Good thing I finally remembered to post this extra credit. And now I'm too lazy to figure out how to rotate the picture so I guess Mr. Kohara can imagine it is vertical :)
Wow, this was very early in the morning and I was too lazy to take another picture where I captured my whole face, but its me. Man! Mine meter thing is super crusty. Oh well I'm not the one that has to look at it.
Wrestling Again Because I Have No Other Things on My Computer, I Need to Get a Camera
So I decided to talk about wrestling again, but this time I have a VIDEO. Way better than a picture. Wow this video is taking long to upload. Anyways I found out there is more to wrestling and physics then just center of mass. In the first twenty seconds or so, I have what you call a ball and chain. With this i stick my free hand between my opponents trapped arm and his body, with my elbow in his back. This turns my arm into a lever, where I am trying to pull my opponent over on to his back. However I do not apply enough force and he attempts to escape. As he stands up, my goal is to take him back down, which is what I am able to do because I forced his body to move past his center of mass and prevent his legs, or support, from following his body. This way he falls back to the mat.
In a match, one wrestler is allowed to have two coaches in their corner. The coaches help you see opening that you, the wrestler, cannot see. These helpful tips can only be helpful because of sound waves. The sound waves from the coaches in the corner travel to my ears. And sometimes I can hear what the opponents coaches say, giving me an idea of what my opponent might do next. But also, with five other matches going on, so many sound waves hit your ear that it may get a little difficult to hear the coaches, especially with the crowd roaring. I am also wrestling on a white mat. This means that all color is being reflected back into my eyes. This last part about color and sound we did not cover in physics, but I'm sure it is related.
Going into two minutes of the video, I am able to successfully get my opponent on his back thanks to the turk. This is a move I take out one of my opponents legs, due to leg riding. This leaves only one leg and two arms as support. With less support, it is easier to get my opponent off balance and to his back. As the whistle blows, it sends sound waves out of the whole arena, signaling that the match is over. These waves hit my ears so I stop wrestling.
Sound is very important to wrestling, as it signals when to stop and when to start as well as gaining helpful tips from coaches in the corner. And now that I am done typing the video still did not load >:(
Wow, this was very early in the morning and I was too lazy to take another picture where I captured my whole face, but its me.
Man! Mine meter thing is super crusty. Oh well I'm not the one that has to look at it.
