"float, glide and control her movements and change directions in mid-air, and is also a master of climbing and stealth. Her fighting style is to ""float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."" Mai's weapons are her ""Fire Butterfly Fans"" that can be used in close quarters and as projectiles. She furthermore has a variety of hand-to-hand combat maneuvers, such as a diving attack (""Flying Squirrel Dance"") and a rushing cartwheel kick followed by an elbow strike (""Deadly Ninja Bees""). In most of the games, Mai's Japanese voice actress has been Akoya Sogi (dubbed by Sheryl Stanley in the English"
"of Ali's greatest tricks was to make opponents overcommit by pulling straight backward from punches. Disciplined, world-class boxers chased Ali and threw themselves off balance attempting to hit him because he seemed to be an open target, only missing and leaving themselves exposed to Ali's counter punches, usually a chopping right. Slow motion replays show that this was precisely the way Sonny Liston was hit and apparently knocked out by Ali in their second fight. Ali often flaunted his movement by dancing the ""Ali Shuffle"", a sort of center-ring jig. Ali's early style was so unusual that he was initially"
"would become a United States Merchant Marine, and would spend 12 years traveling the world. Brown joined Muhammad Ali's entourage as a cornerman in 1963 and remained with him throughout his career. Later he also became a part of James ""Quick"" Tillis entourage as a cornerman. Brown was also one of Ali's speech writers. He wrote certain poems, including that which coined Ali's famous and oft quoted: ""Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, rumble young man rumble.” Ali used the poem to taunt Sonny Liston at the press conference prior to his February 25, 1964 victory over the"
"Muhammad Ali in media and popular culture This article covers the boxer Muhammad Ali's appearances in media and popular culture. Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, AZ—One of the world's largest dedicated Parkinson's Centers ""When We Were Kings"" is a 1996 Academy Award-winning documentary film about the ""Rumble in the Jungle"", Ali's 1974 fight against George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). The high school cheer squad in Happy Harbor on the cartoon ""Young Justice"" use Ali's ""Floats like a butterfly Stings like a bee"" line as their cheer. The"
"The Soul of a Butterfly The Soul of a Butterfly is the autobiography of Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., a former heavyweight boxer who was a three time World Heavyweight Champion and is considered by many to be the greatest heavyweight of all time. It is written in collaboration with his daughter, Hana Yasmeen Ali. It is not a comprehensive autobiography but a breakdown of the important events and experiences in his life; this is suggested in the book's subtitle, ""Reflections on Life's Journey"". The book includes some of his and his daughter's poetry, and snippets of Sufi"
"Butterfly stroke The butterfly (colloquially shortened to fly) is a swimming stroke swum on the chest, with both arms moving symmetrically, accompanied by the butterfly kick (also known as the ""dolphin kick""). While other styles like the breaststroke, front crawl, or backstroke can be swum adequately by beginners, the butterfly is a more difficult stroke that requires good technique as well as strong muscles. It is the newest swimming style swum in competition, first swum in 1933 and originating out of the breaststroke. The peak speed of the butterfly is faster than that of the front crawl, or freestyle due"
"Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali (; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist. Nicknamed ""The Greatest"", he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest boxers of all time. He was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, and began training as an amateur boxer when he was 12 years old. At age 18, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, then turned professional later"
"thought. A chapter of the book is written solely by his daughter, Hana, where she recounts an experience with her father, and goes on to reflect upon what she means to him and what she has learned from him. A review in ""The New York Times"" describes the book as ""an elliptical, collagelike memoir that offered a philosophical look back at his life."" The Soul of a Butterfly The Soul of a Butterfly is the autobiography of Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., a former heavyweight boxer who was a three time World Heavyweight Champion and is considered by"
"eventually ""Muhammad Ali."" In an interview with George Plimpton, given shortly before his rematch with Liston, Ali expounded on the ontological teachings of Elijah Muhammad and Elijah's instructor Wallace Fard Muhammad. According to these teachings, which Ali said he believed in, there exists a space platform operated by ""men who never smile"" which orbits the earth at the speed of 18,000 miles per hour. The platform contains bombs which would be dropped at Armageddon which would begin after a threshold in the earth's collective guilt had been breached. Ali claimed he had seen the platform on several occasions. A member"
"bout,wrote that in the first round of the fight Ali looked like a bullfighter and Bonavena like a bull. Torres went on to write: In the middle of round 4, Ali began to tire and retreated to the ropes; Bonavena now had a stationary target to hit. From rounds 4 through 8 of the fight, Ali continued defensive boxing with Bonavena stalking him relentlessly. Leaning back against the ropes, Ali started depending on his reflexes rather than his feet to avoid Bonavena's punches. However, the body shots Bonavena was throwing at Ali started connecting with some regularity. The fight became"
"Rope-a-dope The rope-a-dope is a boxing fighting style commonly associated with Muhammad Ali in his 1974 Rumble in the Jungle match against George Foreman. In many competitive situations, rope-a-dope is used to describe strategies in which one contender lets their opponent fatigue themself by drawing non-injuring offensive actions. This then gives the contender an advantage towards the end of the competition or before, as the opponent becomes tired, allowing the contender to execute devastating offensive maneuvers and thereby win. The rope-a-dope is performed by a boxer assuming a protected stance (in Ali's classic pose, lying against the ropes, which allows"
"an episode of the NBC sitcom ""Diff'rent Strokes"". The show's title itself was inspired by the quote ""Different strokes for different folks"" popularized in 1966 by Ali, who also inspired the title of the 1967 Syl Johnson song ""Different Strokes"", one of the most sampled songs in pop music history. He also wrote several best-selling books about his career, including """" and ""The Soul of a Butterfly"". The Muhammad Ali Effect, named after Ali, is a term that came into use in psychology in the 1980s, as he stated in his autobiography """": ""I only said I was the greatest,"
"though Creed had Ali's unorthodox hand positioning, he ducked, bobbed and weaved in the classic style, as opposed to Ali who preferred to move backwards, in contradiction to boxing's basic tenets, but with success. Perhaps the reason for this was that only Ali could be that unorthodox and look convincing; where most boxing instructors would tell their pupils that a punch cannot be landed when the puncher is retreating backwards, Ali did that too with regularity. Also unlike Ali, Apollo was not very political and had very little to say on social issues. In ""Rocky I"", a reporter asked him"
"Ali's punches was cumulative. Charlie Powell, who fought Ali early in Ali's career and was knocked out in the third round, said: ""When he first hit me I said to myself, 'I can take two of these to get one in myself.' But in a little while I found myself getting dizzier and dizzier every time he hit me. He throws punches so easily that you don't realize how much they hurt you until it's too late."" Commenting on fighting the young Ali, George Chuvalo said: ""He was just so damn fast. When he was young, he moved his legs"
"slipping and rolling from Western Boxing and forearm blocks found in Eastern martial arts such as Kung Fu. Bruce Lee's nimble and agile skipping-like footwork is seen in his movies. This technique was adopted from Muhammad Ali's footwork in his boxing stance. This quick and agile footwork can be achieved from practice using a jump rope as jumping rope imitates this nimble, jumpy action that is a quick way to manoeuvre your way around and away from an enemy's strikes.Footwork also has its influences from fencing Lee felt that the straight lead was the most integral part of Jeet Kune"
"end of the round. Ali is recovering from a recent battle with a flu. Through four rounds, Ali was operating in a flatfoot stance, peppering Coopman with a flurry of punches whenever the mood struck him. In the fifth, the champion start to dance, circling to his left, then to his right, and confusing Coopman with backhand jabs. Then suddenly, Ali unloaded the big uppercut. With a flurry of punches, culminated by a right uppercut. Ali toppled the 29-year-old challenger into the ropes. trying to regain his equilibrium, Coopman wobbled back into the canvas in an apparent delayed reaction from"
"system, was an important influence on the development of hip hop music. Toasting is another influence found in Jamaican dub music. Boxer Muhammad Ali, as an influential African-American celebrity, was widely covered in the media. Ali influenced several elements of hip hop music. Both in the boxing ring and in media interviews, Ali became known in the 1960s for being ""rhyming trickster"" in the 1960s. Ali used a ""funky delivery"" for his comments, which included ""boasts, comical trash talk, [and] the endless quotabl[e]"" lines. According to ""Rolling Stone"", his ""freestyle skills"" (a reference to a type of vocal improvisation in"
"an improvisation necessitated by Foreman's constant pressure. In either case, Ali was able to occasionally counter off the ropes with blows to the face and penetrated Foreman's defense. Ali continued to take heavy punishment to the body and occasionally a hard jolt to the head. Ali later said he was ""out on his feet"" twice during the bout. Eventually, Foreman began to tire, and his punches became increasingly wild, losing power in the process. An increasingly confident Ali taunted Foreman throughout the bout. Late in the eighth round, Foreman was left off balance by a haymaker, and Ali sprang off"
"speed and technical skills, while Foreman's raw power was his greatest strength. Defying convention, Ali began by attacking Foreman with disorienting ""right-hand leads"". This was notable as it seemed that close-range fighting would inevitably favor Foreman and leave too great a chance that Ali would be stunned by Foreman's powerful haymakers. Ali made use of the right-hand lead punch (striking with the right hand without setting up the left) in a further effort to disorient Foreman. However, while this aggressive tactic may have surprised Foreman and allowed Ali to punch him several times in the head, it failed to significantly"
"by analysing the opponent's boxing style. Futch noted that Ali often leaned his head away from punches. Ali could not do that with his body, so the boxing proverb 'kill the body and the head dies' became the plan - Futch told Frazier to wear down Ali with persistent body punches. Futch also believed that Frazier's constant bobbing and weaving would make Ali uncomfortable because he would often have to punch down at Frazier's head (Ali almost never threw body punches), which was something he was not used to doing. Finally, Futch noticed that Ali's uppercuts were thrown sloppily and"
"surface. The swimmer must remain on the surface until the next turn or finish. Butterfly stroke The butterfly (colloquially shortened to fly) is a swimming stroke swum on the chest, with both arms moving symmetrically, accompanied by the butterfly kick (also known as the ""dolphin kick""). While other styles like the breaststroke, front crawl, or backstroke can be swum adequately by beginners, the butterfly is a more difficult stroke that requires good technique as well as strong muscles. It is the newest swimming style swum in competition, first swum in 1933 and originating out of the breaststroke. The peak speed"
"days and ensured that his funeral was in accordance with Islamic rites and rituals. From a boxing perspective, it is speculated that Malcolm X may have contributed to enhancing the probability of Ali winning his first bout with Liston, by instilling into Ali the belief that he was invincible, and that it was destined that he would win. At the weigh-in before the first Ali-Liston fight, Ali had shouted: ""It is prophesied that I should win! I cannot be beaten!"" According to Dennis and Atyeo: Religious views of Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali evolved considerably in his religious and spiritual views"
"when Nixon resigned, wait 'til I whup Foreman's behind!"" He told the press, ""I've done something new for this fight. I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale; handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail; only last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a brick; I'm so mean I make medicine sick."" Ali was wildly popular in Zaire, with crowds chanting ""Ali, bomaye"" (""Ali, kill him"") wherever he went. Ali opened the fight moving and scoring with right crosses to Foreman's head. Then, beginning in the second round, and to the consternation of his"
"Ali (film) Ali is a 2001 American biographical sports drama film written, produced and directed by Michael Mann. The film focuses on ten years in the life of the boxer Muhammad Ali, played by Will Smith, from 1964 to 1974, featuring his capture of the heavyweight title from Sonny Liston, his conversion to Islam, criticism of the Vietnam War, and banishment from boxing, his return to fight Joe Frazier in 1971, and, finally, his reclaiming the title from George Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle fight of 1974. It also touches on the great social and political upheaval in"
"style is referred to as ""butterfly"", but sometimes still also called ""dolphin"", especially when referring to the ""dolphin kick"". This new style was substantially faster than a regular breaststroke. Using this technique Jack Sieg swam 100 yards in 1:00.2. However, the dolphin fishtail kick violated the breaststroke rules set by FINA and was not allowed. Therefore, the butterfly arms with a breaststroke kick were used by a few swimmers in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin for the breaststroke competitions. In 1938, almost every breaststroke swimmer was using this butterfly style, yet this stroke was considered a variant of the"
"greatest, and catch the next jet out of the country.""). Clay insisted to a skeptical press that he would knock out Liston in eight rounds (Former Light Heavyweight Champion José Torres, in his 1971 biography of Ali, ""Sting Like a Bee"", said that as of 1963, Ali's prophetic poems had correctly predicted the exact round he would stop an opponent 12 times). Clay's brashness did not endear him to white Americans, and, in fact, even made Liston a more sympathetic character. In ""The New Republic"", the editor Murray Kempton wrote, ""Liston used to be a hoodlum; now he is our"
"arms forward over water in breaststroke. While this ""butterfly"" technique was difficult, it brought a great improvement in speed. One year later, in 1935, Jack Sieg, a swimmer also from the University of Iowa developed a technique involving swimming on his side and beating his legs in unison similar to a fish tail, and modified the technique afterward to swim it face down. Armbruster and Sieg combined these techniques into a variant of the breaststroke called butterfly with the two kicks per cycle being called dolphin fishtail kick. Using this technique Sieg swam in 1:00.2. However, even though this technique"
"developed a technique involving swimming on his side and beating his legs in unison similar to a fish tail, and modified the technique afterward to swim it face down. Armbruster and Sieg combined these techniques into a variant of the breaststroke called butterfly, with the two kicks per cycle being called dolphin fishtail kick. Using this technique Sieg swam 100 yards (91 m) in 1:00.2. However, even though this technique was much faster than regular breaststroke, the dolphin fishtail kick violated the rules. Butterfly arms with a breaststroke kick were used by a few swimmers in the 1936 Summer Olympics"
"Pat Putnam of Sports Illustrated wrote: ""The plan was simple. Ali would jab, jab, throw a right and grab. When Spinks came flailing in, Ali would hook his left hand around the back of Spinks' head and pull him into an embrace, effectively limiting Spinks to one or two punches or pulling him off balance. And Ali would dance, baby, dance. He would tie up Spinks and then dance away from him on the break, circling to the right, circling to the left. And the fight went as plotted."" Referee Lucien Joubert took the fifth round away from Ali for"
"midbrain late in the exposure, after the primary impact acceleration in boxing and football. Worldwide, boxing is talked about and watched in many countries and one of the most televised sports and one of the most famous boxer of all time is Muhammad Ali. He was one of the most influential boxers and known as the best of all time. Ali unfortunately was “diagnosed with “a cluster of symptoms that resemble Parkinson’s Disease,” known as Parkinson’s Syndrome, which his doctor believed were caused by numerous blows to the head,” which led to his death in 2016. As many skills as"
"several historic boxing matches. Notable among these were the Liston fights; the ""Fight of the Century"", ""Super Fight II"" and the ""Thrilla in Manila"" against his rival Joe Frazier; and ""The Rumble in the Jungle"" against George Foreman. At a time when most fighters let their managers do the talking, Ali thrived in and indeed craved the spotlight, where he was often provocative and outlandish. He was known for trash-talking, and often freestyled with rhyme schemes and spoken word poetry, both for his trash-talking in boxing and as political poetry for his activism, anticipating elements of rap and hip hop"
"displayed the ""Ali Shuffle"", to the delight of the crowd, and to the temporary confusion of the stiff-moving challenger. As the leggy blonde showgirl from the Tropicana Hotel strutted past Ali with a big card signaling the start of the eighth round, Ali stared, aware that this was the round he would knock out Lyle. From his flatfooted stance, he tried for the knockout, but Lyle cornered, fought him off, particularly with a jarring right hand. For the next two rounds, Ali rested, boxing defensively, retreated to the ropes and accepting Lyle's punches. But in the fateful 11th when he"
"take punishment in the belly"". Kalinsky told him: ""Do what you do in a training session: Act like a dope on the ropes."" Ali then replied: ""So, you want me to be a rope-a-dope?"" According to Angelo Dundee, Kalinsky told Ali: ""Why don't you try something like that? Sort of a dope on the ropes, letting Foreman swing away but, like in the picture, hit nothing but air."" The publicist John Condon popularized the phrase ""rope-a-dope"". The maneuver is most commonly associated with the match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, known as The Rumble in the Jungle. Foreman was"