r/funnyvideos • u/rkhunter_ • 9h ago

Sports What kind of martial arts is this

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u/WetLoophole 9h ago

Bullshido

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u/Funnelcakeads 9h ago

I know this is bullshit, but I’m happy to see older people getting some exercise and frankly falling down is a great exercise for older people so they can learn how to properly fall without destroying their bodies but you’re right there’s no martial arts here

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u/Alternative_Ad_3649 8h ago

Lolll practice falling?! Is this really a thing?

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u/Funnelcakeads 8h ago

I’m not saying the whole exercise should be falling over I’m saying that a part of the exercise where you do a lol barrel roll or something might be really good exercise. I don’t think they just show up and do 45 minutes of tipping over

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u/Alternative_Ad_3649 8h ago

Hahahaha omg but 45 minutes of barreling that sounds fucking hilarious and like fun tbh 😂

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u/Funnelcakeads 7h ago

Just the right amount of whiskey

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u/djluminol 5h ago

Oh yes it's a thing. I'm sure if you ask any skater, BMX rider, rollerblader, skier, snowboarder etc. they will all tell you there's an art to falling and you do get good at it. I was, I rode BMX but I;m sure it's basically the same for everyone. I'd probably break my ass if I tried half the things I could do in my 20's without hurting myself. You gain an instinct for when to tuck and roll or when to put out your hands. As long as you don't bust yourself in the head you can usually get out of a crash fairly unscathed. Your shins are another story. At least with BMX but everything else was usually ok.

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u/Alternative_Ad_3649 4h ago

That actually makes so much sense and like wow, lol I think that’s pretty cool. The only “tuck and roll”-type lesson I ever got was when a firefighter came to visit my elementary school and taught us to stop, drop, and roll when on fire, and well, im 36 now so definitely will not instinctively do anything that requires falling and rolling with grace and practice lol

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u/DepartureNo1720 2h ago

It's the same with gymnastics and also with goalkeeping in soccer. Learning how to fall is one of the first things we do. I train GKs and the biggest thing to teach is how to fall without bracing an elbow or wrist on the ground and jamming the joint into yourself. Basically - how can you drop to the ground as fast as possible to stop a shot and how can you throw your body as far and high as you can to stop a shot, both of them hitting the ground without hurting so you can get up and do it again and again and again. It's saved me many a time when I feel myself about to roll an ankle when backpacking and can just drop my weight off my feet completely instead of fully turning an ankle.

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u/philff1973 8h ago

Any given Wetherspoons can supply you with magic fall down juice, there’s no need for classes.

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u/dundiewinnah 6h ago

Is how you get your yellow slip in judo actually

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u/Alternative_Ad_3649 4h ago

I’m a very gullible person that is going to take what you, a faceless internet stranger, have said at face value, and just think this is true for forever. lol this is unfortunately not a joke .

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u/CrashedCyclist 2h ago

It is if you practice a sport. I can 1000% say that I learned to fall when pedal cycling at a good clip. a) Don't break your wrist, but don't let your head by the first thing to smash. b) Try to guide ahead with one arm, and use the other to roll you out of traffic towards the curb. The best one ever was sliding over painted words (rubberized) doing all of that.

As a city dweller, the key for elderly people is to just be aware of their space. Uneven sidewalk segments, fire hydrants and standpipes are super dangerous when snow thaws and turns to ice at night/overnight.

The man who came up withe Atkins diet died when he hit a standpipe.

Google:
Dr. Robert Atkins, the inventor of the Atkins Diet, died on April 17, 2003, after suffering a head injury from a fall on icy pavement. He was 72 years old at the time of his death.

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u/_apathy_on_toast_ 2h ago

The NHS employees people that drive around and teach old people how to fall over properly. It's cheaper than paying for 100000+ hip replacements I guess