Brilliancy in Sport, Your favourite moments

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#81
It's tough for me to watch my 7 year old take Karate. Some of the moves are so ridiculously stylized versions of what the true combat equivalent move should be. My wife was there when my daughter's sensei's sensei visited, and had to fight to keep a straight face.
I wasn't there, but at my old Muay Thai gym some real Thai prizefighters were in town for a tournament, and they worked out at my local gym. My buddies were freaking out as they regularly made the heavy bags go perfectly horizontal during their workout.
 
#82
I have watched Karate classes with some family members participating. Didn't want to get involved myself, because it looked too much like hard work. 😱

The kids dropped out eventually. Despite all the expensive "Belt" business.

They were right. You still haven't nailed my favourite Martial Art. Practised by 1/7 of the World's people every morning.

Me, I'm more once a week. But still works for me and my teacher. Maybe I got talent! 😀
 
#85
I totally get the fascination of Muay Thai as a Sport.

The second clip, second bout, is amazing just for how the two Sportsmen are enjoying the contest!

Of course it was Tai Chi we were doing today. To be honest I prefer the slow breathing and movement warm up which we call Chi Gong. But Tai Chi makes me laugh. Makes me laugh at my own clumsiness. Always learning. 😀
 
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#86
Good Horse trainers are never interested in the last race apparently. Always the next one.

I ducked this one:

Enable wins record third King George at Ascot under Frankie Dettori - BBC Sport

Not that I didn't fancy 4/9 favourite Enable for it:

UK & Ireland Results - Horse Racing - BBC Sport

But I really must stick to my discipline. Never bet on favourites and handicaps. 😎

Good professionals don't mind losing. But we hate turning up in poor shape.

Incidentally, Anthony Van Dyck got pulled. Maybe next time? 🙂
 
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#87
Sunny day in prospect. Tai Chi and swimming later.

Best horse race of the year at Goodwood too. The Sussex Stakes Class 1 Miler. Not a bad horse in that race.

UK & Ireland Results - Horse Racing - BBC Sport

The form:

Goodwood Races: Tips, racecards and betting preview for Day 2 on Wednesday at Glorious Goodwood day live on ITV

My crystal ball agrees with this:

The Sun said:
Wichita's career-best effort came in the hands of Frankie Dettori, who is back on board today, and there is no finer judge on the front-end that the Italian.

If he can get to the lead and kick approaching the 2f he could take some pegging back - though I expect it will be a nervy finish with Siskin and Mohaather likely to be the last off the bridle. What a race in prospect.
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Incidentally, Sky Defender went from zero to hero yesterday. 2nd at 33-1. But I'm staying away from big handicaps.
 
#88
Trump hits out at Ronnie O'Sullivan for ducking Crucible World Championship over health concerns with spectators. 😕

Judd Trump hits out at Ronnie O'Sullivan as he accuses rival of 'trying to get headlines' | Daily Mail Online

Oh wait. Not THAT Mr. Trump. Snooker champ Judd Trump. 😀

Big 15.15 horse race at Glorious Goodwood sees the fastest thing on four legs Battaash back in the stalls for another 5F masterclass.

UK & Ireland Results - Horse Racing - BBC Sport

I took second favourite Liberty Beach for a punt. 2,000 folks attending tomorrow. My neighbour's Dad in Law got a ticket. Envy. 🙂
 
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#89
system7 said:
I can tell you boys have never even played Cricket! 😱

What do we think about Martial Arts?

Brutal Mano a Mano stuff like Taekwondo, Judo and Kendo...

A more interesting variation is Aikido.

Protect your attacker from injury. After all, you don't want to end up in Court. 😎
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Hehe I like this.
I studied and practiced Aikido for probably 5 years of my later childhood, and the class leader was a legend in every sense of the word (especially to a 11 year old boy)

The guy, a non nonsense Yorkshire man (aren't they all?), was late 60s to early 70s in age, short, and very rotund.

But appearances mean little, I learned very young. He regularly took down the Danned apprentices, twice his size, leaving them stunned fairly often. He was savage.

And all that, with no blows. Like Judo, only more throws, more counters.

I got to yellow belt, 2 orange stripes, nearly to the 3rd belt. So I had a very long way to reach basic black belt status!

I'm sorry System7, but I can't abide cricket, nor neigh neighs haha.

In actual fact, I was flicking through TV and sat up when I saw Goodwood on the DTV guide.
I switched channel and shouted my eldest son to come quick and watch the..

...Classic race cars....

Ah.

I seem to have misunderstood something here...
 
#93
Of course the game has changed. It used to be mostly Canadian league with mostly Canadian players, and now is a mostly US league with mostly European players.

The game itself has changed from enforced protection so the greats could shine into a no-fighting but all-stick-check game.
 
#94
In 1980 this guy showed the world he would be the Greatest British athlete of all time. He was so far out ahead in so many events that even the runner up was but a dot in his rear view mirror, one of the most astounding displays of dominance ever seen.
 

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#95
I don't know much of hockey as the Canadians know it, I went to Montreal at 18 and visited/skated at the ice rink.

I learned roller skating early on and had some tuition in whatever the roller skate equivalent of couples ice skating/dance.

We played a good bit of roller hockey, with those short indoor sticks, and a tennis ball.

I came back with a Red Ice Hockey shirt, big Maple leaf of the back 😉 I wore it to death.

So I can appreciate hockey, in my own way.

I feel that in ice hockey, I suspect the puck weighs quite a bit and the longer blade of the hockey stick helps in driving it along, despite the low friction of the ice. Just guessing, as I've never played.

But roller hockey (with a tennis ball) is really quite difficult, it's easy to bounce the ball, and plenty of shots at the goal are mid air swipes.

Although it may have the reputation of being a weaker version of Ice hockey, it can be just as hazardous.

Quite similar to games like hurling and lacrosse
 
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#99
Aw come off it. Pictures or it didn't happen. No wait. Don't. Stay out of trouble here. 😀

Actually I felt a bit sorry for Katarina about 8 years later. She naturally took after her more Rotund Mother. She'd put on a few pounds. The game had moved on from Double Axel and Double Salko into Triples.

And she was up against girls who massed 2/3 what she did which makes things far easier. But nobody did Artistic Impression like Katarina Witt, IMO.

Two interesting bits of Sporting News today. 147 man Ronnie O'Sullivan got vindicated for his discomfort with coughing spectators. Government called the whole spectator thing off.

jneutron said:
What was the significance of him removing his patches prior to sinking the last two? It seemed to be a good sportsmanship sign.
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Ronnie O'Sullivan makes a maximum break 147 in 6 min on first frame! - YouTube

Not hard. The patches were just distracting him and getting in the way. Taking him out of the zone of total focus on the moment.

Second interesting thing is Arsenal beat Chelsea in the FA Cup Final 2-1 today. TBH, I knew this was going to happen. It's one of those bizarre statistics that Chelsea have only beaten Arsenal ONCE in the last 70 years in the FA Cup. The Gunners are clearly Chelsea's bogey team. 🙂
 
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