JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
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- Translator
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tantantanuki
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I have serious problems with these being called "martial arts", because competition fighting isn't a martial art (an art of war), it's a sport. It's the same difference as kendo to katori, or sword fighting to fencing, simply put there's no lethal intent in a sport, while in a proper martial art there are movements which are undeniably designed to kill your opponent. This is why these tournaments are always won by ground fighting specialists, because one can only fend off an opponent with slaps and tickles for so long, in order to mount a proper defense against a ground fighter you need to be allowed to hit them somewhere critical. Ground fighters only feel free to charge in simply because they KNOW that the real martial artists aren't allowed to hit them anywhere important and they'll just have to absorb one or two painful but not life-threatening strikes. The relevance to this article? They defend the arm-breaking as a movement that was legal because there was a plausible alternative, tapping out. To my mind this is sophistry, the viable alternative to avoiding a throat shot is simply a good defense and not charging in, but the rules outlaw throat shots but permit arm breaking. It's not martial arts, this is just a sport and has nothing to do with which martial arts are best. >
Adding attacks to vital/vulnerable areas in a fight would not negate or neutralize grappling and/or take-down skills. It would add a new dynamic/danger to said matches. But, as was pointed put by Jason, both fighters would be aware of these attacks, would have to defend against them and both would be able to apply them. Gordeau wasn't trying to tickle Nakai's eyeball. He was gouging it. Clearly an attack to a vulnerable area. But despite this he submitted and lost the match (via heel hook). He's damn lucky Nakai is a class act and released the submission. Can't say I'd be so quick to release someone that had just gouged my eye. In fact, I think it is safe to say most people would complete the submission, inflict a serious injury, and then look to do some eye gouging of his/her own.
Nakai is a class act.
Posted in: Yuki Nakai remains committed to teaching true spirit of martial arts
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tantantanuki
The clean-up continues.
Way to go.
Posted in: CIA fires contractors guarding secret prisons
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tantantanuki
"Biden said the exact opposite is true, and former President George W Bush’s vice president was part of a dysfunctional decision-making system." (italics added)
I think he hit the nail on the head with that one.
Posted in: Biden says Cheney 'dead wrong' on U.S. security
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tantantanuki
I don't know many (any) vegans that keep pets. Some may but I haven't met them.
Posted in: Which side is more disdainful of the other: Vegetarians or non-vegetarians?
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tantantanuki
This thread pretty much sums up my stock answer to the question, 'so why did you become a vegetarian?' ...My answer?
'A leprechaun told me to.'
Works for me.
Posted in: Which side is more disdainful of the other: Vegetarians or non-vegetarians?
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tantantanuki
Just thinking about the U.S. health care system is enough to sick me sick.
Posted in: Obama seeks $634 bil over 10 years for health care
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tantantanuki
I'm a vegetarian. I think of it as a personal choice and I have no interest in converting others or in being converted.
The social aspects of eating/dining make my lifestyle choice somewhat difficult or awkward at times. Those problems are magnified here since I don't speak much Japanese. But I try my best to plan ahead, be courteous to others and find solutions with which I am comfortable. Sometimes I am successful and sometimes I'm not. Live and learn...fail and laugh.
Posted in: Which side is more disdainful of the other: Vegetarians or non-vegetarians?
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tantantanuki
I haven't played squash yet but I play racquetball at least once a week. Great game! Pretty hard to find gear here in Japan.
Hope to play squash at some point.
Posted in: Squash poised for a breakthrough in Japan
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tantantanuki
The terms of John G. Diefenbaker and John F. Kennedy overlapped.
Though Dief was a populist conservative.
Posted in: Canada's prime minister calls early election
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tantantanuki
Sick indeed. At the very least she had serious mental health issues.
The article mentions that she had a one year. I wouldn't be surprised if postpartum depression factored into this mess. Very sad situation.
Posted in: Mother, daughters die in suspected murder-suicide leap in Kanazawa