When Fred Karimian started The Ohio State University Jeet Kune Do club in 1982-83 (which later became the Do-Jung-Ishu Club) he said the basic goal of the club is to show what he knew about martial arts and fighting. A part of that goal as he often said, speaking with an Iranian accent, “…is not to become so famous.” Fred did become well known as a fierce fighter and he could have easily become famous, but he chose another path and continues to this day to be very successful in his finance career and as a husband and father. We have never wavered from that basic goal of sharing what we know in order to learn from each other. What we have shared and experienced together over the years is certainly more than just the blood, sweat, and tears that come with martial arts training; we have become great friends as well. I personally have always been very thankful for the Do-Jung-Ishu family. It’s been long enough now (over twenty five years), that not only have we seen each other progress as martial artists, but we’ve gone to each other’s weddings, watched each other’s kids grow up, and I imagine we’ll watch each other grow old as well. Within our ranks are not only successful fighters, but those who have gone on to the military, to start businesses, and even to break world records like instructor Stan Apseloff did when he broke the world pull-up record. This is only a small example of the quality of people who have worked out with us over the years. Ricardo Wilson, Mehran Habbi, Robert Pyles, and others have kept Do-Jung-Ishu going one way or another for the fifteen or so years since Fred left. I’ve certainly done my part as well. Our past club presidents have always done their best to serve the club as have many more peop... ... middle of paper ... ... (outside OSU), how to market ourselves, and how we have overcome many other challenges throughout the years. There’s a wide variety of information in this manual, from journal notes, to interviews, articles, etc. It all shows the thought and care that has gone into a lifetime commitment by Fred Karimian (the founder of Do-Jung-Ishu), Ricardo Wilson (Fred’s first assistant), myself (Fred’s second assistant), and many others, including our current instructors and students. I hope you will continue to help in this preservation by documenting your experiences as well. So, let this book help guide you – as it also preserves the club’s past and hopefully inspires you to continue to train hard, and to see yourself appear in future updates of this book, especially now as the club has moves forward into a whole new and exciting direction as “The Ohio Fight Club.”
Written by Margaret K. Pai, the Dreams of Two Yi-min narrates the story of her Korean American family with the main focus on the life journeys of her father and mother, Do In Kwon and Hee Kyung Lee. Much like the majority of the pre-World War II immigrants, the author’s family is marked and characterized by the common perception of the “typical” Asian immigrant status in the early 20th century: low class, lack of English speaking ability, lack of transferable education and skills, and lack of knowledge on the host society’s mainstream networks and institutions (Zhou and Gatewood 120, Zhou 224). Despite living in a foreign land with countless barriers and lack of capital, Kwon lead his wife and children to assimilate culturally, economically, and structurally through his growing entrepreneurship. Lee, on the other hand, devoted herself not only to her husband’s business but also to the Korean American society. By investing her time in the Korean Methodist Church and the efforts of its associated societies, such as the Methodist Ladies Aid Society and the Youngnam Puin Hoe, Lee made a worthy contribution to the emergence and existence of Hawaii’s Korean American community.
... have anything in connection to a boxing club. With his attention-catching first chapter, Sharenow was able to start his book by completely immersing us into it.
On an October afternoon in 1954, a 12-year-old Clay attended an annual convention of the Louisville Service Club at the Columbia Auditorium with a friend. He arrived at the black merchant bazaar upon a new $60 red and white Schwinn. However, after Clay and his friend indulged themselves with free popcorn and ice cream they left the auditorium to find that their bicycles had been stolen. A tearful Clay was directed to the basement of the auditorium where a policeman was manning the boxing gym. Joe Martin listened to young Cassius boast about a statewide hunt for his precious bike and heard the threats he was making to the thief if he was ever caught. After a while, Martin asked of Clay, "Well, do you know how to fight?" Clay quipped back, "No, but I'd fight anyway." Martin's best advice to the hot-tempered preteen was to come back around the gym and learn to fight. "Why don't you learn something about fighting," Martin suggested, "before you go and make any hasty challenges?" (2)
The Wu Tang clan is a nine-member hip-hop group that formed in 1992. Since 1992 the group has gone on to find success as a group and as solo artist. The Wu Tang Clan is easily one of the most influential hip-hop groups of all time. The group has taken aspects from every area such as kung fu to religion and blended them into a unique brand of music that is many times imitated but never duplicated.
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the contrary to this belief, martial arts has had a rich history in a religious aspect as well. One
Although some people still oppose the fighting style and physicality of MMA, the benefits clearly outweigh the consequences. With strict and organized regulation of MMA events, proper care and insurance risk can be minimized, but it’s necessary to se...
Fight Club is a novel written by Chuck Palahniuk. This is a story about a protagonist who struggles with insomnia. An anonymous character suffering from recurring insomnia due to the stress brought about by his job is introduced to the reader. He visits a doctor who later sends him to visit a support group for testicular cancer victims, and this helps him in alleviating his insomnia. However, his insomnia returns after he meets Marla Singer. Later on, the narrator meets Tyler Durden, and they together establish a fight club. They continue fighting until they attract crowds of people interested in the fight club. Fight club is a story that shows the struggles between the upper class and lower class people. The upper class people here undermine the working class people by considering them as cockroaches. In addition, Palahniuk explores the theme of destruction throughout the book whereby the characters destroy their lives, body, building and the history of their town.
The more you fight in the fight club the tougher and stronger you become. Getting into a fight tests who you are. No one helps you so you are forced to see your weaknesses. The film celebrates self-destruction and the idea that being on the edge allows you to be beaten becuase nothing really matters in your life.
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North Korea has been in the centre of political discussions for many years, therefore much research has been done on its regime, international status, foreign policies and other matters. However, North Korea is not just a communist “hermit kingdom” created by Soviet troops during the Korean War, it is also a traditional Confucian state that shares some fundamental similarities to its neighbours. Furthermore, this same Confucianism has played an important role in the creation of the North Korean regime. Despite having been actively criticized for several centuries, this philosophy turned out to be a great tool of power legitimation and a strong base for the totalitarian state. In this essay, three topics will be discussed. Firstly, the appearance and overview of the Confucianism in the Korean peninsula – its roots and changes throughout the years. Secondly, the importance of Confucianism in North Korea with a focus on the analogy between family’s hierarchy and society’s structure. Finally, the comparison between North Korea and other Confucian states will be made for a better understanding of reasons why North Korea became the totalitarian state that it is.
Ever since the previous season I had my standards set high. I had placed fifth, which was all right for the time being, but I knew as time went on I needed to push myself and increase my level of wrestling. I decided that I would do whatever it took, through thick and thin. I traveled to small local tournaments in Colorado, and a couple out-of-state tournaments, I even traveled to Delaware. It didn't really matter how I did at these tournaments because it was just all practice until February. So, I lifted and wrestled just about every chance I got. It was all in preparation for one match, six minutes.
“Fight Club is a story about the delusions of professionals in the "New World Order". It is an extraordinary representation of the repressed rage of middle America, which has intensified since the loss of the Vietnam war. This social anxiety has been fuelled by a variety of social movements, including feminism and the civil rights movement, but is also involves confusion about post-Fordism and post-Keynesian economics, as well as frustration over the collapse of the American Dream”. (Ruddell, Caroline)
“Today can be the day of my first wrestling match, I absolutely hope I win , what if I don't and It's embarrassing? I’m overthinking it, I’ll be fine, I just need to use the knowledge and skills I’ve learned from the past couple months.” I thought to myself as I walked to my sixth period class which was wrestling. It was the third week into the wrestling season and the first two league duels I defaulted because there was no one in my weight class.
...hey are doing, and these exchanges reinforce feelings that everyone is on the same team” (Kouzes & Posner, 2012, p. 63). Through acquiring additional experiences, while building upon my past ones, I intend to develop the outstanding leadership skills necessary to be successful.