We got about 30 minutes of the Karate today on the BBC. What a load of crap! And yet they show hours of soccer, rugby, golf, hockeyā¦things we see all the time on TV. Iām absolutely disgusted with their coverage.
Is it, though? I mean, I get why it's an emotional choice... harkening back to the original Greek Olympics, etc. But who really does Pancrase? It's always been an oddball promotion. There's no governing body, no national organization. I mean, does Pancrase exist outside of Japan? The Shamrocks would be happy, though.Pancrase is of course the popular choice.
Oh thatās good to knowā¦I thought the 30 mins-worth I saw on the BBC was all we were going to get!
For the benefit of our American 2nd cousins.Soccer? Don't you mean football?
Donāt have that on Freeviewā¦in Devon, anyway!We've been watching it live on Eurosport.
And it wonāt now itās been dropped by the IOCā¦Iām quite relieved to be honest.One of the reasons, IMO, is that karate kumite has not gone off the rails in mutating into a sport format,
Hey, thereās nothing wrong with themā¦my doctor said so!Ah, much appreciated. I was beginning to question your bona fides.
We got about 30 minutes of the Karate today on the BBC. What a load of crap! And yet they show hours of soccer, rugby, golf, hockeyā¦things we see all the time on TV. Iām absolutely disgusted with their coverage.
I agree. And believe me, it's worse where I am. Television viewing in general out here, is thirty years behind the times.Hours or Water polo and basket ball and 15 minutes of Karate.. Heck I watched shot putters warm up for at least 15 minutes.....I'm with you... Not a fan of the coverage either.
You should see the coverage on the standard channels here... they pretty much only show the ones that the Aussies are competing in.We got about 30 minutes of the Karate today on the BBC. What a load of crap! And yet they show hours of soccer, rugby, golf, hockeyā¦things we see all the time on TV. Iām absolutely disgusted with their coverage.
Is there some way we can complain to the BBC?Hours or Water polo and basket ball and 15 minutes of Karate.. Heck I watched shot putters warm up for at least 15 minutes.....I'm with you... Not a fan of the coverage either.
You donāt have the infidelity-encouraging, bed-hopping āLove Islandā? You donāt have on-screen karaoke programmes (X-Factor, The Voice)? You donāt have minor ācelebritiesā trying to dance in glittery clothing? No programmes trying to make baking cakes an interesting, extreme sport? Count your blessings, my friend!agree. And believe me, it's worse where I am. Television viewing in general out here, is thirty years behind the times.
My son in law is currently in the US, with racehorses (watch for the Godolphin colours, they've already won the Derby, the Irish Derby and a few more. š) he's also worked in the US, he says however bad you think UK television watching the American stuff will make you think ours is brilliant, yeah there's some far here but it's good quality that lol and then the Blue Planet type programmes, the Dr. Brian Cox ones, etc. etc.You donāt have the infidelity-encouraging, bed-hopping āLove Islandā? You donāt have on-screen karaoke programmes (X-Factor, The Voice)? You donāt have minor ācelebritiesā trying to dance in glittery clothing? No programmes trying to make baking cakes an interesting, extreme sport? Count your blessings, my friend!
I had a few āHorizonā programmes on VHS from the early 80s that I used to show my university science students. They were data-rich, presenting a logical progression of ideas and a strong narrative. They were excellent! Now, BBC science programmes are nebulous, present few facts and with, instead, Coxy staring meaninglessly into the middle-distance with hisā¦āhairā and prominent overbite! As for ānature programmesā, I canāt watch animals being eaten by other animals š and yet I had no trouble removing a head, brain, heart or lungs from a cadaver for the purposes of teaching medical, dental and science students their human anatomy!š¤·āāļøMy son in law is currently in the US, with racehorses (watch for the Godolphin colours, they've already won the Derby, the Irish Derby and a few more. š) he's also worked in the US, he says however bad you think UK television watching the American stuff will make you think ours is brilliant, yeah there's some far here but it's good quality that lol and then the Blue Planet type programmes, the Dr. Brian Cox ones, etc. etc.
Is there some way we can complain to the BBC?
While I agree that kata likely isn't an efficient path to fight training, pointing to where it isn't only shows it isn't necessary, not that it isn't effective.Horses for courses. Some people like very restricted fighting, other like the beauty of well-performed kata. I donāt like Strictlyā¦type dancing but itās skilful. As to kata promoting self-defence abilityā¦.well, MMA donāt have kata and Iād rate their self-defence abilities higher that, say Rita Usami!
Inside his brain, are you?This is why he was happy!
Here's how much Olympic athletes earn for winning medals
Many countries offer monetary rewards to their athletes for the number of medals they win at the Olympics.www.cnbc.com