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[–]brodie220 2 points3 points ago

t'd be more impressive if he wasn't actually lifting/helping her own him...

[–]Fjosnisse 5 points6 points ago

I suspect they're doing "Duo-Kata". Its basically choreographed fighting, showcasing different ways to take down an opponent. It's a pretty big sport. I used to do it and its a lot of fun if not really painful at times. Even though you're working with your partner, the more realistic it looks the more points you get.. which means you're often striking, blocking, and throwing at full power

[–]T13mp0 1 point2 points ago

If you pay attention you can see the guy lifting the girl so.. it is acted

[–]BVFortuitus 1 point2 points ago

So what it's acted? It still looks amazing! :D

[–]theLinKuei -1 points0 points ago

Actually a major part of martial arts is taking a fall. Of course he would lift her rather than let her dead wait pull him off balance. Also it is always better to roll out of a fall than struggle and land poorly.

[–]gmnitsua 4 points5 points ago

"Taking a fall" and being whipped around violently by a small girl are two different things. This is a professional wrestling maneuver called a "head scissors takedown." This cannot be performed with out assistance. The attacker is scooped up or assisted by the victim. The attacker wraps the front of his thighs around a standing opponent's head, belly-to-belly with the attacker's toes pointed towards the air. The attacker then whips the opponent around into a "forced" somersault. Here's an example.

Second, this is was not performed to demonstrate taking a fall, but rather to demonstrate a flying submission technique. Here is an example of a flying armbar.

Typically, you don't see maneuvers such as the one depicted in OP's original link as clean or as fluid, because it is so spontaneous it results in something rather messy and painful looking. You definitely don't see someone in martial arts "taking a fall" this violent or in a position where he lands not in the dominant position afterward. If this were the case that he was taking a fall, this would be a very poor demonstration.

[–]SirBumcakes 0 points1 point ago

I would say thanks for the example, but the gif already was one. Thanks for the Wikipedia entry, though.

[–]Redditor4lyf 0 points1 point ago

The force is strong with this one

[–]documentdocument 0 points1 point ago

Here's the Video. I found it the old fashion way: check karma decay to find one of the 17 reposts that had it as the top comment.

[–]lostmyth 0 points1 point ago

Sorry but repost

[–]OmniaII 0 points1 point ago

[–]void_soma -1 points0 points ago

more like karma sutra...

[–]TrentRader -2 points-1 points ago

Re-post

[–]stanf007 -1 points0 points ago

Every time I get into an argument with my gf.

[–]AHelplessOrphan -1 points0 points ago

So.....Who won?

[–]agc93 -2 points-1 points ago

For the love of god, I'm not usually big on this, but this is the 4th different repost of this GIF in the last two weeks alone. Really??