Which country do you most strongly associate with martial arts? If you said Asia, that's understandable. After all, Asia was the continent that gave birth to many of the most popular fighting arts in the world.

Mike Tyson: Triumph and Tragedy

Sooner or later, everyone who rides a skateboard, bike or inline skates wants to tackle a skateboarding ramp. So many cool skateboarding tricks can be performed on a ramp, and it is not too hard to build one at home. Having a ramp at home gives you a chance to practice your skateboarding moves in peace and quiet. After all, who wants to take a lot of beginners' wipe outs in public? With some plywood, a few pieces of 2" by 4", and the right tools, you can build your own skateboarding ramp at home.

Mountain bike tours can be enjoyable, but only if you plan ahead.

A look at how the McLaren Formula 1 team will perform in the new season and why merchandise producers and sponsors will hope to leave the controversies of the last season in the pit lane.

George Foreman is a well-known name; his career has been long and eventful. Not only does he have the distinction of being known as one of 25 greatest boxers of all time, he was also the oldest man to win a heavyweight title. He is an accomplished businessman in addition to being an ordained Christian minister. He even owns his own church.

There a few steps you need to take when learning to surf.

If you want see an amazing underwater viewing, you should go for a scuba diving adventure in Calgary. Getting to Calgary in Canada is easy and enjoyable with open roads and green landscape.

Another football great hangs up his jersey and calls it quits!

A boat's motor, like anything else mechanical, wants regular maintenance to keep it running at its best. Not practicing boat engine maintenance invites all sorts of expensive trouble or on-the-water emergencies.

The horizontal bar in gymnastics is one of the most difficult pieces of apparatus. The requirements of strength, timing, coordination, and daring - typical of gymnastics - seem to be somewhat exemplified on the horizontal bar. As in all life situations, the element of danger is present but, as with all gymnastics, if approached in a progressive manner the element of danger can be reduced.

The New Tech nine Dominator snow board bindings (fits 8 12 1/2) are perfect weather your a beginner or an advance snowboarder. Looking to stay within your pocketbook on these than you right on.

A look at the choices for those shopping for surf clothing.

A snowboard is a special board typically thin and hourglass shaped used by snowboarders to go down the slope that is covered with snow. A typical snowboard has a length that is between 140 and 165cm and a width that is between 24 and 27 cm.

Mike Tyson: Triumph and Tragedy

How to learn adventure skydiving. What to expect from the different methods of teaching.

New Yankee Stadium

Shea Stadium. Oh, the memories that are evoked by those two words. It's hard to believe that it's gone after 44 years. It is even harder to think of the Mets as being an expansion team. Haven't they been around forever? Oh, and for all you trivia buffs out there Shea Stadium was formerly known as the Flushing Meadow Park Municipal Stadium.

We teach our kids early on the importance of team sports in their lives. By the age of 5 most children a involved in a team sport or group activity. Mom, dad, I am sure you proudly recall watching your first born playing soccer at the age of 5. The rules are simple. Everyone plays and nobody loses. Funny how the game always seems to end in a tie. Your little guy chases the ball mixed into a cluster with the other children. It's wild kicking in that cloud of kids. Thank goodness for shin guards! With time and practice your child continues to improve and quickly develops some real athletic talent.

Finding the correct golf course to consider your home course is often a matter of finding the one closes to the home and playing it consistently. However, even the most difficult duffers will tire of playing the same course over and over and after a few dozen trips down the same fairway, watching the ball dive into the same hazard, may have them considering giving up the game. However, may find they play better when they hit a different course on occasion and the Black Rock golf club in Hagerstown, Maryland may be the place to test this theory.

Ronaldinho (Ronaldo de Assis Moreira) was born on March 21, 1980 in Porto Alegre, Brazil and would rise to be one of soccer's greatest. The five-foot eleven, one-hundred seventy-seven pound forward would wow audiences with his mastery as early as 1999, beginning amateur play following in his father Joao's footsteps, becoming skilled in beach and indoor (futbal) soccer.

Skateboarding today is among the most popular sports around, and it is a world wide passion, not only as a sport and recreational vehicle but also as an art form and a challenge to skateboarders. They seek to master the sport, applying various mechanics and tricks to make them nearly fly. Whether the ramp or the halfpipe, the skateboarders of today continue to increase the difficulty and the challenge to themselves and for those who are really serious about the sport, their lives are all skateboard.

Babe Ruth is a player who needs little if any introduction. People the world over know his name and the near-legendary achievements of this man, one of the best known players ever to pick up a bat or glove. You don't need to have been around when Babe was on the Yankees to be familiar with his name and the House That Ruth Built. Even his superstitions are followed to this day. Ruth once said "Whenever I hit a home run, I always make sure that I touch all four bases". Larger than life both in terms of his performance on the diamond as well as in his private life, Babe Ruth is still very much a part of the American psyche. There may never be another player like the Great Bambino in any sport.

13 Grand Slam singles titles, 4 Tennis Masters Cup titles, 14 ATP Masters Series titles and an Olympic Gold Medalist; Roger Federer is every inch a fine athlete. He currently holds many noteworthy titles in the tennis world. He had appeared in 10 consecutive Grand Slam single men's finals of the Wimbledon Championships in 2005 through the 2007 US Open. He managed to secure 19 consecutive Grand Slam singles semifinals and holds outstanding records for the most consecutive in over 65 grass courts and 56 hard courts. For 237 consecutive weeks dating from February 2, 2004 to August 17, 2008, he was the number 1 tennis player in the world. He was even given the honor of the prestigious Laureus World Sportsman of the Year from 2005 to 2008. Today, Roger Federer ranks as world no. 2.

Thompson M1A1 submachine gun has registered some considerable instances of usage across the world. Its use started during the times of World War II when the gun was used more often by the American army. Later on, different nations of the world have built up a huge arsenal of these Thompson M1A1 submachine guns. We cannot forget the Korean War and the Vietnam War.