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This is the official rulebook of INBA, International Natural Body-Sculpting Association, founded by Denny Kakos.Denny Kakos was born in Greece, fifty miles from Olympia, where the Ancient Olympic Games were held. In the thick of Cold War and as a consequence of the natural disaster, his family moved to the United States. Mesmerized by the movie Hercules with Steve Reeves, Denny began to contemplate the ideal of a perfect natural human being. His love for physical fitness, founded on the ancient Greek ideals of kalokagathia, harmony of the body and the soul, was born.Denny abandoned his career in architecture in order to establish a new, independent, natural body-sculpting organization. He opened his own gym and training center, began to train athletes and organize competitions. Today, the INBA is present in over 80 countries round the world and the sport of Natural Fitness is practiced by millions of people, thousands of them competitively within INBA Global. This Rulebook is the first step to INBA's recognition as an Olympic Sport.

This Research Paper portrays three immigrant cultures to the United States: Asian, Korean, Indian, and my own immigrant background, which is that of Austria-Germany and Moravia-Silesia. It consists of three parts.Part One, Historical Perspective, is sub-divided into two parts: The Review of Literature; and Historical Perspective. The Review of Literature lists the main sources I have used for this Paper, apart from internet research and other (minor) references. The Historical Perspective explores the historical background of each culture, emphasizing the main facets of its ethnicity, including the migration (waves) as they immigrated to the United States.Part Two, Comparing and Contrasting, sheds light on how the Asian and European cultures, races, and ethnicities, formed, interacted, and grew on the American soil. It starts with a chapter on Ethnicity and Nationality, continues to discuss Race, Gender and Family, and Religion. I have incorporated the background from Part One but also added many new facts regarding each ethnicity and their peculiar habits, describing how they differ and sometimes interact, including my personal experience (with German and Bohemian/Czech cultures).Part Three, Assimilation into Society, is subdivided into two parts: Acculturation and Assimilation, and Survey. Here, I look into the state of immigrant communities today, particularly exploring and focusing on students and teachers from the ethnic groups described above. I have spoken to several teachers and about a dozen students, and tried to analyze and express their thoughts and feelings here.