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There Was An Attempt

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[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 month ago (4 children)

How this was in the Olympics and karate isnt is hard to understand.

[–] lemmyseikai@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Karate isn't in the Olympics because they can't agree on rules and by extension have one rule making body.

[–] SSJMarx@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

TBH I would take any Karate ruleset over the current Taekwondo one. Just pick at random!

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is not representative of the rest of the event. The athleticism the real competitors were doing was incredible. It's closer to an improvised, artistic version of a gymnastics floor routine than this bullshit.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This is all I have seen of it. Being a cord cutter since the last Olympics, I'm not sure where to watch any of it.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Even then it's all been taken off Peacock. It's a shame because they were doing superhuman feats.

[–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Can't wait for freestyle fucking to finally be a thing at the olympics!

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 20 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Knowing olympics, it'll be yet another sport where it's all men on men / women on women, separated by weight class.

[–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

🤣🤣🤣... I'd give you a medal if I had one 🤣🤣🤣

[–] Gamerman153@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 month ago

Thank you for the laugh! I so needed that today.

[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

And just like the gymnastics, the viewership would heavily favor the women's events

[–] Aabbcc@lemm.ee -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This person undeservingly getting a spot on stage is not representative of the sport. But surely you wouldn't be commenting on the validity of a sport after seeing only one person do it because then you would be susceptible to being wildly misinformed

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I wouldn't. Like many other sports, bboying (which I use because it a dumb AF moniker) is totally subjective for scoring, and as someone who has done a LOT of karate, gymnastics, and ballroom dance, it seems like all of those should have been included first.

[–] reliv3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

It's not totally subjective, because they define a way to measure an athletes performance objectively. It's also a bit ironic because gymnastics could also be quite subjective too. Ultimately the judges and the athletes are aware of how everything is being scored, and the athletes plan their routines around how highly they can score on this rubric.

[–] Aabbcc@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

it seems like all of those should have been included first.

Why?

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

First because they are older sports. Maybe that is the problem though because karate and ballroom both have 2+ established, competing governing bodies.

Second because at least for sparring, karate is formulaic: put fist or foot here, score point.