Taekwondo

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Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

Do I understand this sport at all? No. Am I enjoying it? Absolutely.

Guys and gals kicking the poo poo out of each other, this I understand.

I think it's like one point for a kick to the upper body or "trunk" and two points for a kick to the head but also sometimes they do like a little grab too and it makes it three points. I think.

Oh and all the participants get entrances, except the entrances seem to only allow 90s Jock Jams as the song.

I guess I could duckduckgo the rules, maybe later.

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# ? Apr 23, 2024 18:36

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

I am watching a 17 year old from Spain just destroying the 34 year old double gold medal winner from China.

Currently up 33 to 2.

# ? Jul 24, 2021 07:10

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

watching a turkish lady kick a colombian lady in the head :cheers:

# ? Jul 24, 2021 07:32

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

tunisian u58 just beat the favourite in the semi-final!

# ? Jul 24, 2021 08:31

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

exmarx posted:

tunisian u58 just beat the favourite in the semi-final!

Amazing. I thought the favorite was too passive the whole way and finally it caught him in the finals.

Great to see the emotion of the coach.

# ? Jul 24, 2021 08:33

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

drat this Adriana�s feet just seem to be magnetically attracted to her opponent�s head.

# ? Jul 24, 2021 08:37

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

crazy good

# ? Jul 24, 2021 08:47

Kestral: Nov 24, 2000; Forum Veteran

exmarx posted:

tunisian u58 just beat the favourite in the semi-final!

This was an incredible fight, godspeed Tunisian kid!

It's been interesting watching the men's and women's semis in such rapid succession, it shows the contrast pretty starkly. The guys really do seem to be just kicking the poo poo out of each other.

Edit: Also this commentator is great.

Kestral fucked around with this message at 08:59 on Jul 24, 2021

# ? Jul 24, 2021 08:53

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

yeah the commentator is great

italian coach is annoying as gently caress tho lol

# ? Jul 24, 2021 09:00

smarxist: Jul 26, 2018; by Fluffdaddy

i love heavily moderated combat sports for points, it has all the skill and finesse of the death match poo poo but nobody has to get CTE

# ? Jul 24, 2021 09:01

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

Definitely coming back to watch the finals. This was fun.

# ? Jul 24, 2021 09:03

Kestral: Nov 24, 2000; Forum Veteran

smarxist posted:

i love heavily moderated combat sports for points, it has all the skill and finesse of the death match poo poo but nobody has to get CTE

Agreed, although sometimes the scoring gets a liiiittle silly / degenerate - see most of fencing. It'd be nice to have a martial arts event that actually resembled people legitimately trying to beat each other up, but without, as mentioned, the whole "permanent brain injury" part.

What time are the finals for these weight classes? The official schedule is... questionably formatted.

# ? Jul 24, 2021 09:07

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Kestral posted:

What time are the finals for these weight classes? The official schedule is... questionably formatted.

about 2 hours away as far as i can tell
https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/taekwondo/olympic-schedule-and-results-date=2021-07-24.htm

# ? Jul 24, 2021 09:13

Kestral: Nov 24, 2000; Forum Veteran

exmarx posted:

about 2 hours away as far as i can tell
https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/taekwondo/olympic-schedule-and-results-date=2021-07-24.htm

Oof, bit too late for me, but I'll definitely need to catch the replays. These finals are both going to be great, and have only increased my hype for the higher weight classes.

# ? Jul 24, 2021 09:19

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

the tunisian guy is so gangly, love him

women's final is gonna be more interesting i think... adriana has a lot of energy, while panipak seemed real composed

# ? Jul 24, 2021 09:24

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

mixed teams exhibition match

# ? Jul 24, 2021 12:14

WhiteHowler: Apr 3, 2001; I'M HUGE!

What is the loud "BEEP BOOP" sound that keeps happening in the arena? As far as I can tell it is not related to the current match I'm watching?

# ? Jul 24, 2021 12:20

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

WhiteHowler posted:

What is the loud "BEEP BOOP" sound that keeps happening in the arena? As far as I can tell it is not related to the current match I'm watching?

I thought it meant they were supposed to change out but definitely not. This is wild.

# ? Jul 24, 2021 12:22

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

It�s amazing how fast blue came back and took control.

# ? Jul 24, 2021 12:42

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

Here we go

# ? Jul 24, 2021 13:34

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I don't know what the gently caress is going on

# ? Jul 24, 2021 13:40

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

what a match!!!

# ? Jul 24, 2021 13:43

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

the women's has been a lot more interesting so far... cmon jendoubi

# ? Jul 24, 2021 13:45

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I am staying to watch because they played CNC Music Factory for that guy's walkout music

# ? Jul 24, 2021 13:48

harperdc: Jul 24, 2007

on the Japanese coverage, the Japanese woman that made it to the semi-finals in the 48kg class (?) had her brother on commentary so it was exactly as bad as you'd imagine.

# ? Jul 24, 2021 13:49

Distorted Kiwi: Jun 11, 2014; "C'mon! Let's tune our weapons!"

I like Incorrect Aspect Ratio Tunisian Freddie Mercury. Dude has the longest neck I�ve ever seen.

# ? Jul 24, 2021 13:55

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Distorted Kiwi posted:

I like Incorrect Aspect Ratio Tunisian Freddie Mercury. Dude has the longest neck I�ve ever seen.

A victory for him will be a victory for remarkably weird looking guys everywhere

# ? Jul 24, 2021 13:56

bvj191jgl7bBsqF5m: Apr 16, 2017; IÍÌÌ° ÍÌ¯ÌÌ«Ì¹Ì¯Ì¤AÒmÍÌºÌ© ÍÌ¬AÌ¡Ì®ÌÌ ÍÍÌ±Ì« KÌ¶eÍgÍ.ÌÌ»Ì±ÌªÍÌ¹Ì

Let me know if he wins I'm going to check out 3v3 basketball for a bit

# ? Jul 24, 2021 13:57

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

nooo

# ? Jul 24, 2021 14:01

Distorted Kiwi: Jun 11, 2014; "C'mon! Let's tune our weapons!"

bvj191jgl7bBsqF5m posted:

Let me know if he wins I'm going to check out 3v3 basketball for a bit

He did not.

# ? Jul 24, 2021 14:01

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

# ? Jul 24, 2021 14:02

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

Two finals end with scores in the last 15 seconds.

exmarx posted:

the tunisian guy is so gangly, love him

women's final is gonna be more interesting i think... adriana has a lot of energy, while panipak seemed real composed

Yeah Panipak ended up having like a slightly better strategy and ended up winning in the end. At least that is what a I think from my deep experience of watching this sport for uhhh�four hours total.

# ? Jul 24, 2021 14:06

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

exmarx posted:

# ? Jul 24, 2021 14:06

Rarity: Oct 21, 2010; ~*4 LIFE*~

harperdc posted:

on the Japanese coverage, the Japanese woman that made it to the semi-finals in the 48kg class (?) had her brother on commentary so it was exactly as bad as you'd imagine.

That sounds rad op

# ? Jul 24, 2021 17:06

Kestral: Nov 24, 2000; Forum Veteran

People more familiar with sport TKD than me: why do the fighters frequently seem to just close in and hug each other until the ref breaks them up? They're clearly forcing the fight to reset, but I don't understand why this is a desirable behavior.

# ? Jul 24, 2021 20:02

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

no combat sport more closely resembles two girls trying to swat spiders off each other than TKD

# ? Jul 24, 2021 20:40

Mantis42: Jul 26, 2010

These martial art sports are never as badass as I imagine them to be.

# ? Jul 24, 2021 21:37

Pennywise the Frown: May 10, 2010; Upset Trowel

Watch judo.

I'm getting so frustrated watching this TKD. I get that it's sport TKD but all they do is lean way back, keep their hands down, and side kick each other with the rare roundhouse. It's so boring. And I did TKD for a while.

# ? Jul 24, 2021 21:39

SpaceCadetBob: Dec 27, 2012

Pennywise the Frown posted:

Watch judo.

I'm getting so frustrated watching this TKD. I get that it's sport TKD but all they do is lean way back, keep their hands down, and side kick each other with the rare roundhouse. It's so boring. And I did TKD for a while.

Will be interested to see if the new karate sparring is any different.

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# ? Apr 23, 2024 18:36

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

Mantis42 posted:

These martial art sports are never as badass as I imagine them to be.

Judo/Wrestling/Boxing

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