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Thomas Arnold: Thomas Arnold, educator who, as headmaster of Rugby School, had much influence on public school education in England. He was the father of the poet and critic Matthew Arnold. Thomas Arnold was educated at Winchester and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

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Eton, Windsor, Berkshire St Andrew's Day at Eton. 'Ophidians' and 'Collegers' play traditional 'Wall Game'. Shot of a group (15-20) teenage boys gathered by a long wall in a park engaged in a really odd activity; pushing and pulling and climbing on one another to no end I can see.

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Eton Wall Game (1921) | BFI National Archive

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Eton Wall Game (1921) | BFI. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI Goodness knows what the rules are to the Eton Wall Game, but judging by this Topical Budget newsreel footage it makes for a far better spectator sport than the average golf tournament. Played every St.

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Ladies Real Tennis Association Handicap Mixed Doubles

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The first couple of games of the final of the 2008 Australian Open of Real Tennis between Rob Fahey and Ruaraidh Gunn, at the Royal Melbourne Tennis Club, on 26 January. To buy this 2 DVD set, email Tim at poolmaster@hotmail.com Cost is $49.99 AUD + postage & handling.

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A cockfight is a blood sport between two cocks, or gamecocks, held in a ring called a cockpit. The history of raising fowl for fighting goes back 6,000 years.

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Sleeping is extremely important for all of us because it's the only time when our body recovers from the daily stress and gains energy in order to be productive during the next day. Most people tend to overlook the fact that they need at least 7 or 8 hours of sleep if they want to be able to cope with their usual routines. Instead, they cut down the hours devoted to sleep in order to watch movies or go out.

I have to stress out not only the importance of sleep but also the way you sleep. To be more precise, the bed is your kingdom and you need to treat it accordingly.

If you like to sleep on a soft mattress I have news for you. Apparently, a hard rock mattress might bring you health benefits that you weren't even aware of. Even better, if you opt to use a futon instead of a regular bed, you'll see several improvements in the way your body feels.

I understand that it can be a tad unconventional to go with the best futon in your bedroom but I'll try to explain the benefits.

First, you need to learn what a futon is. The futon is a Japanese mattress that can be easily folded into a couch. The main reason why futons are so popular is that it replaces the bed but saves a lot of space. This comes in handy when you live in a small flat and you don't have much room to spare for a king-sized bed.

Depending on the thickness you desire, a futon can be outfitted with a quilted mattress or a large pillow placed on top. Aside from saving a lot of space, the futon allows you to create a modern look in your living space. You can get really creative and change the mattress cover on a weekly basis and put funky pillows on top and use as a comfortable couch where you can sit and watch TV, read a book, or take a nap.

Since authentic Japanese futons are made from pure cotton they allow your skin to breathe and are have excellent therapeutic value for a good night sleep. We all know that Japanese have a simple lifestyle which is the key to a healthy, fresh, and glowing skin.

Moreover, if you decide to get a nice futon in your house, you can say goodbye to headaches and high blood pressure. Studies have shown that our bodies need to be as close as possible to the ground in order to release the pressure and relax.

Because the futon mattress is firm, your joints are held in optimum position during sleep. Therefore, you prevent them from becoming loose or sag. Plus, continuous sleep on a soft mattress has a negative effect on your body because it can cause elongated stretched joints, This results in lengthening the collagen fiber that ensures joints protection. The results can be quite damaging for your neck and back, in the long run.

I am a fitness trainer in the city of Gwanju. In my years of experience I've met many people, including a lot of foreigners that come in great numbers here. My obligation as a trainer is to take care of each one of those coming to train here and put in place an individual exercising schedule for them. However, given the fact that they are many and I am just one, I am sometimes unable to put in place a method of training that would serve each and every person. The best I can do for them is creating a beginner's program and then a suitable continuation to the initial type of training that will show good results.

However, since a lot of people come to the gym with various issues or for different reasons, it is only fair that you try creating the best program for each individual need. Unfortunately, this is not possible when working with different schedules and different problems.

This is the main reason for which I believe a blog trying to explain the various types of training for particular cases would be an effective way of assisting people who are overweight or deal with other physical issues. Since, no matter how much I try, I'm not able to help everybody, this blog will try to fill in the gaps regarding essential fitness questions and the best training methods for each category of people.

For starters, I would like to talk just a bit about the main error beginners commit so often. One of the most commonly encountered mistakes that they make is that of selecting the most inappropriate training routine for their needs. For example, if you're trying to gain muscle and not lose weight, you need to follow a different exercising routine. Of course, there are similarities between the two, but mostly they are quite different.

Always keep in mind that body building or losing weight are two problems that can be solved only by applying a holistic approach. What I mean by that is, losing weight is not only about exercising or dieting, but it involves changing your entire lifestyle. There are many factors outside unhealthy food and lack of exercising that will determine how your body behaves on the long run: fatigue, stress or lack of motivation, are all essential if you want to achieve your goal. This is not a personal opinion, extensive clinical studies concerning weight loss have reached the same conclusion.

Therefore, I will try focusing on bringing to people's attention some of the scientific studies and articles that have dealt with medical problems related to lack of exercising, binge eating, excessive dieting and the overall influence that an unbalanced lifestyle has on our bodies. I believe showing how everything in our bodies is interconnected and doing so in a simple manner is the only way to convince people to adopt a sane and balanced approach to physical aspect issues.

The benefits of punching bag training are close to infinite as they've been proven to improve aerobic fitness, power, body resistance, core stability, and coordination, as well as the boxing technique of people who are working toward perfecting their skills. It goes without saying that it's difficult to begin with using a punching bag, particularly if you've had no prior experience or there was no trainer that could explain to you the basics of this kind of workout. Even so, thanks to the multitude of online resources that are available for free nowadays, anyone can take their training to a whole new level, with minimum equipment.

Another reason you may feel like beginning with punching bag cardio is to develop self-defense capabilities. No one knows when they're likely to utilize self-defense techniques in any given moment, whether you plan to get yourself out of a tricky situation or interfere when somebody else is in trouble. Finally, if you have a lot of stress built up from your work or daily routine, hitting the heavy bag once in awhile can significantly lower your stress levels.

One of the most important tips that should be recommended to any punching bag user consists of preparing properly by gathering the crucial pieces of equipment to keep safe at all times. Wraps and gloves are downright mandatory if you'd like to keep your hands and knuckles in top shape, and even more so if you use your hands at work and can't afford to damage them.

Since cardio can seriously take a toll on your cardiac and respiratory resistance, it might be a good idea to do some warming up and begin as light as possible. Take two to five minutes to circle the bag and perfect your body position so that you don't hurt yourself while hitting the bag. Moreover, you should use a fighting stance to throw punches, just like you would if you were to hit your opponent instead of your punching bag. Breathe properly to ensure that you don't suffer from fatigue.

If you're slightly out of shape and don't know how to commit to a training routine, it's recommended that you start off with just two sessions per week, so that you're able to gradually increase your resistance and body shape. Once you've spent five minutes using a jump rope or on a stationary bike, you can proceed by stretching your legs and arms. This practice will help you relax and perform correct hits later on. Basic cardio can be carried out by throwing some twenty-five or thirty punches depending on your stance. For instance, you could drill twenty-five cross punches, continue with jab punches, throw in some right and left uppercuts and finish off with right and left hooks. Once you've reached the training level that's been your goal for a while, you can try some intensity training. Hit the bag for as many as three minutes at a time with as much power as possible, then take thirty-second breaks during which you stretch out your major muscle groups. Get back to hitting the bag and take a second pause.

With just the right amount of patience, all your purposes can be achieved. Small steps are sometimes better than jumping on the hardcore workout bandwagon. Once you've mastered the techniques that you want to learn, you can gradually improve your shape and technique so that the sky's the limit for your heavy bag routine.

Some people say that protective equipment is not necessary when it comes to training with a punching bag. Nevertheless, if you want to prevent injuries and pain, wrapping and gloves are mandatory when training. Indeed, you can punch a heavy bag with your bare hands too. You can do it a couple of times until you develop bruises or, even worse, damage your bone structure. The only way you can keep your knuckles in good health is by wearing proper protection.

In boxing and sports in general, a minor injury can stall your development and put you off training for an indefinite period of time. The only way to avoid such circumstances is to take every precaution you can whenever you can. If your trainer asks you to put on gloves during your training sessions, it is probably in your best interest, even if you don't feel like you need them at that precise moment. Always keep in mind that a serious injury can put you off training for good and end your boxing career.

Another reason for which you should wear gloves when training with a heavy bag is that they keep your hands in the right position and help you develop a good punching technique. This will prevent injuries, pain and will help your development as a boxer. Employing the right techniques will enable you to throw rapid, powerful and accurate punches, thus giving you more chances to win your competitions.

However, the way you choose the perfect boxing gloves is where things get a bit more complicated, as opinions differ on this matter. From a technical standpoint, you should not use gloves under 16 oz for training, unless you are a very small person because, as you may know, there's a connection between the types of gloves you use and your weight. Besides that, the impact of the punch is more powerful on the object you hit, but also on your hands, if you use gloves that have a slim padding. As such, a thick padding will ensure your hands endure a minimized shock, no matter how powerful you hit the bag.

On the other hand, some trainers will advise their students to wear slim padded gloves during training, as these will ensure a minimum of protection, but will allow you to sense the impact of your punch in a more accurate way, thus giving you a better notion on how you should throw an effective one during a match. Even so, no trainer will advise you on hitting a punching bag or another opponent with your bare hands.

If you are a boxer aficionado, perhaps you might have become interested in getting a punching bag rather recently. Few people seem to think that cardio can be done by using a heavy bag. We're here to prove you otherwise. Heavy bag training is good for your physique as it can take your resistance and shape to a whole new level. Perhaps you're interested in gaining some muscle or maybe just losing some weight. If this is the case, we've noticed that some of the most efficient schedules that you can take advantage of rely on the use of a punching bag and several other types of equipment, as well.

If your time does not allow you to get a gym membership and use the treadmill, elliptical, or weights you might find at such a studio, there's nothing from stopping you from buying them and using them at home. Sure, many of these items aren't particularly cheap, but they're worth the investment as you'll be able to exercise daily.

You ought to perfect your schedule in such a way that you're able to do both cardio and muscle training. You can't possibly have one without the other. If you like jogging in your neighborhood, there's nothing stopping you from doing it for as many as fifteen to twenty minutes per session, then going back home and training with your heavy bag. Be sure to become well-acquainted with the basics of interval training as it has been found to be the most efficient kind of exercising when it comes to getting back in shape and maintaining your physique in the long run. Hit the bag for two to three minutes especially if you are out of shape right now, and then take a small break for about thirty seconds. Keep doing this for up to thirty minutes or until you can't seem to handle it any longer. Again, take a small break then go jogging once again, for just ten minutes or more. Finish it off with some crunches, abs training, and weightlifting, and you'll be looking and feeling great in just several weeks.

It goes without saying that all these cardio and muscle training exercises should be correlated with a healthy diet. We recommend getting enough veggie and fruit carbs and if you aren't a vegetarian or vegan, you can have your pick between grilled or baked chicken and low-fat fish as well as some egg whites omelet.

As a final note, it's worth mentioning that the internet is filled with many resources, some of which are available in video format. If you ever feel bored with the exercised you're performing on a daily basis, perhaps you might benefit from changing your routine and spicing it up with other workouts. Many health and fitness advocates have YouTube channels, and the neat thing about all these videos is that they're free. Be sure to take advantage of all the info you come across and while you're at it, go through some of the discussions that can be found on workout forums and other platforms.

Strength training can burn fat and calories, along with increase your lean muscles mass. It can even promote strong, healthy bones and significantly reduce your risk of developing osteoporosis later in life. These are just some of the benefits you can get from including strength training in your workouts, but there are a few other things you should know.

Most experienced trainers, myself included recommend adding strength training exercises to your workouts. Boxers and weightlifters will obviously benefit from having added strength, and since these exercises naturally boost metabolism it is a little easier to achieve and keep your body lean and toned. Best of all there are several ways you can include strength training so you don't have to completely change your regular workout routine.

You can easily do strength training exercises at home or at the gym, but if you are just starting out I recommend that you do so under the guidance of a trained professional. As beneficial as strength training can be, it can also result in injuries that are usually preventable. As a trainer at a local gym I have witnessed this several times throughout my career.

These exercises can be performed with free weights, exercise machines, resistance tubing or even just by using your own body weight. To prevent strained or torn muscles you will want to spend 5 to 10 minutes warming up, before you start working out with weights. I recommend starting off at a weight level that will start to tire your muscles after 12 to 15 reps. You can always increase the amount of weight and number of repetitions as your strength improves, but starting off too heavy is one of the main causes of injuries. It is also just as important to use the proper lifting and resistance techniques, and this is why I always recommend at least starting off with an experienced trainer before you start trying to perform strength training exercises on your own.

If you add just 20 to 30 minutes of strength training a couple days a week to your regular workout plan you will start to notice a difference in stamina and the amount of weight you can move, even if you weren't in shape when you first started the exercise plan. When strength training is combined with a good cardio workout you can improve your overall health and dramatically decrease your risk for certain health problems, and this is always a benefit.

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Sleeping is extremely important for all of us because it's the only time when our body recovers from the daily stress and gains energy in order to be productive during the next day. Most people tend to overlook the fact that they need at least 7 or 8 hours of sleep if they want to be able to cope with their usual routines.

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Haxey Hood is one of the ancient mass-participation festival games and is the earliest in the year, sometimes taking place in snow. Instead of a football, the players use twelve "hoods" which are leather and sack tubes about 2 feet long; the villagers of Haxey and neighbouring Westwoodside compete to get the hood inside their pub to score.

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Ashbourne Shrovetide Football 2012, Tuesday 21st February - Part 3. Footy Madness!

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This absolutely mad game of football with hundreds of players and goals 3 miles apart took place today. Hope you like my video. Feel free to embed or link to this video from Facebook,Twitter,Blogs and forums. This is part 3 of 4. I thought it would be better in smaller chunks that one massive long video.

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The Spirit of Ashbourne - Shrovetide Football 2011

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A Documentary I made for my university dissertation about Shrovetide Football- the ancient game of the up'ards v down'ards played in the streets of Ashbourne in Derbyshire.

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For all the evidence of early ball sports played elsewhere in the world, the evolution of football as we know it today took place in Britain. The game that flourished in the British Isles from the eighth to the 19th centuries featured a considerable variety of local and regional versions - which were subsequently smoothed down and smartened up to create the modern-day sports of association football, rugby football and, in Ireland, Gaelic football.

Primitive football was more disorganised, more violent, more spontaneous and usually played by an indefinite number of players. Frequently, games took the form of a heated contest between whole villages - through streets and squares, across fields, hedges, fences and streams. Kicking was allowed, as in fact was almost everything else. Sometimes kicking the ball was out of the question due to the size and weight of the sphere being used - in such cases, kicking was instead limited to taking out opponents.

Curiously, it was not until nine years after the rules of football had been first established in 1863 that the size and weight of the ball were finally standardised. Up to then, agreement on this point was usually reached by the parties concerned when they were arranging the match, as was the case for a game between London and Sheffield in 1866. This encounter was also the first where the duration was prearranged for 90 minutes.

Shrovetide football, as it was called, belonged in the 'mob football' category, where the number of players was unlimited and the rules were fairly vague. For instance, according to an ancient handbook from Workington in England, any means could be employed to get the ball to its target with the exception of murder and manslaughter.

One theory is that the game is Anglo-Saxon in origin. In both Kingston-on-Thames and Chester, local legend has it the game was played there for the first time with the severed head of a vanquished Danish prince. In Derby, it is said to have originated in the third century during the victory celebrations that followed a battle against the Romans. Yet there is scant evidence of the sport having been played at this time, either in Saxon areas or on the continent. Indeed prior to the Norman conquest, the only trace found of any such ball game comes from a Celtic source.

Another theory regarding its origin is that when 'mob football' was being played in the British Isles in the early centuries AD, a similar game was thriving in France, particularly in the northern regions of Normandy and Brittany. So it is possible that the Normans brought this form of the game to England with them.

Scholars have also suggested that besides the natural impulse to demonstrate strength and skill, in many cases pagan customs, especially fertility rites, provided a source of motivation for these early 'footballers'. The ball symbolised the sun, which had to be conquered in order to secure a bountiful harvest. The ball had to be propelled around, or across, a field so that the crops would flourish and the attacks of the opponents had to be warded off.

A similar significance was attached to contests between married men and bachelors that prevailed for centuries in some parts of England, and, likewise, to the game between married and unmarried women in the Scottish town of Inveresk at the end of the 17th century which, perhaps by design, was regularly won by the married women. Women's football is obviously not as new as some people think.

For all the conflicting views on the origins of the game, one thing is incontestable: football has flourished for over a thousand years in diverse rudimentary forms, in the very region which we describe as its home, Britain.

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History of Football - Britain, the home of Football - FIFA.com

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For all the evidence of early ball sports played elsewhere in the world, the evolution of football as we know it today took place in Britain. The game that flourished in the British Isles from the eighth to the 19th centuries featured a considerable variety of local and regional versions - which were subsequently smoothed down and smartened up to create the modern-day sports of association football, rugby football and, in Ireland, Gaelic football.

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in brief, the town of haxey in north lincolnshire comes to a stand still once a year on the 6th of jan (except if it falls on sunday) to play the game called th haxey hood, which dates back to the 14th century. enjoy.

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The start of the Haxey Hood 2014 in Haxey. Starts with the Fool's speech as he is set on fire on the stone outside the church.The the kids 'hoods' (sack) go first before the adults only hood. Boggins are men who try to prevent the hoods from leaving the field.

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Footage of the bizarre Haxey Hood game in Haxey, Lincolnshire.

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L/S's and M/S's of old time Haxey Hood game being played in Haxey in Lincolnshire. The idea (which apparently dates back hundreds of years) is to for the two opposing teams to throw a old fashioned women's hood to each other and attempt to be the first team to reach the local pub to claim a free glass of mead.

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Please ensure you have JavaScript turned on and have the latest version of Adobe Flash installed Footage of the bizarre Haxey Hood game in Haxey, Lincolnshire. L/S's and M/S's of old time Haxey Hood game being played in Haxey in Lincolnshire.

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The Game of Haxey Hood (1929) | BFI National Archive

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In North Lincolnshire we witness the game of Haxey Hood, in which the villagers of Haxey and Westwoodside tussle with one another whilst pursuing the 'hood', originally a hat worn by Lady de Mowbray, which got blown off in a gust of wind whilst she was out riding.

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Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football - Shrove Tuesday 2008

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Ancient game of football, 2 teams, hundreds of players and thousands of spectators, goals 3 miles apart and play is through the streets of the town.

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Haxey Hood 2013
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At twelve noon work in the parish comes to a standstill and people start to make their way to Haxey village to gather and take part in the traditional ritual. At about 12:30 the officials start a tour of the ale houses involved, and drink free drinks at each pub, provided by the landlord as a token of good luck to try the bring the Hood its way.