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Judo or Jūdō (柔道, jūdō?, meaning "gentle way") is a modern Japanese martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Dr Kano Jigoro. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an opponent to submit by joint locking or by executing a choke. Strikes and thrusts by hands and feet as well as weapons defences are a part of judo, but only in pre-arranged forms (kata) and are not allowed in judo competition or free practice (randori).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judo

Prof. Ed Maley

Ed Maley is a legend, not just in Tampa Bay but across the world. Prof. Maley introduced martial arts to south Tampa while still a member of the US Air Force stationed at MacDill AFB in the late 50s.

His dojo has produced Olympians such as Dewey Mitchell, and many of the top Judo stars in the country.

Ed Has over 50 years of experience teaching and coaching Judo, and is nationally recognized as a Master, holding his 8th degree Black belt in Judo.

Ed has been involved with the YMCA, and The Brandon Recreation Department and many other organizations, dedicated to physical health and well being of youngsters.

His teaching style is one that has been copied by many of the top teachers of the sport, never duplicated.

This 8th Dan is a toughie, and is no one to mess with with, yet he is the most gentle person on the planet. Those that have come to know Ed love him, he has touched so many lives and positively influenced so many of our children.

For his work in the area of physical fitness and self defense, we proclaim Prof. Ed Maley a true Tampa Bay Legend.


http://www.teddwebb.com/legends/prof_ed_maley.html

The Sacred Band originally was formed of picked men in couples, each lover and beloved selected from the ranks of the existing Theban citizen-army. The pairs consisted of the older “heniochoi”, or charioteers, and the younger “paraibatai”, or companions, who were all housed and trained at the city’s expense. During their early engagements, in an attempt to bolster general morale, they were dispersed by Gorgidas throughout the front ranks of the Theban army.

After the Theban general Pelopidas recaptured the acropolis of Thebes in 379 BCE, he assumed command of the Sacred Band, in which he fought alongside his good friend Epaminondas. It was Pelopidas who formed these couples into a distinct unit: he “never separated or scattered them, but would stand the brunt of battle, using them as one body.”<5> They became, in effect, the “special forces” of Greek soldiery<6>, and the forty years of their known existence (378-338 BCE) marked the pre-eminence of Thebes as a military and political power in late-classical Greece.

The Sacred Band under Pelopidas fought the Spartans at Tegyra in 375 BCE, vanquishing an army that was at least three times its size. It was also responsible for the victory at Leuctra in 371 BCE, called by Pausanias the most decisive battle ever fought by Greeks against Greeks.

Rumour has it that Sparta also allowed gays in their military. Just sayin…
http://afarensis99.wordpress.com/2010/02/04/gays-in-the-military-the-sacred-band-of-thebes/