The Fighting Irish Health Articles | June 18 Jose Altuve World Baseball Classic Jersey , 2009 Happy St. Patrick's Day! I wanted today's blog to commemorate the Irish's contributions to martial arts with some interesting links, enjoy!
Of course there were Irish catch wrestlers; Karl Gotch often tells me about Pops Charnock, a tough Irish Catch Wrestler often overshadowed by another tough wrestler of Irish decent, Billy Riley. Frank Holt is another catch wrestler with an Irish lineage (FYI, also check out Irish Faction Fighting; someone that has done excellent work in this area is John Hurley, check him out.
This year I am celebrating St. Patrick's Day with the release of the new DVD REAL BKB: Fights of the Irish Travellers. These are championship matches among the Travellers Jhoulys Chacin World Baseball Classic Jersey , a group of people popularized and romanticized in the Brad Pitt feature film Snatch.
The last bare-knuckle championship fight to happen in America, was a 75 round marathon was between two tough Irish-Americans, John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain, on July 8th, 1889 in Richburg, Mississippi. Sullivan Jhondaniel Medina World Baseball Classic Jersey , who had dominated the bare-knuckle boxing heavyweight championship for a decade, won this grueling test. He is often considered America's first true sports celebrity.
September 7, 1892 saw the end of the reign of Sullivan when Irish-American James J. Corbett, also known as "Gentleman Jim" defeated him for the Heavyweight Championship of the World in New Orleans. The fight was to be held under Queensbury Rules", with gloves.
The modern era of boxing was born that day when Corbett showed that scientific boxing could defeat overwhelming brute strength when he knocked out the defending champion Sullivan in the twenty first round. Corbett successfully defended the title with a knockout win over Charley Mitchell in the third in 1894. However, three years later Irish-American challenger Bob Fitzsimmons would defeat Corbett in the 14th round to become the new Heavyweight Champion of the World (for more information Hector Rondon World Baseball Classic Jersey , see my books The Classical Pugilism and Bare-Knuckle Boxing Companion, Vol 1 and also The Classical Pugilism and Bare-Knuckle Boxing Companion, Vol 2).
Jack Burke, Jim Corbett, Jake Kilrain, John L. Sullivan (here is a great piece by BKB scholar Elliot J. Gorn) Gregory Infante World Baseball Classic Jersey , Pops Charnock, Robert Fitzsimmons, Bartley Gorman, Jack Dempsey, Billy Conn, Jem Roche Franklin Morales World Baseball Classic Jersey , Gerry Cooney, John C. Heenan, Paddy Ryan, John Morrisey, James J. Braddock, the list of boxers of Irish decent goes on and on... (for some biographical sketches of great Irish-American boxers click here).
Today is the day to head to the pub and tip back a beer (for some of you Francisco Rodriguez World Baseball Classic Jersey , root beer) or Irish whiskey and give a hearty 'sláinte' (this is the equivalent of toasting 'cheers' in Irish Gaelic) to these tough men from the island of Ireland!
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The Law of Attraction is about obtaining anything you want, by believing that you can have it. My perspective on this is that in life you get to "want what you want". If you want wealth and fulfillment; you will get to "want wealth and fulfillment". If you want negativity and pain, you will get to "want negativity and pain".
Everything that comes into your life you are attracting into your life by your thoughts. You are what you think. The more you think about attaining it, the more clearly you are advising the "secret universe" that that is what you want. It?s a bit like tuning in a radio station on your car radio and getting a clear reception rather than the static buzz of not being tuned in properly.
This is an orderly universe. Nothing happens by accident. The images you plant in your mind instantly set up an attractive force, which governs the results in your life. If you are fearful of being in debt Felix Hernandez World Baseball Classic Jersey , you will remain in debt. If you are preoccupied that the pain in your head might be a tumor, it may well turn out to be a tumor.
When I saw the movie The Secret, I found it affirming. It explained why I always find a car parking space when I need one ? because I always say there will be a space, we only need one. My wife had really wanted to go to Cirque du Soleil?s Quidam, even though the cost had prevented her from doing any booking. She had remained clear about her determination to have our family have the Quidam experience and received tickets unexpectedly in the post from a friend.
But if the Law of Attraction is as simple as that, why aren?t more people wealthy Eduardo Rodriguez World Baseball Classic Jersey , and more fulfilled about the state their lives are in? It is because people unwittingly and frequently think about the things they don't want! Remember, we get to want what we don't want. The secret is to replace what you don't want by thinking about and attracting what you DO WANT.
The Law of Attraction is like a genie with many wishes, so you are invited to unleash your emotional genie and think big. Be clear about what you want, and you can ask for something that will not just benefit you, but others too. For example, you can set a goal to run your own business and earn $50 Deolis Guerra World Baseball Classic Jersey ,000 a month. That's a great goal. With that amount of money you can not only create a good life for your family, but also donate money to your favorite charities or fund neighborhood projects. You owe it not just to yourself ? but also to the world ? to THINK BIG. And then believe deep down that it is possible, and wait, and keep visualizing.
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