SteveZilla Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings Tae Kwon Do Olympian loses temper' date=' kicks referee in head.[/quote'] Isn't that Assault With A Deadly Weapon? Very understandable. If you want to trim the Olympics, pull Synchronised Swimming. And is softball really an Olympic sport?! I never knew! Why is basketball an olympic sport? Is *every* sport valid to be an *olympic* sport? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted August 24, 2008 Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings Maybe if they replaced TKD with a real martial art like karate. I had a question, did they ban the coach because he did something direct, or just because he should of been a better coach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted August 24, 2008 Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings I love that the Governing Body of Tae Kwon Do is called WTF. It seemed very appropriate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 24, 2008 Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings Isn't that Assault With A Deadly Weapon? Possibly. Assault and battery definitely, especially since the official needed stitches. Why is basketball an olympic sport? Is *every* sport valid to be an *olympic* sport? I hear baseball will be replaced with an Iron Chef-style cook-off. Maybe if they replaced TKD with a real martial art like karate. *kick (Apologies to Ben for borrowing it without permission; it seemed appropriate given the topic) I had a question, did they ban the coach because he did something direct, or just because he should of been a better coach? All I know is that the coach defended the player's action. Maybe that's it. He did stop the player from continuing the assault, however. Keep in mind they're not allowed to compete, but they can remain in their dojang, if they don't get kicked out of that one too. I love that the Governing Body of Tae Kwon Do is called WTF. It seemed very appropriate. The WTF is one of the governing bodies; it depends on the country. The WTF members include South Korea and the USA. Other countries like Canada and North Korea are part of the ITF (or some incarnation of it, since it fragmented into three or four organizations since the founder died). The Olympics uses the WTF rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted August 24, 2008 Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings I love that the Governing Body of Tae Kwon Do is called WTF. It seemed very appropriate. The World Trade Federation governs TKD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 24, 2008 Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings WTF = World Taekwondo Federation ITF = International Taekwondo Federation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 24, 2008 Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings . . . Interesting question: What does define an Olympic sport, other than "it's a sport competed in at the Olympics"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings A lady at work told me her son's class had a "tiger-stripped Geico" for a class pet. "It's so easy, it's Grrrrrrrreat!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings . . . Interesting question: What does define an Olympic sport' date=' other than "it's a sport competed in at the Olympics"?[/quote'] I think there just has to be enough international participation such that you can get a dozen countries involved or something. I know, it boggles the mind to think that there is an international curling scene. But otherwise I don't see much, if any, restriction. It's pretty random. You can has synchronized diving, but not rugby. You can have curling, but not MMA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings Kung Fu is an interesting case. If I understand the IOC's position, there are too many forms of Kung Fu, and not enough recognized authorities outside of China who could act as judges. If China really wants Kung Fu in the Olympics, they'll need to pick just one or two forms (probably Wu Shu or Sanda) that are practiced in enough countries at a high enough level that some kind of international judging criteria can be established. As things stand now, Chinese judges judging a Chinese sport participated in mainly by Chinese athletes wouldn't leave anyone outside of China feeling like they'd witnessed a fair competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings Well, the Olympics are over, and despite having six HD channels of Olympic coverage I still feel like I didn't get to see anything different. Four of those channels were dedicated to boxing.* The other two were the gymnastics and Michael Phelps channels. I did get to see quite a bit of women's beach volleyball, which is always nice, and the early U.S. women's sabre sweep meant I got to see some fencing. But I saw no tae kwon do, no judo, and virtually no decathlon. Once again, despite the modern technology that should have enabled it, I was not given the option of watching what events I wanted to watch. *Ordinarily I like boxing, but the headgear required in Olympic boxing really screws it up. There is virtually no chance of a KO and, really, no incentive to hit hard. The resulting sport is... silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings Our area has officially started bracing for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver BC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 I got four, myself So how many medals did everyone win? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2008/medals/tracker/ So, America got the most medals, China the most gold, and the EU actually walked away with the games if you pool the medals of the EU teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings ... and Russia won everything they wanted in Georgia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings Well' date=' the Olympics are over, and despite having six HD channels of Olympic coverage I still feel like I didn't get to see anything different. Four of those channels were dedicated to boxing.* The other two were the gymnastics and Michael Phelps channels. I did get to see quite a bit of women's beach volleyball, which is always nice, and the early U.S. women's sabre sweep meant I got to see some fencing. But I saw no tae kwon do, no judo, and virtually no decathlon. Once again, despite the modern technology that should have enabled it, I was not given the option of watching what events I wanted to watch.[/quote'] It's an unfortunate Catch 22. "We don't broadcast (archery, judo, jai alai, etc.) because nobody watches it." "They don't watch it because you don't broadcast it." "We would broadcast it they watched it." "They would watch it if you broadcast it!" "We don't broadcast it because nobody watches it..." Repeat ad infinitum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings Our area has officially started bracing for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver BC. "Vancouver, Vancouver, this is it!" I read an article where the winningest countries, on a medals-per-capita basis, were Jamaica and Australia. By that measure, China lost badly despite its nationwide Olympic-athlete-factory program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings Yep, Australia did well for medals per capita. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings . . . Interesting question: What does define an Olympic sport' date=' other than "it's a sport competed in at the Olympics"?[/quote'] why not rpgs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings "Vancouver' date=' Vancouver, this is it!"[/quote'] You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Old Man again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings Kung Fu is an interesting case. If I understand the IOC's position' date=' there are too many forms of Kung Fu, and not enough recognized authorities outside of China who could act as judges. If China really wants Kung Fu in the Olympics, they'll need to pick just one or two forms (probably Wu Shu or Sanda) that are practiced in enough countries at a high enough level that some kind of international judging criteria can be established. As things stand now, Chinese judges judging a Chinese sport participated in mainly by Chinese athletes wouldn't leave anyone outside of China feeling like they'd witnessed a fair competition.[/quote'] And jokes about "A score of 10 from all judges -- except for the West German Judge, who scored a 5" would have China replace West Germany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings *Ordinarily I like boxing' date=' but the headgear required in Olympic boxing really screws it up. There is virtually no chance of a KO and, really, no incentive to hit hard. The resulting sport is... silly.[/quote'] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Re: I got four, myself So how many medals did everyone win? The Humans from planet Earth took every metal at every event! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings why not rpgs? Oh, the bleacher hooligans are too big a menace for RPGs to be in the Olympics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Re: Musings on Random Musings "Thanks, my life has meaning now." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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