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Mai Ichii
is a Japanese female wrestler, mixed martial artist and kickboxer. Background Ichii was born on in Ageo, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Professional wrestling career Ichii debuted in 2004 in a match against Emi Sakura. Mixed martial arts career Ichii's debut in MMA was on at ''Smackgirl 2006: Legend of Extreme Women'', where she was defeated via unanimous decision by Emi Fujino. More than a year later, on her next match, Ichii defeated Yukiko Seki by TKO (punches) to win the Universal Kickboxing Federation (UKF) Women's MMA Intercontinental Title on at Square Jungle's event ''Strong Soldiers' Conquest''. At ''Deep 35 Impact'' on at Korakuen Hall, Ichii defeated Japanese female MMA star Satoko Shinashi via majority decision, becoming just the second woman to defeat Shinashi. On at Square Jungle's event ''Heisei Battle in the Square Jungle'', Ichii defeated Megumi Watanabe by guillotine choke submission in 25 seconds. Debuting with MMA promotion Jewels at ''Jewels 7th Ring' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ageo, Saitama
260px, Ageo Maruyama Park is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 229,517 in 103,709 households and a population density of 5000 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Ageo is located in the Kanto Plain, slightly east of the center of Saitama Prefecture, and there are no mountains in the city. The city is roughly 10.48 km east–west and 9.32 km north–south. It partially touches the left bank of the Arakawa River.The Kamo River and Shiba River flow through the city. The Ayase River forms the boundary to the east and the Egara, a tributary of the Arakawa River forms the northwest boundary. Surrounding municipalities * Saitama Prefecture ** Saitama ** Kawagoe ** Okegawa ** Ina ** Kawajima ** Hasuda Climate Ageo has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ageo is 14.7 °C. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillotine Choke
The guillotine choke, also known as Mae Hadaka Jime (前裸絞, "front naked choke"; compare to a rear naked choke) in judo, is a chokehold in martial arts applied from in front of the opponent, often on the ground but can also be done while standing. The choke involves using the arms to encircle the opponent's neck in a fashion similar to a guillotine. Application The technique is either a type of tracheal compression restraint (wind choke) that prevents air flow to the lungs, or a blood choke depending on how and where pressure is applied, the trachea versus arteries respectively. It can be applied both standing and from the ground, and can be used as a defense against a double leg takedown. When executed from the ground, the person applying it will try to control the opponent by the hips, for instance using a closed guard. This is done to prevent the opponent from escaping the hold, and to be able to apply additional pressure by extending the hips. It is a very effective mane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewels 11th Ring
''Jewels 11th Ring'' was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by MMA promotion Jewels (mixed martial arts), Jewels. The event took place on at Korakuen Hall in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. The event hosted the Jewels Lightweight Queen tournament semi-finals and final along with the Rough Stone GP 2010 finals. It also held the retirement match of Miki Morifuji. Background For the first time at the Korakuen Hall, Jewels first announced the semi-finals of the Jewels Lightweight Queen tournament and the finals of the Rough Stone GP 2010. Two more fights were announced on , one of them was Miki Morifuji retirement match. On , along with two other matches, it was announced that Hiroko Yamanaka was slated to fight against Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics#Women's events, 2008 Olympic bronze medallist American Randi Miller. On , a reserve match for the Lightweight Queen tournament was announced, with Saori Ishioka and Yuko Oya as participants, along with a Submission wrest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewels 10th Ring
''Jewels 10th Ring'' was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by MMA promotion Jewels (mixed martial arts), Jewels. The event took place on at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Koto, Tokyo, Koto, Tokyo, Japan. It hosted the opening round of the second Rough Stone Grand Prix. Background On , Jewels announced that the event would begin the second Rough Stone Grand Prix. The first fights were announced on , along with the announcement that Seo Hee Ham's conflicting schedule led Jewels to release her. Ham's replacement was to be determined with the bout between Celine Haga and Saori Ishioka. More fights were announced on . Sixteen-year-old kickboxer Mizuki Inoue made her mixed martial arts debut on the card as part of the -56 kg bracket of the Rough Stone Grand Prix. The weigh-ins were held one day prior to the event. It was later announced that Ham would return to Jewels in December to reclaim her place in the Lightweight Queen Tournament semi-final. As a result, the bout between Ishioka and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Losing Streak (sport)
''Losing Streak'' is the second studio album by ska punk band Less Than Jake, released on November 12, 1996 on Capitol Records. The album was recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida and Mirror Image Studios in Gainesville, Florida, both with producer Michael Rosen. Drums and bass were recorded at the former, while everything else was recorded at the latter. The album includes re-recordings of "Jen Doesn't Like Me Anymore" and "Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts", both of which appeared on ''Pezcore''. ''Losing Streak'' was re-released with ''Hello Rockview'' as a double album in 2000. The album reached #18 on the Top Heatseekers chart.AllMusic Charts: [ Losing Streak] Accessed 19 October 2007 Music videos The album's first track, "Automatic" was featured in a music video on MTV alternative music showcase 120 Minutes. The video consisted of fan video footage from shows in Gainesville, Florida and Chicago. A controversial video was also made for "Dopeman". MTV has refused ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewels 9th Ring
''Jewels 9th Ring'' was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by MMA promotion Jewels (mixed martial arts), Jewels. The event took place on at Shinjuku Face in Kabukicho, Tokyo, Kabukicho, Tokyo, Japan. Background On , Jewels announced that the event would hold the first round of the Jewels Lightweight Queen Grand Prix; an 8-woman tournament to crown the first lightweight (-) champion. Shizuka Sugiyama was added to the card along with some other fighters for the tournament on . More fighters for the lightweight tournament were announced on . It was announced on that Sugiyama would fight in a shoot boxing match against Mongols, Mongolian Professional wrestling, pro-wrestler Esui, plus two more matches were added to the card. The rest of the fighters were announced on . On , it was announced that Sugiyama would not participate in the event due to injury and Esui would fight in a regular MMA match instead of shoot boxing against Mayumi Aoki. The order of the fights was revealed on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seo Hee Ham
Seo Hee Ham ( ko, 함서희 ; born ), written Ham Seo-Hee in Korean order, is a South Korean professional mixed martial artist and kickboxer. She is currently signed to ONE Championship, where she is ranked #2 in the ONE Championship Women's Atomweight rankings. Ham previously competed in the MMA promotions Deep, Smackgirl, Jewels, Road FC, UFC, and Rizin. She is a former Jewels Atomweight Champion, former Road FC Women's Atomweight Champion, and former Rizin Women's Super Atomweight Champion. Early life Ham was born on in South Korea. She started training in kickboxing in 2004. With few female fighters to train with in South Korea, Ham regularly trains with male fighters, such as fellow gym member Dong Hyun Kim. She is nicknamed "Hamderlei Silva" because of the similarities between her fighting style and Wanderlei Silva's style. In Japan, she is occasionally nicknamed "Arale-chan", in reference to her looks outside of the ring bearing resemblance to the character Arale No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koreans
Koreans ( South Korean: , , North Korean: , ; see names of Korea) are an East Asian ethnic group native to the Korean Peninsula. Koreans mainly live in the two Korean nation states: North Korea and South Korea (collectively and simply referred to as just Korea). They are also an officially recognized ethnic minority in other Asian countries; such as China, Japan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Koreans also form sizeable communities in Europe, specifically in Russia, Germany, United Kingdom, and France. Over the course of the 20th century, Korean communities have also formed in the Americas (especially in the United States and Canada) and Oceania. As of 2021, there were an estimated 7.3 million ethnic Koreans residing outside Korea. Etymology South Koreans refer to themselves as Hanguk-in(Korean: 한국인, Hanja: 韓國人) or Hanguk-saram (''Korean: 한국 사람''), both of which mean "people of the Han". When including members of the Korean diaspora, Koreans often use the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armlock
An armlock in grappling is a single or double joint lock that Anatomical terms of motion#General motion, hyperextends, hyperflexes or hyperrotates the elbow, elbow joint or glenohumeral joint, shoulder joint. An armlock that hyper-extends the arm is known as an armbar, and it includes the traditional armbar, pressing their elbow into your thigh, and the triangle armbar, like a triangle choke, but you press their elbow into your thigh. An armlock that hyper-rotates the arm is known as an armcoil, and includes the americana, kimura, and omaplata. Depending on the joint flexibility (anatomy), flexibility of a person, armcoils can either hyper-rotate only the shoulder joint, only the elbow joint, or both the elbow joint and shoulder joint. Generally, armcoils hurt more than armbars, as they attack several joints at the bone and muscle. Obtaining an armlock requires effective use of full-body leverage in order to initiate and secure a lock on the targeted arm, while preventing the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saori Ishioka
is a Japanese people, Japanese female mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist, kickboxer and karateka. She has participated in MMA promotions Smackgirl and Jewels (mixed martial arts), Jewels. Her nickname is Shooting Star. Background Ishioka was born on in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. She started judo during childhood, earning third place in an all-high school tournament in China. She graduated from the Hiroshima Prefectural Hiroshima Technical High School. In 2006, she was introduced to the Karate-do Zendokai association in their Hiroshima branch and, wanting to become a professional martial artist, she moved to Tokyo. Mixed martial arts career Ishioka debuted with a unanimous decision defeat against Kyoko Takabayashi at ''Smackgirl - F 2007: The Next Cinderella Tournament 2007 First Stage'' on . On , Ishioka participated at ''Smackgirl 2007: The Dance of the Taisho Romance'' in the Next Cinderella Tournament 2007 lightweight first round, where she defeated Yoko Oyama by un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewels 8th Ring
''Jewels 8th Ring'' was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by MMA promotion Jewels (mixed martial arts), Jewels. The event took place on at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Koto, Tokyo, Koto, Tokyo, Japan. Background On , Hiroko Yamanaka, Atsuko Emoto, Saori Ishioka and Mai Ichii were announced for the card. Rumored a few days before, Mika Nagano was officially added to the card on along with three more bouts. Jewels added two shoot boxing matches to the card on . A grappling match was added as the opening fight on . The full card and fight order was revealed on , the same day the weigh-ins took place. Results Opening fight *Jewels grappling rules -53 kg bout, 4 min / 1 R Emi Murata (Abe Ani Combat Club) vs. Akiko Takami (Pogona Club Gym) :Takami defeated Murata by Submission (combat sport), submission (Armlock, armbar) at 3:16 of round 1. Main card *1st match: Jewels official rules -57 kg bout, 5 min / 2 R Yuko Oya (, DEEP Official Gym Impact) vs. Harumi (, Blue Dog Gy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mika Nagano
is a Japanese female mixed martial artist and professional wrestler. She fought as a lightweight in the Deep and Jewels promotions before her retirement in 2014. Nagano has also wrestled in Ice Ribbon and World Wonder Ring Stardom. Her nickname is Future Princess. Nagano won the 2009 Jewels Rough Stone Grand Prix at 54 kg. Early life Nagano was born on in Gifu, Gifu, Japan. She started wrestling in the fourth grade of elementary school and continued wrestling in middle school and high school, becoming second place in all of Japan at the high school level. While studying at Chukyo Women's University, she was an amateur wrestling champion and finished fourth in the 55 kg division of the 2002 Japan Queen's Cup; the same tournament where future Olympic medalist Saori Yoshida finished first. In 2004, she was ranked fourth in the 51 kg class, but left the university after three years before graduating and stopping wrestling. Nagano moved to Tokyo in 2005, where she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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