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The Differences between Manual Handling and Patient Handling Train the Trainer Courses
Nov 30th
Pacquiao torn between boxing and politics
Aug 26th
Pacquiao torn between boxing and politics
Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao could no longer devote his whole time serving his constituents in the lone district of Sarangani before the House of Representatives once his November fight is finalized this week. But the pound-for-pound king promised to make sure he will be able to wisely manage the time he will spend in Congress and the hours he will spare to jumpstart his training …
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Between Samuel Peters and the Nigerian Press
Jun 6th
It is no longer news that Samuel Peters who to me and every understanding Nigerian who believes that the Boxer is not finished has fallen to Vitali Klitschco in what has officially become the sole affair of the Nigerian newspapers, but what has particularly become worrisome to the Boxing world is that the Nigerian print media has found no news more juicy than the fall of Samuel Peters.
Peters (31-2, 23 KOs) remains to me a good Boxer no matter what the Nigerian newspapers causes us to believe to the contrary with all those gory pictures displayed by them appearing like a gang up against one of their own. I consider this very unfortunate and sympathetic because an idea such as this is aimed at rubbishing the name of the Boxer even as tongues in the streets are wagging that Samuel Peters is incapable of fighting even the laziest of the laziest Boxer.
In Boxing, anything could have happened in which case Vitali Klitschco with 35-2 record emerged superior at the end of it all but the Nigerian press was caught napping because it stood aloof, obviously not in expectation of this because it assumed Peters to be invincible. No international Boxer of great standing excepting Rocky Marciano escaped defeat in their entire career in the ring, not even Mike Tyson, Mohammed Ali, Larry Holmes, sugar Leonard and sugar Robinson, yet we all know how Marciano using cleverness avoided the ring and fighting his 50th fight thus ending up in his private restaurant at his prime in order to avoid defeat while Larry Holmes was also cleverly robbed what would have equaled the record of marciano. Have you seen anything like that?
If compared with the number of victories won by George Foreman, Mohammed Ali, Mike Tyson and others Rocky Marciano with only 49 victories has the least victories with the only thing standing between them being defeat at some time or the other. Today, Marciano is being celebrated in Italy and America. Already, our own Samuel Peters has won 29 fights at a tender age still counting, having once won the world Boxing Council title, and a glory to Nigerians and Africans. Defeat is the portion of any Boxer and sportsmen and women in general, we cannot pretend about it and what happened to Peters was not strange but what is rather strange is inability to rise again when defeated after losses. We have seen Boxers do it in the past and optimistically Peters can do it. I hope I am not the only one who still believes in him.
My two quarrels with the Nigerian press are firstly, the gory and disheartening pictures of the fight between Peters and klitschco and various articles and editorials put up by our pressmen in condemnation of Peters as if his career has abruptly come to an end. I have since lost count of the number of people I have rightly convinced that irrespective of the pictures published by our press that Peters can fight back to glory. All of these are happening while his WBC title won and lost is still being celebrated in far away places like Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Egypt, Cuba etc. Has anyone from any of these countries done it before?
The caption “Beaten and battered like a thief” which appeared on the back page of Sunday Sun, Sunday 26, 2008 is nothing tome but emotionally traumatizing to those of us the youths, an aim to shoot the Boxer and bring his career to an end and an affront to many Nigerians who knows what it could cost a Blackman from the African continent to win a title in Boxing. The Nigerian press should have rather than resort to negative publicity of the match our man lost because he could not continue with it encourage him and the upcoming ones to do better next time.
Secondly, the Nigerian newspapers constantly referred to him as “Akwa Ibom Born Nigerian” which seems to me unnecessary and a waste of words in seeking to achieve nothing. I am yet to hear Lennox Lewis, Hasim Rahman, James Douglas and even Azuma Nelson referred to as California, Los Angeles, London and Ashanti born Americans or Ghanaian. We hear this only from the Nigerian press which seeks to tribally distinguish a Nigerian of Delta State extraction from Niger State. What does Akwa Ibom State mean to the World when it is a known fact to them that Peters is simply a Nigerian?
I also recall that the Federal Government of Nigeria in its typical approach took only little interest in the affairs of the Boxer when it was clear that the Boxer was about putting the image of the country in the Boxing map of the world, leaving it all to the Akwa Ibom State Government. Even when he won the WBC title no Nigerian flag capable of gloriously wrapping up Peters was readily available to him instead the type found in “Molues” and “Danfos” was shamefully handed to him and I shut my eyes firmly.
The Nigerian press rather than describe Samuel Peters as a beaten and battered like a thief Boxer which he never was should engage the Government of Nigeria in a brawl and force it to rebuild and renew the interest of our youths in sports and Boxing in this way we can produce admirable champions who are capable of beating and battering other Boxers like thieves, or do the Nigerian press not know that governments of other countries promote boxing fights and matches which in the first place was one good factor Bashiru Ali of Nigeria suffered.
Samuel Peters was defeated like any other Boxer who fell to their opponents but was never beaten and battered like a thief. Mike Awoyinfa of the The Sun Newspaper, take note!
Emeka Esogbue hails from Ibusa, Delta State, Nigeria. He is a Historian and International Relations graduate and Current Affairs commentators with lots of tremendous published and unpublished works.
Emekaesogbue@yahoo. com
Whats the difference between a kids punchbag and an adults? i want to buy a bag but not sure if its for kids?
Apr 28th
My second is the sale of its punchbag, he is not sure if a child or an adult bag what should i look for? Lonsdale is a kit which should be the minimum height for an adult punchbag I am 18 and rise to 5ft8
Mechanical Movement And Electronic Movement Watches ? What Is The Difference Between The Two?
Apr 16th
Everyone wants to buy a nice looking designer watch and above all they want it to last for a long time, as a well made and quality watch should last for many years, with it only needing a new battery once a year. As technology improves, so does the quality and type of watches that are manufactured by some of the leading brands, but there are still two types of movements, mechanical and electronic, and we take a look at the difference below.
Mechanical Movement Watches
When watches were first produced, they were all mechanical movement watches, as the technology did not exist outside of moving parts. Some watches contain many moving parts, all working together to make your watch keep time and move along, a bit like a cog like set up.
When you wind one of these watches up, they then slowly let off this energy to control the movement of the watch, which is controlled to make a periodic energy release, and this is how the watch keeps time. Most of these type of watches will also use a balance spring and balance wheel, which helps with the control of gear system, something which is vital to keep the watch on an accurate basis.
These watches are still sought after, but often more expensive, as they are very traditional watches. With some of them now becoming collectors models because there are less and less being made as many manufactures now move to other technologies to help with cost and accuracy.
Key facts:
Traditional watch making assembled by hand,
No need for battery replacements.
Even though mechanical watches have many moving parts they work beautiful together and looked after will keep running
With a mechanical watch the parts are always working once wound up, so servicing is key to a long life, if you start to find you’re running late it may be time to service your watch!
If you have an automatic winding watch then it would be a good idea to invest in a watch winding box, this will rotate your watch to keep the movement wound, ask watch mad for details.
Electronic Movement Watches
The new form of watches, the electronic movement watches have few or no moving parts, as they use something called the piezoelectric effect, which is in effect a tiny quartz crystal, which helps to provide a far more accurate time and stable watch, with less that can realistically go wrong.
These types of watches are often called quartz watches because of the way they work, with most looking like they still operate a mechanical operation under the surface, to help maintain the look and feel of the more traditional watches. These watches only started to be produced in 1969, with the first electronic movement watch being a Seiko, which was only really research in Switzerland in 1962.
These watches, or type of watches, generally cost less to make and are therefore made in many thousands, as they are more cost effective when made at these quantities. The electronic movement watch has helped to drive the price of designer watches down and make them more affordable, but some traditionalists will still prefer the mechanical movement watch over the electronic version.
Key facts:
Electronic movement have few moving parts, sometimes none, as they are all electronically controlled
They are more accurate due to the technology involved, and as this improves the watches become even more accurate
Because they are less delicate than the mechanical movement version, they are less likely to suffer errors or issues
So, in conclusion, even though more watches are now being made with the electronic movement, traditional mechanical movements are still being produced, just at lesser levels of production which in turn contributes to them being more expensive. No one can really say which is better, as there is most definitely a market for both, but it is just good to see that watches, in whichever form are now being made more affordable in the market.
Mark Warr is the Managing Director of WatchMad. Co. Uk
WatchMad is part of the David Christopher Jewellery Group – a family business of two generations with fifteen retail stores throughout the Midlands and Southwest. After many years of retail trading offering unbeatable customer service with an excellent reputation for the latest products and great quality, it’s time for them to bring this to the web and be able to offer you the same. http://www. watchmad. co. uk/
Do you think you’d be able to alternate between Oven gloves & Boxing gloves ?
Apr 12th
Thu, April 16 06:06 AM Kazumi Izaki Japanese housewife dutifully prepares lunch for her family at dawn every morning before hitting the gym to take on men cultivés.Izaki, which has become in Japan oldest professional boxer last year, could soon surpass George Foreman winning the world title at the age of 46 to ans.Contrairement Foreman, dinner, however, Izaki swaps his boxing gloves for a deck at least twice a day , also cook for her husband and her daughters, aged 22 and 15, before training at night. “I cook dinner every night and then go to the gym about 8″, told Reuters in an interview Izaki. “I get up at 5:45 for the lunch box and go to bed around 2:30 am. “I love to cook. I baked a cake before coming to the gym today. I grilled mackerel with grated radish tonight. I try to catch a nap during the day, sometimes so.” Izaki future has hung in the balance since early this year when the World Boxing Council (WBC) decided she was too old to fight Mexico’s Ana Maria Torres, 29 years to superflyweight world (up to 115 lbs , 52. 1 kg) of the Crown. WBC officials pulled the plug on February 28 fight health reasons, fearing that it could be hurt by the hard-punching Mexican. “I’m not afraid Torres said a challenge Izaki, shaking her curly hair.” It’s annoying, but I will not give up a world title. I want to belt Torres.Le Yokohama based Izaki A former aerobics instructor, was horrified to have to hit someone when she has shod his first pair of gloves 11 years ago, refusing to get into the ring to spar. “I sat in the corner of the room and sulked for 30 minutes, “she said with a chuckle. “I do not hit people and I could not do it.” But this guy waits patiently in the ring for me, so I tried it. I spar with men – the first time I hit a woman, I left the ring in tears. “Izaki, who has won more than half of his 16 fights, added:” I am not afraid of being so impressed, but I do not like people knocking. This was not the point of boxing for me. “Boxing is the ultimate test. It is the strength of the body on Pure. You have no weapons or tools. When you enter the ring is that you come. You must have supreme faith in yourself. “” I do not think at my age, “she said.” Once the bell rings all I can hear is my coach – and my kids yell “Go, Mom! As long as my body works I will continue. “
What is the difference between boxing gloves and boxing mitts?
Jan 22nd
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