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London 2012 Summer Olympics |OT3|

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Breathing out when you strike is taught in most martial arts, and shouting ki-yaa or whatever just emphasis that, it also builds confidence/intimidates opponents.

Really you should roar rather than shout kiya

Ah, ok. I was just wondering because I didn't see the same behavior in the Spain vs. Korea final.
 
Britain needs to be careful we dont suffer the same fate as Australia in future Olympics, to go from winning 20+ Golds to hardly any.
Yup. There's already talk on the news about not letting our coaches be poached by other nations. Apparently that his Australia hard.

But it's going to be very hard - China already pays 4X the going rate for western coaches.
 
Watching the diving competition is just depressing. The commentators groan or dismissively mumble "no, no, no" on every dive before the contestant even tucks. I have no idea what's going on! I was beginning to think the audio was out of sync, but the splashes are right on cue.
 
Americans do realise if it wasn't for you calling Football "Soccer" you would get to host the world cup again? Bringing in Billions in tourism into your country. Talk about shooting youself in the foot.

Yes Fifa are that petty.


Uh, the US already makes billions every year from Football already. It's called the NFL.

Why would change the name of Soccer, just so we could cash in one more time... when the NFL is a cash cow which pays up every year.

NFL is king in the US. Soccer is just above women's softball.
 
Ah, ok. I was just wondering because I didn't see the same behavior in the Spain vs. Korea final.

It's up to the individual, but I remember when I did karate I would probably get a slap round the face from my instructor if I ever tried to punch without shouting (I'm exaggerating, but you know what I mean)
 
Yup. There's already talk on the news about not letting our coaches be poached by other nations. Apparently that his Australia hard.

But it's going to be very hard - China already pays 4X the going rate for western coaches.

Jamie Staff is already coaching the American team. Given how jealous the French are, I don't suppose it will be too long before they start poaching our other cycling coaches, if they can afford it that is.
 
In China atm and it's pretty cool how no one cares about the olympics. Eg was in a restaurant the other day and badminton was on with China playing and no one was watching. They changed to some Chinese drama and suddenly everyone turned around and started watching lol
 
In China atm and it's pretty cool how no one cares about the olympics. Eg was in a restaurant the other day and badminton was on with China playing and no one was watching. They changed to some Chinese drama and suddenly everyone turned around and started watching lol

That is not cool.
 
In China atm and it's pretty cool how no one cares about the olympics. Eg was in a restaurant the other day and badminton was on with China playing and no one was watching. They changed to some Chinese drama and suddenly everyone turned around and started watching lol

There's like no suspense though with Badminton.
 
In China atm and it's pretty cool how no one cares about the olympics. Eg was in a restaurant the other day and badminton was on with China playing and no one was watching. They changed to some Chinese drama and suddenly everyone turned around and started watching lol

Ehhh, I guess thats cool if you don't like the Olympics.

I'm in Tokyo right now and the Olympics have been huge. I'm loving it.

Why would you post in here though? We all like the Olympics...
 
In China atm and it's pretty cool how no one cares about the olympics. Eg was in a restaurant the other day and badminton was on with China playing and no one was watching. They changed to some Chinese drama and suddenly everyone turned around and started watching lol

That's kinda sad. No national pride? I thought that nationalism was the big thing in China.
 
In China atm and it's pretty cool how no one cares about the olympics. Eg was in a restaurant the other day and badminton was on with China playing and no one was watching. They changed to some Chinese drama and suddenly everyone turned around and started watching lol

Another gaffer has said the complete opposite.
 
In China atm and it's pretty cool how no one cares about the olympics. Eg was in a restaurant the other day and badminton was on with China playing and no one was watching. They changed to some Chinese drama and suddenly everyone turned around and started watching lol

That's because badminton is boring, try competing in some real sports China :P
 
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In China atm and it's pretty cool how no one cares about the olympics. Eg was in a restaurant the other day and badminton was on with China playing and no one was watching. They changed to some Chinese drama and suddenly everyone turned around and started watching lol

Maybe it was not the final gold match? Liu Dan is very popular in China. Even his wife is famous.
 
Seems like every team playing the US gasses in the 3rd.
That's because both USA Team's have deep benches. We can afford to rest our starters, because our bench warmers are also starters! By the time the 3rd/4th quarter comes around, were still fresh and shooting while the other team is either tired or have their 2nd squad out so they can rest.
 
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