PJV3
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I'm not remotely qualified to say, but I imagine if you are trying to win a medal then difficult moves and rock-solid holds will be big scoring stuff and Twerking will not.
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Pole dancing could be on track to becoming an Olympic sport
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I'm not remotely qualified to say, but I imagine if you are trying to win a medal then difficult moves and rock-solid holds will be big scoring stuff and Twerking will not.
Nostremitus
Member
No comment on ballet?
"Removing sexuality and prostitution from ballet dance routine is missing a huge point of the profession."
Do you see how shortsighted and completely ridiculous your statement looks when seen with historical context?
Stop being willfully ignorant.
Im not wrong even if Im not saying it elegantly. Every award winning pole dander I personally know has spent time in the clubs. Not some fakes who happen to know a few pole moves .
I never responded to you so why do you keep trying to bait me? Fuck off?
If you can't see past that it's not my problem. Doesn't change the fact that it is now recognized as an official sport, otherwise it couldn't even have applied for the Olympics.
And I'm not ignorant as I mentioned for what it is also used
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It's not called a forum for nothing.
First post and it already started lmao
Nostremitus
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That's not baiting. It's asking you to actually explain your antagonistic comments and backing my reasoning up with historical data based on reality.
Im not sure wtf you are arguing about ? I just think a bunch of guys on neogaf pretending they know shit about pole dancing thinking they know anything at all about it quite comical. ;p
Good night
SomedayTheFire
Member
It's fairly easy to read. Of course, you took it the wrong way and came in here with an insulting and demeaning manner, though which seems to have clouded your judgement.Im not sure wtf you are arguing about ? I just think a bunch of guys on neogaf pretending they know shit about pole dancing thinking they know anything at all about it quite comical. ;p
Good night
Nostremitus
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Im not sure wtf you are arguing about ? I just think a bunch of guys on neogaf pretending they know shit about pole dancing thinking they know anything at all about it quite comical. ;p
Good night
You are one of those guys.
PJV3
Member
But obviously an expert.
That it's a legit sport and not just some sexual activity, no matter how much you dislike it.Im not sure wtf you are arguing about ? I just think a bunch of guys on neogaf pretending they know shit about pole dancing thinking they know anything at all about it quite comical. ;p
Good night
Sweet dreams darling. :*
BlackDoomShadow
Member
Great, another sport I'm no good at.
AtomskEater
Member
Fuck that mess, it looks great with anyone who has the strength and agility to pull it off.
Point out where I says it was purely a sexual activity sweet heart. You cant. Night babe :*
Your reply:
His point was that it, and I quote there, does not make it sexual as a whole. To which you replied with that. Simple as that. No indication at all that you would see it as an sport, and your calling of anyone who does it as a sport as "culture vultures" is pretty telling.
At best you can say I think those who never stripped as culture vultures. Because those are the girls who are quick to proclaim they only do it as a sport since they are of course not sluts. I of course believe its a sport. I also believe in air. Want to know more stupid trivia? Ask yourself questions
This thread is incredibly condescending towards the professionals who do this for money and not some stupid medal.
Westbahnhof
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To me, the important part is what makes it appropriation.
The removal of sexual stuff.
Amazing.
You sound overly defensive, to the point where you are insulting people who have done nothing wrong except "not stripping".
It's ridiculous.
llien
Member
The sexy not sexy part is arguable.
Ehh thats not what I said but who cares about strippers, right bro? Fuck them. Go Pole athletes tho!!
Westbahnhof
Banned
Then explain yourself.
What makes being a pole athlete without stripping wrong?
Why culture vultures?
To me, it seems like you're projecting some negative experiences onto the people in this thread, hearing things that were never said.
Like "who cares about strippers, fuck them".
Edit: Mh. Oh well.
Really nice post as a whole, but I wanted to specifically comment that, looking at that video, your friend is indeed awesome.
There is essentially nothing wrong with strippers doing pole dancing. But it's also a legit sport and no one should be shamed or seen as a stripper for doing it for sport. Good at least that you see it as a sport, even though I definitely don't like your views of those who do it as a sport.
Edit: oh, he's banned. Ain't even mad considering what he implied just there about my sister and friends of mine.
Thanks!
If you know how to twerk and you can Invert is kinda easy at that point. When you can invert without jumping to gain momentum, you already have enough strength to twerk, but then again the twerk part is hard. When people can't invert here is a floor variation, where you just lock your knees on the pole and you support yourself with your arms on the floor.
It's kinda funny that an aerial twerk uses legs to support you and arms to "stay away" from the pole. And in the floor version, the legs are the ones separating your body from the pole and arms are supporting your weight.
It's also really helpful to know how to shift your body weight and when to do it, it kinda helps you cheat a little to reach positions if you don't have enough strength, of course part of that cheating comes from losing the fear to being midair and also trusting you won't overthrow your legs and come crashing down.
BTW no one asked but I think it's cool. There are two kind of pole, that's why you always see two poles at most competitions, it's not only because they are used for teams. One is a static pole and the other is spinning. As you can guess one doesn't move and you can spin if you let your grip off a little, that's why people start sliding down slowly when they are doing a spin on this one and mostly the spin is slowed down in few seconds, while the spinning pole, spins, you only need very little momentum to keep spinning, it's a double edge weapon, as most of us when first try spinning pole mode when we feel we are going to fast grab the pole and try to get closer, but that only makes it go faster, cries of help everywhere lol.
Wafflecakes
Member
Dumb idea. Even if it is added, it should be added as another apparatus in gymnastics.
Would be a crime if it became an Olympic sport before ballroom dancing.
Would be a crime if it became an Olympic sport before ballroom dancing.
Hashmal_Bringer_of_Order
Member
Actual Porn is more athletic than "eSports", never mind stripping.
I get this tbh.
Its like when that stupid movie Burlesque released and Christina Aguilera insulted Dita Von Teese and strippers. You should respect the history and the people who made it.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Perched for the slayage
Real-life Chun Li?
MysteryQuesadilla
Member
Some of them are legit acrobatic as hell. The few times I've been to a more upscale strip club the ones that climb super high up and descend down head first make me crazy nervous.
tearsintherain
Member
Not a fan of including anything that is very subjective on who "wins" and who "loses". Yes, that would include all the dancing, synchronized swimming, etc categories. What one judge thinks is a flawless performance may be an average score to another judge and how is a layman supposed to decide who is right? Seems much more open to bribery and fraud as well.
Then again I don't think stuff like poker, e-sports, or bowling should be in the Olympics either so I guess even my feelings are pretty arbitrary.
Then again I don't think stuff like poker, e-sports, or bowling should be in the Olympics either so I guess even my feelings are pretty arbitrary.
kontonChaos
Member
Just wanted to drop some korean pole dancing in this thread
https://www.instagram.com/letspole
https://www.instagram.com/letspole
Sry but an average person can do that, GAF told me so.
Probably already posted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRm7iN09fYE Korean Girls Try Pole Dancing
Camera guy is like : https://youtu.be/-ACJmJNbf7M?t=17s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRm7iN09fYE Korean Girls Try Pole Dancing
Camera guy is like : https://youtu.be/-ACJmJNbf7M?t=17s
I remember this person from the first time she showed up in a gaf thread. She does some crazy impressive shit, and still seems to be getting better. I don't know how the hell you hold your entire body weight from gripping the bar with the inside of one elbow, but she does stuff like that regularly.
I think a few months ago she won 2nd in some competition? She posted about it on that instagram.
Near the level? Yes. How can you look at that gif and not think that is near the range of gymnasts?
I feel like you are just comparing the usual pole dancing and not the top tier stuff.
I understand the laws of physics, friction and leverage. I know it takes years to learn bars, years of shredding the rips from your hands. Take the best pole dancer in the world and see how long it takes them to learn say kip cast to handstand. That is a building block skill on bars. Then take the best gymnast in the world and see how long it takes them to pole dance. The pole dancer will take month or years if they ever master the skill the gymnast is going to take a few days. Pole dancing in the olympics would be nothing but a joke medal for gymnastics. It just dosen't take unique skill. Double Mini and Tumbling are ridiculous but they are just too close to Vault and Floor that's why they are not in. Trampoline is in because its unique enough to set it apart.
Ha ha now your just trolling.
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