Is there any ice skaters here? Figure, dance, speed, freestyle, or even hockey can be included.Not many places to talk about it.
>>257598>RussiansRussians are well known for rigging though, it's not even a conspiracy they've been caught doing it repeatedly.That said, while I don't like Alysa that much she's far from being bad. Regardless of your stance just based on her technical output she's in the top of the olympics for this year. You could argue the Japanese girls were better, but honestly I find them pretty tame too.You can say they're overscored, but who in the lower federations are actually putting out something better? There really isn't much competition there.Like I LOVE Isabeau and Kurokova, but they just objectively don't have the technical abilities to win.
I like watching off-ice videos because the girls like to show their feet.
I just went stars on ice recently, and while it was certainly a fun show, it was a bit disappointing. I knew going in it'd be a watered down version of what they normally do, but idk I was just expecting something that'd make me go holy shit. But largely speaking it just felt like a slightly more polished version of what I'd see the older girls at my rink doing. Obviously better, but not to the extent I feel like I'm seeing a hugely different level of skater.It makes sense, but just a tad disappointing for my first real look at this level. Maybe I'll try to hit skate america or something one of these days.
>>257598Glad someone is saying is with how astroturfed by bots this bitch is. It's beyond ridiculous the no calls on errors, points for mistakes, increasing score boost, usa hosting worlds to boost her up in rankings for a rigged win, the slow junior skating skills and choreo, the fucking golden hair and dress along with the "omg I'm just having fun teehee", the "I don't care about winning (because I know I will anyway), I chose my music I am independent (daddy still pays for everything but I'm totally doing this on my own teehee)", the media posts, the constant interviews, the awards, the fattening up, banning Russians (also cheaters but had some talented girls that never even got to be here), the desperate need for comrady propoganda for upcoming Israel funded wars, need for a ladies medal after 20 years of mediocrity, "omg she made skating popular again and she's so cool wow skating is not for pretty girls anymore it's for rich ugly "alt" girls now homoglobo shit, woke message forcing, hosting LA games need to prop her up, looking like winners as a FU to the world.It's such fucking bullshit. She shouldn't haven't even gone, and shouldn't have been within the top 10 places even scored fairly. I'm so fucking tired. Every competition is just a fixed winner. You can bet money on this sport with how much it's fixed. It's insulting and a joke to everyone else.Also the audacity to bitch and moan about a silver ice dance medal. You keeo cheating and acting like sore losers when you get out cheated by bigger money launderers.
https://neochan.net/fs/catalog.htmljust leaving this herefor science
Imagine being so hated they design infrastructure against you
>>242468That's a subtle way society uses to tell you that you're too old to be seen skateboarding in public, it's time to evolve into more mature activities, like buying an used Ford Crown Vic and going for a booze cruise
>>268485I use those signs to claim I can read brail.
Every skater I've ever met was a fucking psychopathic jerk. Something about the sport attracts all the assholes in the world. Fuck 'em.
>>268836sorry
>>242468this is what it feels like to be fat
How come gymnastics is targeted towards kids and not adults?
once you have the mobility for it as a kid it's much easier to keep doing it through your life, if you try to do gymnastics as an adult with no experience youll just be frustrated as hell for months before achieving really anything worthwhile
>>268626Literally the same logic applies to yoga. And that exploded amongst adults yet has almost no child exclusive studios or classes. Also pkids can't workout, but why shouldn't the same defeatism apply to lifting weights? It takes forever to achieve anything yet its almost abnormal to not do it now.
Pedo thread
>>268620It's kind of boring unless you're already into it and an inefficient use of time for strength and physique gains versus weight training while requiring more space and more coaching. Schedule-wise, you'd have to run the kids' class at the same time as the parents' class for it to be logistically appealing, which requires even more space and staff.>>268654Yoga doesn't require a specialized facility, or any facility or equipment at all.
>>268620it's literally tumbling daycare unless you're a select few with talent to compete at the local level.
Is sky diving an extreme sport?
>>256826the admins are not the arbiters of truth
>>256851AFF Instructor here.,...not everyone can do it. We fail about 30% of the people to the point of telling them to take up another sport.
>>256851Please try swooping or freeflying and tell me it's not extreme and that anyone can do it
>>256377Getting circumcized is an extreme sport
>>256851>>263977A lot of instructors and dropzones will ostracize and push out people they don't like as well. Even if you can get your A license, theres a fair chance you may not be accepted into the club.
A place to discuss zorbing and zorbing accessories. A misunderstood but globular extreme sport. Limp Bizkit once wrote a song about this
>>167995cool
My balls are fully polished for the summer
I'm looking for a Zorb rep, i'm trying to get sponsored. I know somebody in here knows a Zorb rep!
#zorbgoals
Zorbing is so fun George Martin is refusing to write more books
what martial art should i do after taekwondo? i'm currently abt to be a black belt in ITF taekwondo and i noticed that it kinda sucks due to the lack of handwork.ive been thinking of exploring either judo (since im pretty big) or eskrima (for grappling techniques and knifeplay). in general im looking for a style that is more hands-focused to go with the footwork of taekwondo
boxing or any grappling martial art. boxing because taekwondo, no matter the type, has shitty punching technique and defense (check https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn98RdwPw48 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz-kU1X0Q2I, which are boxers beating taekwondoins from the ITF). grappling martial arts because you only know striking and MAYBE some takedowns (if your school actually teached you them), since you said you're big then any will do, though judo would be my main recommendation
Why not just boxing? TKD strikes suck, you want something hands focused..
>>247891My taekwondo instructor bundled it with judo while teaching combatives during the Korean War. Stateside, all of his taekwondo students were made to learn some judo and all his judo students learned some taekwondo. They seemed to go well together. I would prioritize judo over eskrima but do at least dabble in eskrima if you can because considerations change in an environment where weapons are a possibility and not every judo school is going to spend time on that.
I actually rate taekwondo if you enjoy it just carry on >>247908This Obviously if you want to be well rounded do boxing or a grappling style . More urgently a grappling style
>>247891I went to Muay Thai and Judo after TKD, but I was doing ITF Competition and Hapkido on world level. If you are WTF you need learn real footwork and urgency.
Does bjj teach you anything useful?
>>220100it teaches me everynight that i am a worthless piece of shit with no ability to learn any grappling whatsoever
>>253964I take it you have been mounted often
>>233512Another retard who knows fuck all about self defense.>Muh eye gougingTry gouging my eyes when I have you in top mount. I can do the same to you but way worse.All you niggers believe BJJ is just gaurd pulling and going for armbars. You are actual retards that know nothing about fights.>How to do takedowns>How to defend against takedowns>How to stay on your feet and not trip>How to quickly recover from the ground to step up again>How to escape from bad positions>How to grapple in generalComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>234577>how to safely and aggressively get off your backthat's more of a judo thing, BJJ guys train to stay on their back and drag and submit people down from there, often much slower and more methodically.
>>264098nta and i don't believe it to be bad or useless.the problem is that so much of the training time in bjj is spent in guard it doesn't just take away from learning more practical skills but even creates bad habits for its practiticioners.>How to do takedowns>How to defend against takedowns>How to stay on your feet and not trip>How to quickly recover from the ground to step up againbjj "teaches" this but unless they cross train 90%+ of bjj guys are very poor at it. to quote Danaher you can be a bjj world champion without knowing a single takedown, as the sport currently stands.
How would you create a martial art that had as it's main purpose to be most effective against UNTRAINED people? Are there any techniques that are useless in a trained context but disproportionally effective when used against untrained people?Kind of like how in chess there are openings that are principally not sound and easily rebuked by people who know how to play chess, but allow you to easily checkmate a complete beginner (like the scholar's mate).
>>268431Oh, so you're a troll who's never been in a self-defense situation. My bad for taking you seriously; you got me good. 10/10
>>251402>Something that relies on reflexTony Blauer is that you?
>>268467Ive never been attacked because people can sense my world class half guard play from aura alone
>>268505Of course, your aura has been tempered by not showering. No one will approach you.
>>251389It's called army combatives and it's been a thing for over a century all across the world.
Chris edition>Banzuke:http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Banzuke.aspxhttps://www.sumo.or.jp/EnHonbashoBanzuke/index/>Fight Schedule & Results:https://www.sumo.or.jp/EnHonbashoMain/torikumi/1/1/>Some sumo links and how to watch live:https://rentry.org/uwbgc88dPrevious thread: >>267830
>>269779>do I got any other options?Yes. Take a time machine back to August 8 when the tickets went on sale. Fuck's sake man, it starts next week.
>>269781god dammit im the most retard stupid jackass ever fuck im stupid fuck
>>269779yes you can find resale tickets. are you the guy going on the last day? they're going to be extremely expensive.sumo's been more popular lately so tickets sold out fast
>>269782Don't be so hard on yourself, it's not like they announce the sale dates two years in adva- oh wait... https://www.sumo.or.jp/EnTicket/year_schedule/
>>269784reaching for that vertical rope. Hopefully i get lucky with resellers
Can you do this natty?
Posted one minute after https://archived.moe/xs/thread/243888/#254800 to slide that thread to get the last word.
>>254801Sauce? Clip context?
>>254801hate this sorta shit. she's fighting him as a warrior, giving it her all, and he has the audacity to grab a titty in the middle of it. I know he's vastly better, but that's no way to treat a fellow warrior. I know it's just a cartoon but it leaves a bad taste in my mouth>>264619this on the other hand, is pure kino
>>254801what anime?
>>266059maybe if she dosnt want to be treated that way, she shouldnt be acting like a man getting into physical altercations in the first place? Dumbass.
Beagle editionOld thread >>265850
Which faggot here is this
>>270108many do not realize that being kind in this cruel world is the gnarliest thing,,
New bread>>270140>>270140>>270140
>>270141fuck sake pick a real skate pic ya doink
>>270096wax yo pivot cups
If punches below the belt, more specifically punches to the thigh, knee and calf were allowed in Boxing, would they affect the meta at all?Some stances are so wide and heavy that I think a good hook to the side of the knee could fuck someone up. Punching the thigh would only work if done repeatedly, I think. Now calf punches sound absurd lol, but I think in some fights were guys have wildly different frames I think it could be used.
>>266599Filipino martial arts has this really obstinate insistence that all knife and stick MUST transfer to empty hands. To be fair, a lot of it does! Like more than people think. This is just a case where they're just wrong and stubborn about it.
>>266887
>>267964Ah yesThe dragonfish punch strategy
>>267964>missed opportunity for knees directly to the headI mean it must be confusing getting punched in the leg but come on guy
>>268887do you really mean it?
How extreme is too extreme?
>>257948Sit in his face and cut one.
>>251262Is that mighty mouse?
>>266642It started as a bunch of yuppies jerking eachother off. Dont think too hard on this shit.
>>251262At this point, self harm.
>>251262>best defence against this autism
Why do they say you need training for Scuba Diving? Just put the breathing tube in your mouth and turn on the gas. Done
>>267748Did you try this? How did you get on? Did you get bent into a pretzel yet?
Just got my certification card today. AMA
>>267748Your lungs are going to pop like a fucking balloon once you run out of air sixty feet down and you beat cheeks to the surface OP. Water is fucking heavy, descend or ascend too fast and you WILL fucking die.
>>268803if youre breathing gas how does the water squish your lungs? retard
>>268812Huh. It's almost like you need training and certification just to figure out why that is! Wow! What coincidence! Look up Boyle's Law.
Your sport is "extreme"?Show me a gif of the most recent death in it.
>>266027>>26629528 is so fucking young man, he was still a baby. I feel dreadful for him and his loved ones.I always felt like judo and sumo were the two hand-to-hand martial arts you were most likely to die while competing in.
>>266236context? he doesn't look like he got hit that hard
>>267440If prior head trauma had created a brain bleed then getting hit sufficiently hard enough again can cause a cascade of brain injury that ends in vegetable or death. This has happened a few times over the years in boxing. It probably has to do with the repeated head trauma guaranteed by the ruleset. I.e. when a guy gets dropped you can't go to ground and finish him off, he gets a chance to stand back up and continue getting punched in the face.
>>267440not an expert in this sport, but you can tell early on in this webm that his brain is not all there even if he is standing upright and moving around. Looking at the first two punches given in this clip, the guy that dies barely even reacts. Its like his eyes aren't looking in the right place, he's going through the motions of being a boxer rather than actually boxing. Actually quite disconcerting.imo the real "killing blow" if that ever happened, occurred before the events of this clip.
