Dyan Chand Is Denied While Bharat Ratna Is Randomly Given During Election 2019

Dyan Chand the “Pitama” of Indian Hockey is once again denied the Bharat Ratna the highest civilian award of India. It was a sad day when people across the nation experienced the 26^th January parade while the highest award was given to randomly selected people, former President of India Parnab Mukherjee, Bhupen Hazarika singer from Assam and Nanaji Deshmukh a social activist. The problem starts when the announcement was made during the General Election beginning from April and the above mentioned three candidates were selected for the civilian award. This is just another publicity stunt from the Modi government who is thinking of winning another term of office in a row. There was no need for the award but if it was so, then why deny Dyan Chand who rejected an offer made by Adolf Hitler from becoming a citizen of Germany. Under his belt India crushed Germany in its hometown by 8 to 1 and 3 goals were single handily scored by the legend Dyan Chand.

Adolf Hitler was frustrated by the performance of Germany team and in the midway he left the play. Later, the dictator of Germany returned to offer Dyan Chand a high post in the German army. But the patriotic hockey legend politely refused the post and returned. Today, after 83 years of this historic event we Indians ignored the sacrifice and patriotism of the legendary hockey player and are looking forward to give away Bharat Ratna award to anyone. How can someone randomly select people for the highest civilian award when they are many deserving people who shed their sweat and hard labor for the country. Well, at the end the award given on such auspicious day is yet another publicity stunt done by Modi. I hope people will open up with a broader mind and take the initiative to the turn the pages of history and look for real heroes who died for India.

Brian Lara vs Sachin Tendulkar

During the late 80s two great batsmen rose from dust, one was a right hander and the other was a left hander. Though they were spirited batsmen but they differed each other with their unique style and batting manoeuvre.

Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar became the greatest batsmen of all time building up platform for the youngsters. But people around the globe and even Shane Warnee treated Sachin Tendulkar as the ace batsman over Lara.

Both these batsmen were able to hit different stokes and played against the most lethal bowlers. But they played well in different forms of games, Lara was well equipped with his skills to play in Tests and Sachin was a challenge by his self to play the ODIs.

Now, we should understand that every player is not suited to play the different formats. So, how can we make such differences and rate the players according to their records?

Can we place Sachin and Lara over Sir Don Bradman or on top of Sir Viv Richards or Sir Garfield Sobers just because their pockets are filled with records more than anyone else? If this is impossible then how can we make differences between Sachin and Lara?

Shane Warnee was absolutely wrong when he rated the greatest players of all time. If Warne thought he was hammered mercilessly by Sachin, and dreamt nightmares of that particular match, then what about Lara? Did Lara spare Warne during the incursion?

Sachin is an excellent cricketer but only in ODIs whereas Lara played the Tests with patience. Lara had the potentiality to play longer innings and stayed on the crease for a longer period. It is because of this he was able to break the 365 runs barrier which stood for more than 30 years.

We should also understand that the record was broken during the early 90s when Brian Lara was trying to make a place in the West Indies squad. A fresh batsman came from nowhere and broke the Test record of Sir Garfield Sobers was really magnificent. In that same year he was able to hit 501 not out while playing domestic cricket for the English County side.

This feat can only be managed by an experienced batsman like Sir Garfield Sobers who was well set in cricket for years. Lara also went to achieve the second place after Sir Don Bradman to create 9 double Test centuries. He was also capable of making most number of 150 plus, 19 of those just one head of Sir Don Bradman.

Moreover, if Herschelle Gibbs was able to hit the most number of runs in an over in the World Cup match, then Lara went on to become the first cricketer with more runs in an over. Lara was able to hit 28 runs against R. Peterson while playing against South Africa; the record is still to be broken in Test.

Lara also became the highest run getter in Test which was later taken over by Sachin, who also made the most number of centuries in Test. On the other side of the field, Sachin made history by becoming the only batsman to get more centuries and 50s in ODIs.

During the clash of the Titans, Lara and Sachin were at their peak but in different formats of the game. Lara wasn’t a magnificent cricketer in the ODIs and was able to make only 19 centuries, while Sachin couldn’t even manage to get past of Lara’s records in Test. It was after the retirement of Lara, Sachin was able to break the records of most number of runs and centuries in Test cricket.

It was until years of experience and improvement of techniques, Sachin became the first man on the planet to hit a double century in the ODI against South Africa.

It is because of these reasons that both the players are different and created remarkable feats in the world of cricket. Lara was well set in Test while Sachin’s explosive shots were devastating in ODIs.

Boxer vs Martial Artist

There are many hand movements which can be termed as a punch, but are they a real punch? Well, a slap can be also be categorised as a punch since it is thrown from our body part. Any reflexes thrown by the hands can be regarded as a punch.

People are always confused to train themselves in regards to throw a devastating punch, so they try out new things to increase their striking powers by their hands. Different people opt different ways to increase and unleash their punching calibre. Many punching styles were well choreographed and shown in number of Chinese movies.

But, the only punching style with its unique ability and stands to its peak is the way how a boxer boxes. Many martial artists have adopted western boxing to increase their hand techniques and to improve their footwork. But does boxing is the real bread and butter when it comes for hand techniques?

Many experts rely on western boxing due to many reasons, and one such reason is, it subsides the unnecessary move when thrown during the delivery. Whereas, a martial artist would throw the punch from his waist which makes the punch to cover more distance, thus leaving it telegraphed and makes it slow.

Moreover, a boxer’s punch is straight without any fancy moves, the “straight lead” is thrown without even bringing the punch back. Whereas in karate, the “straight lead” is pulled back to the waist to unleash enough power from where it’s transferred, thus making it slow and fully exposed for the target to block it.

A perfect punch should be able to hit its target in a shorter span without getting it blocked. It is because of this a boxer with ease profits with his punches making good use of his footwork. A punch should not only be delivered by the twist in hip but also should be able to cover enough room by proper footwork.

A punch when thrown by a martial artist has enough power because the hand is thrown from the waist and he makes good use of his waist. But the major drawback of a martial artist punch is that he is ill-literate while making good use off his foot.

If a martial art punch is filled with power then a boxing punch is wrapped with speed and non-telegraphic attributes. Sometimes many fighters regard a “swing” as a perfect punch, but it is denoted as a punch “without action”.

In a “swing” the punch is thrown in a circular path and makes no use of waist and feet. Moreover, the “swing” is telegraphed thus making it easy to be blocked while in action, but what about a “hook”?

A “hook” shares a similar action with a “swing” but it is far more devastating than the latter. A “hook” is thrown by making good use of the footwork which means the puncher is not stiff during the delivery.

It was because of the flaws of martial arts punch, Bruce Lee was forced to adapt western boxing so that he could develop his hand techniques and improve his foot skills. Today, many martial artists bend to western boxing to increase their hand techniques and a good foot manoeuvre.

It has been said that everything in this universe as its pros and cons. If you think a boxer’s punching style is perfect, then think again? A boxer might have the right techniques with his footwork and a good manoeuvre with his hand skill but he holds a major set-back. The biggest flaw with a boxer is he is simply left alone when it comes in making a good use of his waist.

Thus, a boxer nevertheless is quick, with greasy fast moves, but he lacks power while delivering his punch. Similarly, a martial artist is able to generate enough power by making good use of his waist, but he is stagnated when it comes in quick moves and great footwork.

It is therefore we should make use of these a boxer’s and a martial artist punch, to get enough power, speed, accuracy and good foot skills, this is known as “Jeet Kune Do, The Way of the Intercepting Fist”

Remember, a “hook” can become a “straight lead” but a “straight lead” should not circulate like a “hook” or a “swing”.

Martial Arts

People for years tried out various styles to increase their strength, accuracy, speed and power. It is for this reason they tried out for something new, and because of this, different martial artist profited by bringing out their new moves and magnificent styles in order to get good amount of trafficking.

After the demise of the legendry martial artist Bruce Lee people started to think of different martial arts and their techniques which really made impressive acts in people’s mind. At the genesis most of the people opted for Karate and many names originated in this field, one such name was Chuck Norris.

 

A professional and won many martial arts tournament until became a famous superstar after the release of “The Way of the Dragon”. It was by the 60s when Bruce bought with him a unique style known as Kung Fu which made it popular in United States.

By now people started to acknowledge various styles and started to switch on according to their convenience. But we are absolutely wrong and it’s our myth that, this form of martial arts is better than that.

 

Martial Arts is just like the oak tree standing tall and erect, whereas the various branches are the different forms of martial arts, modified and re-refined by different martial artist. Now, these branches are further sub-divided into twigs given different names of the group.

Karate is a form of martial art but it is not a martial art, it is sub-divided such as Shoto-Ryu, Buro-Ryu, Shotokan, Burokan, Juju-Ryu, Jujukan. Similarly, Kung Fu was divided as Wing Chun, Wu-Shu not only this two martial arts where mixed to get a new form such as Kick-Boxing.

 

A combination of western boxing and karate were mingled to give new face which was termed as Kick-Boxing. This form of martial arts is widely popularised in United States, and even schools are promoting the sport at a wider range. Just like, Kick-boxing, Savate and Krav Maga are more popular in Soviet Union and Israel.

 

But there are certain alien sports that were invited by martial arts. The sport that is preferred by every martial artist is the “Western Boxing”. Bruce Lee who was a Wing Chun artist highly acknowledged the sport and gave it great preference to it. He was highly impressed by the footwork, the way a boxer trained and moreover the punching style. It was short, had speed and reduced unnecessary distance compared to any other punching style.

 

On the side, ju-jitsu and the Indian wrestling shared similar techniques when compared to each other. But as the world is changing the sports and their methods are modified and changed by different martial artist.

 

One such modification is done and is termed as “Mixed Martial Arts” or MMA. It is where; different forms of martial arts are bought in the same arena and are made to fight with each other. With the clash of different styles we are made to guess that which form of martial arts stands alone.

But at the end of the day we shouldn’t forget that there is only martial art and different forms are generated by different martial artist. So, if you can make your style you can place it, but do not call it “Martial Arts”.

Bruce Lee The Invincible Target

Bruce was crazy and a manic to learn and know more about martial arts. He was a one step ahead from his rivalries of his time and used to dedicate his self more in improvements and tactics. It’s been said that during Bruce’s learning periods he used to spread false bulletin about the absent of his master to his class mates, so that he could enjoy full privacy while learning the art.

Bruce was adamant and was a sturdy person during his juvenile stage. He used to bully his friends and usually took up a scuffle on the road side. At the age of 13 he was introduced to Yip Man a notable Wing Chun martial artist. During the 40s Hong Kong was mostly noted as an illicit place where black market and thugs thrived the nation. It was because of this Bruce wanted to learn Kung Fu so that he could get out of the problems that he used to confront them on daily bases.

Bruce was excellent and picked up every lesson off his master with ease; he threw his self to learn new techniques, and expanded his knowledge during different situations. By the age of 18 Bruce transferred his knowledge to the extreme limits. By now he started to manufacture his own way of fighting, but as the improvements worked for him so did he gained confidents and will-fully had street brawls.

The changes in Bruce, made his father to worry a lot for his son. So, it was a fine day when Bruce’s father encouraged him to sail to Seattle where he could pursue his higher education and could lead a normal life.

But as habits and nature die hard, though Bruce migrated to United States he was still the same. By now he was working in a family restaurant and on the other side he was enthusiastic to show his feats and spread his knowledge to the world. Bruce used to attend martial arts tournaments and gave his life’s best demo by showing the world the strength of his 1 inch punch.

The demonstration was performed in Long Beach International Karate Championships in 1964; Bruce also performed the two finger push up which was an amazing art for the Americans to witness. America flooded in the sport of baseball and boxing where images of great boxers such as Jack Johnson, Jack Dumsey, Joe Lewis, Rocky Marciano and Casius Clay, reigned the American’s hearts. But no-one ever imagined that an Asian man will soon become the notable among the best.

By now the Americans started to whisper about the incredible strength and the new art form, that Bruce had bought it from Asia. Some were enthusiastic to know about it while others wanted to learn about the sport. People from all over the place started to swell at Bruce’s courtyard and he was ready to build his class and status.

With the raising name and recognition on the ground of Uncle Sam, Bruce was already a well recognised celeb in the field of martial arts. But it is said “with the rise of the ladder, there is always someone to chop the wood”. Bruce started to get death threats and he was challenged by his own client, to stop teaching martial arts to the outside world.

But as he was thin steel that is hard to break, Bruce was determined and adamant to teach the sport. The group challenged Bruce for a fight with their finest fighter and kept a clause, if Bruce was able to defeat this guy then he would be let free. But if he fails then he needs to stop teaching to the outside world and should leave to his hometown.

Bruce was up and he accepted the challenge, he along with his student entered the auditorium where the fight was supposed to be held. The fight began with a bow and lasted for 10 minutes, the fighter showed no match in front of Bruce’s whiplash. At last Bruce knocked him down and pulling his clinched fist at the fighter’s face he cried loud “do you give up”, the opponent with bleeding face told “Matte" in Chinese means "uncle".

But this was not the end for Bruce, he was succumbed to the trauma, though he won the fight but he didn’t enjoy it. This was from here where he needed a change; Bruce thought that he was not ready for any fight and he needed to develop his skills. It was from here when Bruce started to take up for western boxing, he liked the hand techniques a lot.

Bruce started to refer some of the old footage of the great boxers, he started to learn western boxing, and improved his footwork. He moved as a boxer and punched like a whip, it was not over he introduced many exercise that developed his methods and improved his techniques.

Bruce slowly started to develop his skills and introduced his unique style of fight, which he termed it as “Jeet Kune Do, The Way of the Intercepting Fist”. When Bruce started to sprout out with this technique, people considered it much of the boxing tricks with addition of leg techniques. But this art was much more than western boxing.

It is said that Bruce was able to defeat his opponent in just 10 seconds with his unique technique that he introduced and named it as “Jeet Kune do”.

Extravaganza Sporting Action

Extravaganza Sporting Action

Summary: Sports have thrilled human-race by giving the best sportsman to them. They turned out to become the next iconic legend in the field of different sports.

Sports have thrilled and excited many for centuries and different sports have seen the birth of a new legend. These people become crazy on a particular sport and make it to be their bread and butter. Many professional sportsmen are paid heavily to perform a live action on the stage or are given huge chunks for single endorsements.

The adventure and excitement for sports started back to thousands of years which were produced by the Romans. These sports were brutal which involved Gladiators to fight till death. The crowd loved this brutal sport and applause to the winning person, but this was not as easy as it sounds. This was taken much beyond the limits when man was forced to fight the beast, gladiators usually had a small dagger and was thrown to fight in the amphitheater which led to the death of either the two.

But this was just the geneses; Ancient Olympic Games began around 776 BC which could be seen in this modern world. This game was invented to honor Zeus an ancient mythological God who ruled Mount Olympus. They were many sports that were introduced in this Ancient Olympic Games.

The sport proved to become an honorable task and the winner was highly appreciated for his win and bravery. It was highly renowned among the Greeks and they worshipped it has an offerings for their God. If an athlete lost the sport, due the pity he used to commit suicide.

But sports of the modern world have scaled to higher limits, where the sportsman not only gets a sporting stardom but also is awarded with millions of dollars. International football pays its player with a morphing income which could be read as millions of pounds. A top class footballer earns no less than 100 million pounds annually, but if they are tied in contracts then this could scale up to much higher estimate.

Clubs like Manchester United, Real Madrid, Arsenals and many such giants clubs organize football throughout the year and by the end of the play they take back huge profits. But it the sports lovers that make it possible for a particular sport to raise from phoenix.

There are other sports that take a person’s life such sports are aggressive one and a pinch of those ancient gladiatorial sports could be seen in them. Such sports are boxing, martial arts, bull-fighting or may be a horse race, they tend to take the sportsman’s life but at the end it becomes an enjoyable sport.

People are injured they die or are paralyzed but still the sport is replaced by new sportsmen who are determine to carry on the task and make the crowd happy. Some athletes do resign or quit the sport due to their fall from their stardom or due to the injuries or because of the aging factor. Such sportspersons tend to take up part time jobs and coach the new generation of sporting people. They work in sport clubs or some gymnasium to carry on with their lives.

There are other sports that are trying to make their place at the international level but still they are lacking behind. This might be due financial structure or may be the crowd does not like to see them or may be the sports are not so interesting to pull the crowd.

Indoor Games Good Bad and Ugly

Indoor Games Good Bad and Ugly

Summary: Indoor games have not only helped people to overcome their boredom but also made their mind sharp and alert to perform their daily activities.

But how far can we take these indoor games? Are they really useful for people or they bore them? Though indoor games are played for recreation during the leisure time but still they are unable to make a platform or recognition in the field of international sports.

There are many indoor games that are played and are loved by hundreds but still they need to get a renowned glory world wide. These games can be categorized has chess, poker, billiards, carom and many more which can be played during fun time but they do not hold a place in the sporting list.

These games are played between two to three players which may include kids and adults. Chess is one of the most popular indoor games which can be played on the computer, it is an interesting game that kills time but people do get addicted to play with it. Although chess sharpens a person’s mind but people sometimes tend to sacrifice their daily routines.

There are other indoor games such as basketball which is played inside a sealed auditorium and is highly acclaimed in different nations. Americans love this sporting action and numbers of students after schooling themselves get involved in such a feat. Women are also equally involved in this sport and like men they too receive applause and praises from the crowd.

There are other sports that are also recognized as indoor games which can be named as badminton, billiards, and many more which are played world wide. They fail to pull the crowd towards the auditorium whereas few like to cherish them.

These indoor games turn uglier when people are addicted while playing with them. The much awaited videogames are driving people to nearby cyber-café where they are ready to spend hundreds of bucks on a single game. People of various ages like to get a hold with the videogames and tend to forget their everyday work.

Games like poker encourage people to spend thousands of dollars to win a jackpot. Poker is highly played in casinos where people loose miserably if not they take a large winning by luck. People are ready to bet any amount to win their money back this gets much nastier when people play them till the end of losing a penny.

Videogames, chess, poker make people clumsier to interact with the outside world. People tend to forget their daily works kids like to stay back from the school and adults ignore their work. They get involved in these games and ultimately loose interest in the happenings of the world.

Olympics and other international sports organizations involved indoor games such as badminton and basketball which has some how managed to make their place internationally. Though these sports are paid high but it’s up to the crowd to get tempted and attracted towards such sports.

This becomes a great concern for the organizers to promote such sports or the marketing of such sports should be done with a greater pace. Compared to big sporting events such as the Soccer football, tracks and fields, cricket these indoor sports are squeezed and are limited. This is why they are restricted from getting into the limelight.