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Even though boxing has been around for hundreds of years, few athletes have commanded as much respect and reverence as Jack Dempsey (1895-1983), the pugilist who toppled heavyweights far exceeding his 187 lb. Fighting weight during his heyday in the 1920s. In 1950, the same year the Associated Press named him Fighter of the Century, Dempsey published an instructional book titled Championship Fighting: Explosive Punching and Aggressive Defense. In it, Dempsey holds court on his philosophies regarding self-defense for the layman and professional alike and stresses technique above all. While you’re probably better off getting one-on-one lessons in managing attacks, many of Dempsey’s tips remain valid today—so long as you can forgive some of his more curious metaphors. Here are 10 things Dempsey wanted you to know about the Sweet Science. EVEN A BABY CAN KNOCK SOMEONE OUT—AND YOU ARE STRONGER THAN A BABY.
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Championship Fighting insists that the reader understand the importance of putting one’s weight behind punches: Dempsey helpfully illustrates his point by having you consider how even a child can seriously injure an adult given the proper circumstances. “What would happen if a year-old baby fell from a fourth-floor window onto the head of a burly truck driver standing on the sidewalk?” he writes.
“It's practically certain that the truckman would be knocked unconscious. He might die of brain concussion or a broken neck. Even an innocent little baby can become a dangerous missile when its body weight is set into fast motion.” 2. BEWARE OF BIG CROWDS; THEY LEAD TO CONFLICT. A big portion of self-defense is situational awareness, and Dempsey cautions that large gatherings should be treated with a guarded attitude.
According to Dempsey: Populations increased so rapidly during the past quarter-century, while improved methods in transportation shrank the globe, that there is much crowding now. Also, the pace of living has been so stepped-up that there is much more tension in nearly every activity than there was in the old days. Crowding, pace, and tension cause friction, flare-ups, angry words and blows. That unprecedented friction can be noted particularly in cities, where tempers are shortened by traffic jams, sidewalk bumpings, crowdings in subways and on buses, and jostlings in theaters, saloons and nightclubs. KNOW YOUR ENVIRONMENT. Has a hooligan drawn you into a physical confrontation? Before you even think about raining blows upon him, consider your arena: “Let me suggest that any time you are about to be drawn into a fight, keep your head and make a split-second survey of your surroundings,' Dempsey cautions.
'Decide immediately whether you have fighting-room and whether you have good footing. If you haven't, try to force your opponent to shift to another battleground, where your knowledge of fighting will leave the percentage in your favor. Yell at him, for example: ‘Okay, wise guy! You want to fight!
Let's see if you've got the guts to come out into the street and fight me like a man!’” This, Dempsey says, will allow you to avoid obstacles and crowds, “so that you'll be able to knock his head off when you get him where you can fight without footing handicaps.” 4. YOU NEED TO STUMBLE BEFORE YOU CAN FIGHT. Dempsey had a very specific method for generating some of the forward momentum needed to land a devastating strike on the jaw, mouth, or nose of your instigator: Imagine yourself stumbling forward. “It is a quick, convulsive and extremely awkward step,” he writes. “Yet, it's one of the most important steps of your fistic life; for that falling-forward lurch is the rough diamond out of which will be ground the beautiful, straight knockout jolt. It's the gem-movement of straight punching. Try that falling step many times.” 5.
YOUR PINKY IS THE KEY TO YOUR POWER. Those new to inflicting violence might not stop to consider where power comes from and how it’s transferred. Dempsey discusses this by having amateurs refer to their shoulder and then “draw” a straight line all the way down to the pinky finger. “The power line runs from either shoulder straight down the length of the arm to the fist knuckle of the little finger, when the fist is doubled. Remember: The power line ends in the fist knuckle of the little finger on either hand,' Dempsey writes. 'Gaze upon your ‘pinky’ with new respect. You might call that pinky knuckle the exit of your power line- the muzzle of your cannon.'
USE THE ”SNEAKER” PUNCH. The former champ is exhaustive in his study of the numerous weapons available to boxers, from the left hook to the snot-box-crushing uppercut. But he reserves the most affection for what he calls the “sneaker punch,” a blow dealt over your opponent’s arms after a break in the clinch. “In boxing, it is illegal for you to use this blow, or any other, after the referee has told you to break. But you can use it before he orders a break—when you make your own break. In fist-fighting you can use it whenever you get the chance.” Dempsey’s description: (1) Keep your head in close to the left side of your opponent's head, with your chin slightly over his shoulder. (2) Maneuver with your left hand until you can grab the inside crook of his right elbow, and thus hold his right arm so firmly that he can't punch with it.
(3) Get his left arm under your right arm, and clamp your right hand under his arm—just above the elbow—just below the biceps. When you hold him in that fashion, he can't hit you; but you are in perfect position to break away sharply and deliver a stunning overhanded 'sneaker' hook.
NEVER SWING, UNLESS YOU WANT A RIDE IN A HEARSE. Any pro will tell you that straight punches are the key to victory: Wild, looping punches dilute your guard and lack precision. Dempsey is no different.
“Some current fighters attempt a long-range right upper-cut called the ‘bolo’ punch. They even attempt to lead with it. Let me warn you that the bolo is more showy than explosive. It's more dangerous to the user than to his opponent.
The bolo, or any long-range uppercut, is merely an underhanded swing. And you know that any type of swing, against a good straight puncher, signals to the mortician.” 8.
WATCH YOUR OPPONENT’S WRISTS. To help anticipate your opponent’s moves, Dempsey advocates keeping watch on the position of his or her wrists. On a related note, he advises not to close your eyes while being punched. “Never close your eyes; no matter what kind of a punch is coming at you, and no matter what kind of a punch you are throwing. Keep your eyes riveted on his left fist.
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After you develop the habit of watching punches, you'll discover that even though your eyes are focused on one threatening fist, you'll be noting from the corners of your eyes every other move your opponent is making.” 9. DON'T COUNT YOURSELF OUT BECAUSE OF YOUR SIZE.
Although he advocates routine fitness programs, Dempsey doesn’t subscribe to the theory that you need to be a chiseled beefcake in order to protect yourself. “Though you resemble a circus fat man or a human skeleton, you'll be able to fight surprisingly well if you practice the fundamentals of explosive fighting I've explained in this book. You'll be able to stiffen many a fellow with one punch, or with a couple of punches.” 10. FINISH IT QUICK.
The number one obstacle to victory in any altercation, Dempsey writes, is fatigue. “True, your opponent also may be getting fatigued; but you can't be certain about his exact condition unless he's blowing and staggering. You know for sure only that you're nearly ‘all in,’ and that he's still out there swinging at you. Accordingly, the longer he keeps fighting, the less chance you have of winning; but the greater chance you have of being battered, cut up, knocked down, knocked out, or injured.” The “Manassa Mauler” has practical advice to combat this issue. “Because of the danger in a fist-fight, it is imperative that you end the brawl as quickly as possible; and the best way to do that is by a knockout. The knockout is far more important in fist-fighting than in boxing, YOU'VE GOT TO KNOCK 'EM OUT IN FIST-FIGHTS.” If a baby can do it, so can you.
// Public Domain Ahead of The Awakening's debut, Chopin was at the height of her popularity. Critics praised both of her short story collections, and heralded A Night in Acadie as '.' She was celebrated for her observations and ability to capture 'local color.'
Posthumously, her works would continue to be revered as grand examples of American realism at the turn of the century. This literary movement depicted the everyday lives of ordinary, contemporary people with keen and humane observations. THE AWAKENING EARNED NEGATIVE REVIEWS.
Chopin's story of self-discovery and suicide boldly challenged the gender roles of Victorian society. Denounced the novel as 'morbid,' 'feeble,' and 'vulgar.' 'Miss Kate Chopin is another clever woman, but she has put her cleverness to a very bad use in writing The Awakening,' sniffed an anonymous reviewer in the Providence Sunday Journal. 'The purport of the story can hardly be described in language fit for publication.
We are fain to believe that Miss Chopin did not herself realize what she was doing when she wrote it.' The Los Angeles Sunday Times scolded, 'It is rather difficult to decide whether Mrs. Kate Chopin, the author of The Awakening, tried in that novel merely to make an intimate, analytical study of the character of a selfish, capricious woman, or whether she wanted to preach the doctrine of the right of the individual to have what he wants, no matter whether or not it may be good for him.'
Perhaps harshest of all was Public Opinion's review, which celebrated Edna's eventual drowning. 'If the author had secured our sympathy for this unpleasant person it would not have been a small victory, but we are well satisfied when Mrs. Pontellier deliberately swims out to her death in the waters of the gulf,' the critic wrote. BUT EVEN CRITICS WHO WERE UNNERVED BY CHOPIN'S PLOT PRAISED HER CRAFT. Frances Porcher, reviewing for The Mirror, lamented that Chopin's novel ultimately left her feeling 'sick of human nature,' but wrote, 'there is no fault to find with the telling of the story; there are no blemishes in its art.' Deyo of the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch acknowledged The Awakening's subversive elements, but argued that its artistry superseded its shock value. 'The theme is difficult, but it is handled with a cunning craft,' Deyo wrote. 'The work is more than unusual. It is unique. The integrity of its art is that of well-knit individuality at one with itself, with nothing superfluous to weaken the impression of a perfect whole.'
THE OUTCRY WOUNDED CHOPIN—AND HER CAREER. Despite all the praise her short stories had earned, the critical response to The Awakening crushed Chopin's spirits. Louis Fine Arts Club, which she sought to join, barred her admission because of the scandal. She wrote more short stories but struggled to find publishers. That Chopin's challenge to society's patriarchal status quo in The Awakening 'went too far: Edna's sensuality was too much for the male gatekeepers.' THE AWAKENING WAS CHOPIN'S LAST NOVEL.
Five years after its publication, the St. Louis-born author died after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage while she was visiting the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. FOR DECADES, IT SEEMED THAT THE AWAKENING WOULD BE FORGOTTEN. Following her death, critics and readers remembered her most often for her short stories.
Her legacy remained that of a '; the regional elements of her short stories were valued more highly than The Awakening's theme of female empowerment. APPRECIATION FOR THE AWAKENING GREW IN THE MID-20TH CENTURY. By the early 1960s, was changing the way Americans viewed women and society at large. In 1969, Per Seyersted, a scholar of American literature, secured Chopin's literary legacy by publishing the first edition of her collected works. He also wrote: A Critical Biography.
The former allowed generations of readers to discover her writing, while the latter reconsidered The Awakening, and 'its courageous realism.' Both books kicked off a reevaluation of Chopin and her once-notorious novel. THE AWAKENING HAS BEEN BANNED—BUT ONLY ONCE. Though book jackets like to claim that it's been banned, historians have found of verified instance when The Awakening was pulled from library shelves. A popular story claims that a library in Chopin's hometown of St. Louis removed the novel.
But in all her research, Toth could not verify this. However, The New York Times reported The Awakening was banned from a public library in Evanston, Illinois in 1902. And its placement at Georgia's Oconee County Library in 2010. That incident wasn't related to the controversial content of the novel, but to its cover showing a painting of a semi-nude woman, which upset a library patron. THE AWAKENING IS CONSIDERED A CLASSIC. Contemporary critics and academics recognize that Chopin was ahead of her time by almost 100 years.
In: The Story of the Kate Chopin Revival, editor and Chopin authority Bernard Koloski the incredible journey of The Awakening's rise to the American literature canon: 'No other American book was so maligned, neglected for so long, and then embraced so quickly and with such enthusiasm as Kate Chopin's 1899 novel The Awakening. And none has been so thoroughly redeemed as The Awakening. Thought vulgar, morbid, and disturbing in Chopin's time, it has for the past quarter of a century been seen as sensitive, passionate, and inspiring. Forgotten for two generations, it is today known by countless people in dozens of countries, and Kate Chopin has become among the most widely read of classic American authors.' BECAUSE OF THE AWAKENING, CHOPIN'S WORK CAN BE READ AROUND THE WORLD. Her writings have been into many other languages, including, according to the Kate Chopin International Society, 'Albanian, Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, Galician, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malayalam, Polish, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, and Vietnamese.'
MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/Getty Images In 2010, skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong—nicknamed the Snow Leopard—became the first Ghanaian to qualify for the Winter Olympics. Born in Scotland in 1974, while his father was teaching geography at Glasgow University, Nkrumah-Acheampong grew up in West Africa, where his only exposure to snow was on television. After moving to the UK in 2000, the then-26-year-old learned to ski on an artificial slope after taking a job as a receptionist at an indoor skiing center in England. The Snow Leopard set his sights on the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, but crashed in his final qualifying race and narrowly missed the cut. He dedicated himself to improving his skills in the years that followed and that perseverance paid off when he officially qualified for the Vancouver Olympics in March 2009. Yet Nkrumah-Acheampong had no delusions about competing for a medal. 'I am a very realistic person and I know there is virtually no chance of that,' he told the Vancouver Sun at the time.
'I rather want to show people that you can do something when you come from a zero skier to qualifying for the Olympics in six years.' Nkrumah-Acheampong took part in the men's slalom and in 53rd place (only 54 of the event's 102 competitors finished the race). Still, he was successful in making his intended point. GRANDMA LUGE. Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Anne Abernathy graduated from American University in 1975 with a degree in theater arts and performed as a singer at nightclubs for several years before discovering luge on a trip to Lake Placid, New York in 1983. Twenty-three years and six trips to the Winter Olympics later, she retired as the oldest female athlete to compete in the Winter Games. Abernathy, who lived in Florida but had dual-citizenship in the Virgin Islands, overcame lymphatic carcinoma to finish at her first Winter Olympics in 1988.
At 34, Abernathy was older than most of her competition in Calgary, and was given the nickname 'Grandma Luge' during the early 1990s. During a 2001 World Cup race in Germany, Abernathy suffered brain damage in a crash that split her helmet open and left her for 20 minutes. Thanks to innovative therapy, Abernathy recovered in time for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Abernathy was prepared to make her sixth Winter Olympics appearance in Turin, but broke her wrist during a training run. While she was unable to start her event, she filed an application with the Court of Arbitration for Sport to be reinstated on the Olympic starters list.
The committee to include Abernathy's name on the starters list, making her women's record for Winter Olympic appearances official. 'THE NIKE PROJECT'. JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images Philip Boit was a middle distance runner with no skiing experience when him and one of his countrymen, Henry Bitok, in 1996 with an interesting proposal: move to Finland and train for the 1998 Winter Olympics on the shoe company's dime. Nike reportedly paid $200,000 for Boit and Bitok's lodging and a Finnish coach. Boit ultimately represented Kenya in Nagano, with Bitok serving as the alternate. He finished last in the 10-kilometer classic race, but was involved in one of the more memorable scenes of the 1998 Games. Norwegian Bjorn Daehlie won the race and 20 minutes for Boit to cross the finish line, greeting him with a hug.
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'Keep up what you're doing,' Daehlie told Boit. 'You're a champion, too.' While some criticized Nike for making a mockery of the Olympics in the name of stealth marketing, Boit—whose hat, collar, and sweater all bore the ubiquitous Nike swoosh—was moved by the experience, even one of his sons Daehlie. Nike terminated its sponsorship of Boit after the 1999 Nordic skiing World Championships, but Boit, whose uncle won the bronze medal in the 800 meters at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, continued to dry train in Kenya. He in the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, finishing ahead of three competitors, and competed again at the 2006 Games in Turin. THE UNDERDOG ADVOCATE.
MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/Getty Images stood a better chance of becoming an international rock star than an Olympic cross-country skier. But against all odds, the professor of engineering at Drexel University became the first athlete to represent Thailand at the Winter Olympics at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. Nagvajara played keyboard in a teenage rock band while growing up in Thailand and didn't see snow until he was 18. He said he was inspired to take up cross-country skiing and compete in the Olympics after watching Boit compete in 1998. Nagvajara qualified for Salt Lake City by competing at internationally sanctioned races and earning the blessing of the Thai Olympic Committee. He was disqualified in the 30-kilometer race after being lapped and finished 68th out of 71 racers in the 1.5-kilometer sprint.
Nagvajara in 2006. THE MESSENGER. DENIS CHARLET/AFP/Getty Images Isaac Menyoli took up cross-country skiing in 1997 when he moved from his native Cameroon to the United States to study architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Menyoli became the first Cameroonian to compete in the Winter Olympics when he took part in the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City, where he finished last in the 15-kilometer race. Menyoli didn't care much about his time, however. He competed in the necessary five Olympic qualifying races and spent $15,000 of his own money on training in order to use the Olympic platform to spread an important message to Cameroonian TV and radio stations about the AIDS epidemic affecting his country. 'I want to ski for a reason,' he TIME in 2002.
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The ILF was looking to grow its sport and they saw potential in Keshavan. After all, he was familiar with snow. Keshavan, who had learned to ski while growing up at the foot of the Himalayas, was flown to Austria, where he and several other athletes recruited by the ILF were introduced to luge. Keshavan was the first Indian to compete at the Winter Olympics and finished 28th in Nagano.
He finished 33rd in Salt Lake City, 25th in Turin, 29th at Vancouver, and 37th at Sochi. This year, he'll in his sixth—and final—Olympic competition in PyeongChang.