck attended North Torrance High School (Chuck Norris Biography). Norris admitted in an interview, “I was the shy kid who never excelled at anything in school.”-Citation? One good thing that happen during high school was Chuck meeting his future wife Dianne Holecheck. They were married in the year 1958. Chuck and his wife had three kids together Mike, Dina, and Eric (Chuck …show more content…
This is the origins of Norris’ karate journey began. The form of martial Arts Norris learned was the Asian Form of Tang Soo Do (Chuck Norris). After Chuck was discharged in 1962, he returned to California and pursued his passion by teaching karate (Chuck Norris Biography). Along with being a teacher Norris was a force not to be messed with in competitions. While in karate competitions Norris received his first middleweight championship title in 1968. Norris then protected his middleweight title five times, until he retired in 1974. He loved fighting, but it was not cutting the
Norris Goff was born in Cove, Arkansas, May 30, 1906. (www.me.net/stemple/ page1.htm) His parents were Rome and Dora Goff. (Cate, Micheal, 190) He lived on Reine Street. His father worked as a wholesale grocer. (Williams, Troy, 70) When Norris was in high school, he was quarterback for the football team. He graduated in 1924. He then went to the University of Arkansas and the University of Oklahoma.
Throughout his years in the Air Force Chuck flew some of the most dangerous and experimental planes. In one incident, Chuck was flying towards the sun and could not see his instrument panel.
On April 19th, 1995 the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building was blown up. the Side was ripped off and papers flying in the wind and there was a dust cloud in the air. Timothy McVeigh,Terry Nichols and Michael Fortier plotted a bomb plan to explode Alfred P. Murrah federal building.They built a bomb with garden fertilizer and ammonium nitrate. The Oklahoma City Bombing was a terrorist act against the American government.
As a child he was sent to many reform schools. He has spent the last four decades behind bars. He will never get out prison. He will eventually die in prison. This is the life of Charles Manson. Charles Manson is a sick and cruel criminal.
Anyway, Chuck joined the Air Corps as a mechanic. After a year of being a mechanic, the United States was short pilots, so they put up a notice to see if anyone wanted to become a pilot. Chuck signed the form; however, it took another year for them to pick him. It was always hard for Chuck to fit in among the other pilots and mechanics. Because he was from West Virginia, he had a strong accent, and a poor education, so he was never given a chance at first.
Richard Milhous Nixon was born to Frank and Hannah Nixon on January 9, 1913. He was the second eldest son of five sons and was born and raised in Yorba Linda, California. His father worked as a jack of all trades until buying a family operated store where Richard worked as a child. Hannah Nixon taught Richard to read young, and by age five he was solidly progressing in the three R's. Throughout school Richard was always among the top of his class and upon graduation from Whittier High School he was offered financial scholarships to both Yale and Harvard. The scholarships covered tuition only and Richard was forced to decline them because he would be unable to afford the cost of living while away at school. Instead he attended Whittier College in 1930 and was either President of Vice President of his class three of the four years he was in school. He then was awarded another scholarship to Duke Law School in 1934. In 1937 he graduated form Duke and moved back to California. Three years later he married Patricia Ryan on June 24,1940.
Richard Milhous Nixon was born into a poor family on January 9, 1913, in Yorba Linda, California, and was raised in the nearby small town of Whittier. His mother, Hannah Milhous, was well educated and a religious member of the Quaker Society, while his father Francis Anthony Nixon was uneducated, had no steady jobs, and was accused of being quarrelsome with nearly everyone around him (American President, http://www.americanpresident.org/history/). Nixon was very introvert as a child. He had a difficult early life with series of hardships, which made a lasting effect on his character and personality. He did not fit in with most of his peers and had a lifelong difficulty of trusting people outside of his family (Nixon, 1978, 5-15). His anger was kept inside of him, which motivated him to develop a sense of competition and struggle, and inspired him to excel in school. He became the valedictorian of his grammar school and was an excellent debater in Whittier High School. It was also there that he met first long-term girlfriend, Ola Florence Welch. Ola Florence was known for her beauty and strong character, with a brain to match. The two quickly fell in love and stayed together for six years. Ola Florence became engaged to Nixon in 1933. However, their romance fizzled as Ola Florence broke off their engagement in 1935 (Aitken, 1993, 58-65).
Al Capone was born in 1899 in Brooklyn,Newyork. He moved to Chicago in 1920 to join the gang to make some money. He had a wife name mae capone who will stick with Al Capone side while he does illeagl crime to make some money for him and his wife. And he was invited to the gang in Chicago and work for them to earn the money.
Bobby Mcleod was an Aboriginal activist, singer, songwriter, poet, healer and Yuin Elder. He overcame challenges for Aboriginals at the time and fought for their rights, singing to convey his thoughts for many people and publishing a few books of his poetry. Bobby Mcleod inspired hundreds of people from all over the world to strive for greatness and think about the importance of culture, through his books, music and actions.
karate dojo in 1946, headed what became the most sizably voluminous international karate federation in history, and trained many of America's top karate competitors. He was by turns fatherly, arrogant, outgoing and secretive, and had associated himself at one time or another with virtually every consequential karate master in Japan. Corroborating sources for much of his personal history are fragmentary (as with much of the history of karate in general) and his daughter, Dr. Roberta Trias-Kelley, a superb martial artist to whom he bequeathed leadership of the system upon his death in 1989, perpetuates to edify Shuri-ryu karate and sell her father’s publications from her headquarters dojo, Trias Karate, in Phoenix, Arizona.
Pednaud, Tithonus. "Frank 'Cannonball Richards – Punching Bag'." The Human Marvels. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Feb. 2014.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre was the first movie to use Ed Gein’s man-eating behavior. “The events of that day were to lead to the discovery of one of the most bizarre crimes in the annals of American history, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” (CITE). The movie is about five friends. The main characters, Sally and Franklin, want to visit their grandfather’s graveyard because there were reports about grave robbing on the news. After seeing the tombstone, the five friends decided to go visit grandpa’s house as well. On their way, they met a hitchhiker and they offer him a ride. They threw him out after he slashed the arm of Franklin in the car, which creep them all out. Afterwards, the group realizes that they need gas. So they stop to refuel, but the man at
"Tae" means foot (to kick), "kwon" means hand (to punch), and "do" represents way of life. Karate literally means "open hand" and signifies a heart devoid of corrupt intentions. Both martial arts strive to unify the mind, body, and spirit into "one entity", while aiming at the ultimate goal of helping to build a better and more peaceful world.
Karate taught me the importance of being dependable. My classmates depended on me to show up time. If someone was late, we were all required to do push ups. For example, I was late to class once, and because of that everyone had to do forty pushups. Making everyone do forty push ups is a quick way to make enemies, so I did not want to be late again. Similarly, it has taught me to always try my best. If I, or anyone in the class, was caught slacking everyone was required to do push
It was drilled into me that karate was for self-defense only. In fact, if a karate instructor heard that I used karate for anything else they would kick me out of class. I learned a lot of self-defense techniques that could save my life. Some of the thing I learned were how to get out of different kinds of choke holds, knife disarms, stick disarms and much more. I am lucky enough that I have never had to use any of these techniques; no one had better mess with me.