Sunday, March 20, 2016

Competition

My take on competition is that competition is a very intricate subject. Competition is the act of competing. Competition can be traced back to its first major event in 776 BC where the Greeks held their first Olympics in Athens, Greece. The first modern version of the Olympics was held in Athens, Greece, 1896. As the Olympics have evolved to what they are today they are still in my mind and in many others the top of the line for competing in a sport. In my own terms I believe that competition is were a certain number of participants (depending on what it is) go head to head against each other to ultimately win. Now today come a whole new era for competitive games. Ranging from video games like COD (Call Of Duty) and Csgo (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) to the World cup and March Madness (College Basketball Tournament) and even solving a rubicks cube. In other words competition has evolved from sports to almost everything. Now myself I like to think that I am and am not competitive at certain things. Like in sports I am because I really enjoy it and have a passion for it. One example is when  take martial arts. I have a black belt in Krav Maga and really take it seriously because I love it and enjoy it so when I am sparring (fighting) with someone I do not want to lose. But when it comes to who can run the fastest I can not be bothered because i know I am not fast and do not really care about it. In conclusion competition is a very interesting subject and I take part in it and consider my self to be competitive and not competitive.