Tradional UAE Sports & Pastimes

Japan

Mohammad Ali

 

He was born on January, 17 1942. He is an American boxer. He was brave and not afraid of any bout. He changed his name from Cassius Marcellus Clay to Mohammad Ali after joining the Nation of Islam, specifically Sunni Islam. Ali was publicly vilified when he refused to be conscripted into the U.S military due to his religious belief and opposition to the Vietnam War. Also he won three times the World Heavyweight Championship. In addition, he used the words “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee” to describe his movement in boxing. He used many techniques in fighting like the Ali shuffle and rope a dope. Finally, he got two awards in 1999: Sportsman of the century and Sports Personality of the Century.

Places Visited

 

This year I visited two countries. The first country was Saudi Arabia. Every year I go to this country for Umrah. Also there were many people around, millions that time and we performed the worship with difficulty because of overcrowding. The second country was Japan. I was selected by the college with some classmates to visit Cosmo Oil Company in Japan for practice. We went to many cities like Tokyo, Kyoto and Nigowa. In addition, it is a really beautiful country with clean environment. Also Japanese are very quiet and isolated. It was the first time for me in Japan and it was interesting to see the Japanese country and to know their traditions and life style.