• guillem@aussie.zoneEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      I guess in Korea hapkido is more popular, which shares its origins with aikido. I have never seen ki-aikido performed live but I would have sworn shoving the uke at the end was out of the question.

  • verity_kindle@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
    23·
    13 hours ago

    Hey, if you have a shit connection, you can watch that frame by frame and really savor it! For once, peasant life works in my favor. 🎶Hay rakes UP and they stay UP 🎶

  • CTDummy@lemm.eeEnglish
    2101·
    1 day ago

    I mean props to him seemed like he was “wow yeah, fair enough”. In “other” countries that protester would have been beaten into a coma.

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 hour ago

      Ya, my first thought seeing that was if it was the US they might have gotten shot doing that. Both sides handled that well.

    • skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.deMEnglish
      142·
      24 hours ago

      i mean military just showed up, did absolute minimum just so that they can’t be prosecuted for refusing orders, and when parliament voted martial law away some of them left (before being ordered so) then the rest left anyway. they knew what was going on and didn’t want part in this

      • Skullgrid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        481·
        12 hours ago

        I mean, conscription sucks etc etc, but this is why you want it. You *try* to make it so that the average citizen is represented throughout the military so that it’s not just one group of gung ho violent dickheads that self select for abuse of power.

        Also, it means the guy in the crowd can also put up against that kind of bullshit as a civillian.

        • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.socialEnglish
          71·
          3 hours ago

          Conscription is slavery.

          What you want is to revitalize the concept of the citizen-soldier.

          The problem with that as applied to a modern society instead of like, ancient Mediterranean cultures is that we just don’t need that many soldiers anymore.

          Yet…

          • Underwaterbob@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            3 minutes ago

            Conscription is slavery.

            Hardly. They’re paid. There are exemptions for medical conditions and other things (I think medical students get exempted, and some choose to serve with the police, instead.) It’s not a perfect system by any stretch, but it’s not slavery.

            That said, I’m against it overall. There are more and more rich kids “mysteriously” getting exempted. You’re expected to join by the age of 22, which interrupts university for many. And, it promotes a huge boy’s club where they learn to smoke and drink and preserve the patriarchy. It’s created a large gender divide where many young men are upset women are finally starting to get something closer to equal treatment (still not equal by any means) in the workplace here, but men are still expected to serve their time while women finish their higher educations and get a head start in the workplace. Honestly, if they’re going to have mandatory military service, they should just make it mandatory for women, too.

          • nuke@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
            1·
            50 minutes ago

            we just don’t need that many soldiers anymore.

            I know we’re being noncredible but damn

            • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.socialEnglish
              1·
              4 minutes ago

              The classical republics expected literally every male citizen to train regularly and purchase at least some of their own arms and equipment as part of it, with wealthier citizens supplying more expensive material for everyone, aka, the well regulated militia.

              Non-crediblenessousity aside I don’t think America needs 175 million soldiers.

              You can argue that “citizens” wasn’t as inclusive then as we expect it to mean now but that’s still a hell of people unless a cool war starts again.

        • skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.deMEnglish
          8·
          12 hours ago

          political power grows out of barrel of a gun like they say few borders north. it does make sense to make everyone participate, but it’s always a tradeoff

    • Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.ccEnglish
      156·
      1 day ago

      It’s the “i’m not paid enough to cause a civil war” expression. Dude just put his hands up like a roller coaster about to take a plunge, he know who his real enemy are but still have to make it look tough.

      • CTDummy@lemm.eeEnglish
        95·
        1 day ago

        Yeah feels that way. The hand up feels more like he’s with a sparring partner than “enemy of the state”. He’s got a rifle slung and doesn’t feel like he even thinks the protester will go for it. Pretty level headed by all involved including the guy conducting the ol’ spineroo.

        • Rose Thorne(She/Her)@lemm.eeEnglish
          81·
          1 day ago

          Serious props to that dudes form. Clean grab, followed up by a good secure with the freed second hand, just enough force behind the spin and push to send the message without making himself a direct threat.

          That’s solid form, all around.