#general judo

[not-poignant]

11 13 16 for arden cuz hes my babagirl :3c

11. What is your OC's weapon of choice? Have they ever actually used it?

It's his body.

Because he's gone far enough in judo, he's literally considered a deadly weapon by some governments (no really, this is a thing, there is a point in most martial arts training where you become a "deadly weapon" and this can impact court cases if you get involved in them where you knowing hurt someone with that weapon - there was a case of an MMA fighter being charged with 'aggravated assault with a deadly weapon' because he beat someone to death with the training to do so professionally).

And yes, Arden has used it! He talks about it quite a bit at the beginning of Falling Falling Stars. And Efnisien realises quickly through his research that Arden can take down like 15 people or more at the same time, and that this is literally the level of training that he's at.

We see him being willing to use it, in Falling Falling Stars too! During the Forest arc.

13. If you met your OC, would the two of you get along?

Yeah we absolutely would. He definitely falls under the category of 'we'd have fun hanging out together' lol. We have a lot of things in common, and if I ever wanted to start a new hobby I could always go into his disaster room to see if he has the starting blocks for it lol

16. What is your OC's pain tolerance like?

It's high. It's been conditioned to be that way because of his judo training! A lot of moves in judo can put the joints under a lot of stress (i.e. bending them in ways they're not supposed to go, to "lock" someone's body in place and paralyse them, the ability to recover from that is part of what sparring is, and that does include being able to learn how to handle the pain that comes from regular sparring - especially with people less experienced who might be more prone to making mistakes, and people who are very seriously competing with you).

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From the Edgy OCs meme!

[marblebees]

Judo is literally my most toxic hobby because after a month off I am now discouragingly rusty (enough to make me not want to go again just to get ragdolled around), but the fact that theres a bunch of new people makes me want to go back in just to really prove myself against people bigger and stronger but less skilled than me 😭😭😭😭

[kellerybird]

Losing my mind of people making Sister Michael content and saying she does karate

She

She does judo

She states this in the show. Multiple times.

She does judo on Fridays and doesn't like to miss it

[forgechildofheph]

Is it possible to still like a character but dislike/feel iffy about their canon relationship/portrayal?

[bumblingbee1]

Aight, so far, the martial arts that have piqued my interest the most are Muay Thai, Judo and Aikido. As I have tried out Muay Thai for a week and really enjoyed it, I am looking forward to checking out the latter two this year.

[have-a-look]

[ink-asunder]

Why is everyone calling Dirt a "Wendy redemption arc"? Like. She didn't ever do anything wrong??

[aiartworks360]

Judo Cat Animation 🥋😼

[theinfinitedivides]

note to self do not try and watch BTS clips from SRK films at ungodly hours of the morning, your gay ass will regret it one way or another

[koreanbibliophilegirl]

Korean DSMP (AUs) would be hilarious, but Korean Alex Rider would never work. Because missions be darned, you ain't dragging a Korean kid out of school for anything. (The ones who are serious abt studying at least.) Also, Korean!Alex would absolutely record everything Blunt says and post it on social media, going viral in a mere couple of hours. It's Alex after all, he's deffo sneaky enough to do that. I mean, unless Blunt bribes him with a freepass into Seoul University(the most prestigious college in Korea), Korean!Alex is NOT going on any missions.

Korean Artemis Fowl might work ig, something doesn't feel quite right to me but I can't think of any major issues atm. Maybe the fact that Artemis missed so much school, which is NOT happening in Korea. We only get a handful of days off for illnesses(a reasonable amount for any common illness, but definitely way less than Artemis would want), plus 10 days for "Home Education(basically for family trips and stuff)". Miss any more school, and you might be held back. We also have Period Absences (originally meant for when your period is particularly bad, but a lotta ppl use it as a free day off/as an excuse if you've slept in) but those are only once per month. Coming in late/going home early counts as well. So. Yeah. Artemis is NOT bunking off that much school, and if he does, the LEP might have to do a mass mesmerizing.

I just wanna say, if you aren't American, definitely try setting a modern AU in your country. Fill it with the things you know, to breathe life into it. It's really nice to see new settings, to open up a fic and go 'oh wait, hold up, I know that place'. It might only apply to a few people who read your fic but it's really rewarding to get that feedback.

(Americans keep doing you, just trying to encourage the rest of us lol)

[fingertipsmp3]

How do I steer my friend who wants to learn a martial art with me towards karate and/or kickboxing without admitting that the only reason I don’t want to do MMA is because I’ll probably break my nails by punching stuff

[spideysatan]

the olympics games are actually really sad when you have a heart

[videoblogbyjacobo]

In the remarkable TEDx talk titled "Vision Beyond Sight: Judo, Tech, and the Paralympic Dream," Caecilia Riedl takes the stage at TEDxLuxembourgCityED with an electrifying presence that immediately captivates her audience. With a blend of excitement and professionalism in her tone of voice, Riedl unveils an awe-inspiring story that transcends physical limitations. As she delves into her personal journey as a visually impaired judoka, Riedl seamlessly intertwines technology's transformative power within the world of adaptive sports. Her vivid descriptions transport us to the dojo, where we witness her unwavering determination and unparalleled resilience. Through cutting-edge advancements like haptic suits and virtual reality simulations, Riedl showcases how these innovations have revolutionized training techniques for athletes with disabilities. Every word spoken by Riedl resonates deeply within our souls as she recounts tales of triumph over adversity—her passion radiating through each syllable uttered on that stage at TEDxLuxembourgCityED. Watch video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qokenEyf_x0

[writers-potion]

Writing Weapons (7): Unarmed Combat (Hand-to-Hand Fighting)

In a fight situation with no weapons, characters will stick with the kind of fighting they're familiar with: grappling or striking.

Grappling

Martial arts: judo, wrestling aikido, jiu jitsu, sambo, lucha libre, glima

Suitable for: entertaining fight scenes

Aim in lethal fight: chock or strangle

Words to use: grapple, wrestle, twist, pull, pin, roll, throw, toss, squeeze, press, chock, strangle

Holding the opponents down to the floor is called a "pin"

Striking

Martial arts: boxing, kick-boxing, karate, muay thai, capoeira, taekwondo

Suitable for: entertaining or gritty fights

Aim in lethal fight: blow to head

Words to use: strike, hit, box, kick, punch, chop, slap, kick, chop, hammer, pound

Mixing Martial Arts

Some martial arts combine grappling and striking techniques.

A skilled martial artist is probably an expert in eiher striking or grappling, but also has basic skills in the other.

Easier to stick with one group for one character - the hero's friends can complement each other if they have different martial art backgronds!

Investing a Fantasy Martial Art

Spiritual Elements connected to the general magic/religious system of your story world.

Mental Focus that allows the martial artist to amplify the effectiveness of attacks.

Small rituals, like bowing to the guru before and after every fight to obtain some kind of "blessing"

Restricted admission to pretigious martial arts academies

Specialist techniques that require combining physical action with spells, or a symbolic act that activates magic.

Exams: students must prove themselves through a series of tough (life threatening) tests to obtain access to the most important lessens of the practice.

Special garmetns

Secret codes between members

Winning Factors

Skill - the most important. A skilled fighter can take on someone who is much larger than them, but unskilled.

Size

Ruthlessness

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[aroaceleovaldez]

I was reading a post about CoTG and I realized: Rick has seemingly started to write every character pairing with the exact same dynamic, and he's not good at writing that dynamic and it doesn't make sense for 90% of the characters he writes it for.

It's that very specific dynamic of one half of the pair who is almost aggressive to the other party - "teasing" them constantly/insulting them, affectionately punching/judo flipping/maiming/etc, seemingly almost always exasperated with the other - and said other party usually just accepts this treatment or blanketly views it fondly, and may generally be framed as more incompetent than their partner and a little bit of a doormat (particularly relating to being insulted/teased/etc by their partner).

We start seeing this dynamic in HoO with Percy and Annabeth, as a sort of semi-inconsistent twist on their rivals-to-friends-to-lovers dynamic from the first series. Then the dynamic pattern develops further with Leo and Calypso. Then Magnus and Alex. Then Nico and Will, particularly in TSATS. And now in CoTG, it's Percy and Annabeth again but even more in this direction.

I know people have talked about Nico and Will's relationship over the series rapidly being shoehorned into Percabeth Two™, and it's extremely apparent in TSATS that Rick's doing it on purpose (including directly quoting Percabeth scenes but minorly tweaking them to be Solangelo). But recognizing it as an overarching trend in Rick's later books honestly reminds me a lot of how Rick started trying to apply the "Percy Formula" so-to-speak to nearly every protagonist in HoO (and then try to replicate similar character archetypes with Magnus and Apollo's narrations - moreso Magnus in being jaded and sarcastic, very much trying to be first series Percy. He only sounds unique because Rick failed at making him Percy 2. Apollo is more akin to later-series Percy characterization of being goofy and incompetent. Apollo [and Zeus] even got retconned to give Apollo a more similar backstory to Percy's). Rick seems to have decided that he thinks the audience wants this specific dynamic but 10 times over, except he's not good at writing it the first time because it's a bastardization of the time he did a different thing okay.

And Rick also seems aware of that too! Because he retconned Calypso and Leo at the end of TOA, probably because he realized how absolutely awful it was reading when they were written with that dynamic of Calypso just functionally hating Leo and constantly being aggressive towards him! The only time Rick's actually made the dynamic even semi-successful was with Magnus and Alex, because it actually fits within their characters, their dynamics with each other, and their environment. Alex beheading Magnus on the regular works out fine because there are no repercussions to that in Valhalla, Magnus will be fine, so it does genuinely come off as humorous. And Alex has been effectively established to be abrasive at times but have her genuine feelings shine through regularly, and that meshes well with Magnus' jaded-and-aloof-but-quietly-very-empathetic character. And Magnus has been established to, yes, not be great at combat, particularly compared to Alex. They are the only time that flavor of dynamic in that form was effective and cohesive.

Percabeth is no longer rivals-to-friends-to-lovers badasses on equal levels with shaky pasts who finally found some form of permanence with one another. Now it's super smart doting and affectionately aggressive girlfriend and her silly goofy 50%-of-the-time incompetent boyfriend who she judo flips/pushes off cliffs/etc - but affectionately~! Solangelo is trying to riff off of the early series "Poseidon & Athena are enemies" dynamic that Percabeth had but with Apollo & Hades being "opposites" but learning to accept each other, except it ends up with Will just coming off as a huge asshole and Nico being retconned to a complete doormat about it - when prior to that those characterizations would be completely contrary to their established characters (even just from TOA!). Calypso in HoO gets retconned from her PJO characterization to being snooty and aggressive, and Leo's false persona gets merged into his just normal personality except he just also becomes a doormat but more goofy than Nico with occasional haha-dark/depression-humor! Which Nico also got. Which was also a bastardized Percy trait that got redistributed.

It's exhausting. Rick write more than one relationship dynamic you can do it I promise