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The Ninja, Shadow Warriors of feudal Japan, have become a legend shrouded in mystery. Then, and even now, many consider them to have had supernatural powers, but they were simply men of skill and training. Men with a purpose, and the purpose was to win. The Ninja were unrivaled as spies and assasins. With the skill of Inpo, the art of concealment, Tonpo, the art of evasion and escape, and Shinobi Iri, the art of silent movements within darkness, the Ninja movements are invisible. And, armed w...

Motor sport is controlled and co-ordinated, both nationally and internationally, by FIA (Federation Internationale de l'automobile) who are based in Paris. Each affiliated country has a vote at it's general assembly. The FIA recognises in each country one sole authority which holds the sporting power. This is called the Autorite sportive nationale (ASN) which in our case is, of course, the RIAC.

The RIAC, therefore, is entrusted with enforcing the international sporting code in this cou...

The name Tae Kwon-Do means simply "WAY OF THE FOOT AND FIST". Tae Kwon-Do is termed as a hard or external style of martial art. The adjective is used to describe the muscular force used in the development of it's techniques, and it is therefore quite different from the softer Korean Martial Arts such as Hapkido. These respond to, rather than originate attacks, and use the opponent's strength against him or her. Tae Kwon-Do is, however, more than just a collection of military techniques. It is...

Hockey, a stick-and-ball game, is played in more than 70 countries and on all five continents. It is a big sport in India and Pakistan. Here in Ireland, it is played in leagues across the country....

Cricket has been called a way of life, a philosophy of sorts, if you will. It is a complex game; one of which involves skill and patience....

To be quite simple about it, the object of golf is to hit a small dimpled ball with a golf club a predetermined distance into a hole in the ground. The ball is played from a teeing area to a green where the hole is indicated by a flag. The distances between teeing area and green vary from as little as 90 yards to more than 600 yards. If you are thinking of starting golf, some say that all you need initially is one lesson. This might last for only thirty minutes, but you will soon discover...