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BJJ in 2024 Olympics? Please God no!
5 year(s) ago • 2251 views • 45 replies
DBlack beltVerified
5 year(s) ago
And also pics. I was not expecting this thread to result in pictures of my arse, but I'm so here for it. :P
Wow, even your no gi attire matches your gi!
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SJBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
5 year(s) ago
Wow, even your no gi attire matches your gi!
Naturally: my nogi is even more ridiculous than my gi fashion, in some cases. I was particularly pleased with this combo: :D
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CBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
5 year(s) ago
Do you have an only fans account? Asking for a friend.
JMBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
5 year(s) ago
I'll give this thread another spin - Olympics are dying and the pandemic is going to accelerate that. There are A LOT of disciplines with minor following that get financed from inertia basically. The public interest is also sustained largely because countries push it themselves.
The narratives that state-funded pro sports is actually beneficial for a country because of population health AND even from pure recognition/image perspective are falling apart.
Besides the main global politics powers who are using it for their propaganda machines it makes NO SENSE for countries to actually put money into this.
The narratives that state-funded pro sports is actually beneficial for a country because of population health AND even from pure recognition/image perspective are falling apart.
Besides the main global politics powers who are using it for their propaganda machines it makes NO SENSE for countries to actually put money into this.
SJBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
5 year(s) ago
I'll give this thread another spin - Olympics are dying and the pandemic is going to accelerate that. There are A LOT of disciplines with minor following that get financed from inertia basically. The public interest is also sustained largely because countries push it themselves. The narratives that state-funded pro sports is actually beneficial for a country because of population health AND even from pure recognition/image perspective are falling apart. Besides the main global politics powers who are using it for their propaganda machines it makes NO SENSE for countries to actually put money into this.
My only counterpoint would be, I really like watching the Olympics, so I hope it doesn't die. But yeah, there is a LOT in the 'bad stuff' column when it comes to the Olympics, particularly financial shenanigans and political stuff (which I won't get into because of forum rules ;) ). Same with the World Cup in Qatar and appalling working conditions.
JMBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
5 year(s) ago
Well you say you really like watching but do you REALLY feel it was missing e.g. from this year - would you have been happier if Olympics would've been one of the things amongst other media consumption in 2020?
CBBrown beltVerified
5 year(s) ago
I'll give this thread another spin - Olympics are dying and the pandemic is going to accelerate that.
Honestly never considered that. Not a real fan of the Olympics myself, so I don't really know the current state. All the more reason to stay away.
SJBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
5 year(s) ago
do you REALLY feel it was missing e.g. from this year -
I certainly missed it, I massively look forward to watching the Olympics and will binge watch it for the whole time it is on. But yeah, naturally there were rather potent mitigating factors that means I was glad the Olympics didn't happen last year. I don't want a bunch of the athletes to die. ;)
Similarly this year, if they postpone again that would certainly be understandable. If they do hold it in July, I can't imagine it is going to be as well stocked with athletes as it should be, plus their training prep has presumably gone to shit over the last year, given circumstances.
Similarly this year, if they postpone again that would certainly be understandable. If they do hold it in July, I can't imagine it is going to be as well stocked with athletes as it should be, plus their training prep has presumably gone to shit over the last year, given circumstances.
JMBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
5 year(s) ago
What I meant was that you probably gladly watched other stuff during that time...
To very most people who it's just ENTERNTAINEMENT. And there's already PLENTY.
Also for youth nationalistic identification becomes less and less important. "This fellow human with coincidentally the same passport as I was the third fastest runner on that day in the world. Yay."
To very most people who it's just ENTERNTAINEMENT. And there's already PLENTY.
Also for youth nationalistic identification becomes less and less important. "This fellow human with coincidentally the same passport as I was the third fastest runner on that day in the world. Yay."
SJBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
5 year(s) ago
What I meant was that you probably gladly watched other stuff during that time...
IMO, there is nothing that can replace what the Olympics can provide: the drama, the excitement, the sheer quantity, the stakes, etc. Watching some dude run 100m, then a woman pick up heavy weights, while somebody else throws a javelin: outside of the Olympics, boring. Watching them doing the exact same thing during the Olympics: amazing! :D
I agree nationalism is bad, that's my one criticism of the BBC coverage. They have an irritatingly parochial approach of focusing on some nobody British athlete that is entirely irrelevant to the competition, or equally bad, putting most of their resources into going on and on about the British athletes who are in with a chance. I don't care what country the people who win are from (as long as it's not all the same one, because that's boring ;) ).
Though yeah, I agree with your point that there is of course other entertaining stuff on TV/Netflix etc. Not the same as the Olympics as I do feel that's special, but still sufficient to occupy the masses twiddling their thumbs while they wait for lockdown to end.
I agree nationalism is bad, that's my one criticism of the BBC coverage. They have an irritatingly parochial approach of focusing on some nobody British athlete that is entirely irrelevant to the competition, or equally bad, putting most of their resources into going on and on about the British athletes who are in with a chance. I don't care what country the people who win are from (as long as it's not all the same one, because that's boring ;) ).
Though yeah, I agree with your point that there is of course other entertaining stuff on TV/Netflix etc. Not the same as the Olympics as I do feel that's special, but still sufficient to occupy the masses twiddling their thumbs while they wait for lockdown to end.
JBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
5 year(s) ago
The Olympics themselves are a great event, IMO. There is no other event in the world that gets all the countries together to share in a common like. Sports and food are the only two ways people seem to be able to appreciate and relate to each other across cultures. Since there's no international food event, we gotta keep the Olympics going.
JMBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
5 year(s) ago
Ah Joe, you sweet sweet innocent idealist, you :D
BNPurple beltVerified
5 year(s) ago
Hey, there was an April Fool's article about the IBJJF allowing heel hooks a few years ago and it ended up coming true....?
SJBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
5 year(s) ago
Ah Joe, you sweet sweet innocent idealist, you :D
Ha - while it is true that sport and the Olympics specifically has quite often been used as a proxy for war (US vs Russia during the Cold War being the most obvious example), I don't think Joe is wrong.
E.g., things like football being a universal language, or the way that sparring with somebody in BJJ can often be a shortcut to instant friendship. The fact that football is riddled with corruption and hooliganism while BJJ has a bunch of nasty crap in it, nevertheless doesn't stop the good stuff being true as well. :D
E.g., things like football being a universal language, or the way that sparring with somebody in BJJ can often be a shortcut to instant friendship. The fact that football is riddled with corruption and hooliganism while BJJ has a bunch of nasty crap in it, nevertheless doesn't stop the good stuff being true as well. :D
JBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
CBBrown beltVerified
5 year(s) ago
Hey, there was an April Fool's article about the IBJJF allowing heel hooks a few years ago and it ended up coming true....?
My response if that ever happens.
