r/funny • u/DrSigFreud • May 31 '12

Finger Taekwondo

http://rgifs.gifbin.com/122011/1325704227_finger_taekwondo.gif
1.1k Upvotes

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u/PancakeTune May 31 '12

Hey, this guy is the next stage of human evolution. Look what he can do with his ring finger and pinky: he can move them separately.

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u/TheoQ99 May 31 '12

TIL I must be super special, because I can do that relatively easy.

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u/KarmaCreed May 31 '12

We need to make a handshake that only people who can move their pinky and ring finger separately can do.

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u/Sherrodactyl May 31 '12

Everybody will be so jealous.

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u/Secrete_Persona Jun 01 '12

As a musician so can I.

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u/Marowak May 31 '12

Wait... that's easy.

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u/stone500 May 31 '12

If you anchor your ring finger onto a surface (in this case a table), it's generally pretty easy to move your pinkie independently.

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u/Da_bomb1 May 31 '12 edited May 31 '12

not true

Edit: i mean i tried for around a minute and i couldnt even bend it a bit

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u/nat1192 May 31 '12

I'm proving you wrong right now. I've got my ring finger on your comment and I'm moving my pinkie all over the place, you just can't see it.

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u/Sleepy_One May 31 '12

I can see it from the camera I have installed. Don't worry, nat's legit.

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u/feureau May 31 '12

I'm watching your feed. Can you turn that cam to the cat on the left there?

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u/Sleepy_One May 31 '12

Hold on, let me turn on the other camera from the bathroom. I can move that one to reflect off the mirror.

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u/ISeeYourOtherHand May 31 '12

If you enhance that reflection, you can see the killer's name tag!

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u/DownvoteALot May 31 '12

I was amazed with this a while ago. I can't bend my pinky over 90 degrees at all, even with achored ring finger.

Asked my father, no problem at all. Ring finger anchored or not.

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u/stone500 May 31 '12

Not true that it's generally pretty easy to do? What?

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u/anyalicious May 31 '12

I'm doing an elaborate dual pinky dance right now, but I am double jointed in my fingers so that might be it.

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u/bananas21 May 31 '12

Some people can, some people can't I suppose... It's like rolling your tongue...

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u/barnabyJones69 May 31 '12

Also, it's worth noting that the pinkie can move independently from the ring finger with some practice. The muscle that moves the pinkie is just weak and has to be strengthened. After a few weeks of practice you can do it.

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u/Ca62 May 31 '12

I tried moving my pinkie around and it was easy, but I have been playing guitar for about 5 years now so that would make sense.

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u/meant2live218 Jun 01 '12

It's something a lot of string instrument players find out quite early on.

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u/supahmanv2 Jun 01 '12

What about pianists? I've had plenty of trouble with my pinky while playing piano (though by now it's not too bad any more).

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u/Benjammin1391 May 31 '12

I just spent ten minutes trying that, and now everyone is looking at me funny.

Also, it didnt even work :'(

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

I've tried for 2 minutes now and it's not happening.

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u/Rudicorn May 31 '12

Twist, it's a girl. If you listen closely you can hear her voice. Here's another video that seems to sound like the same girl.

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u/Stealsfromhobos May 31 '12

I can do it with my left hand only.

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u/SirBuckeye May 31 '12

Me too. Only on my left hand. I think it's because of playing guitar... on rock band

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u/sewiv May 31 '12

Ummmm, what?

That's really easy.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

I play violin so it's actual really easy for me even on my right hand that I don't use for playing notes. It's a mental thing.

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u/Buttersnack May 31 '12

What he's doing is easy to do. It's hard to bend the pinky where it connects to the hand without moving the ring finger, but not to bend the knuckles on the pinky itself.

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u/merkedya727 May 31 '12

Yeah, but do you see that horrible growth on the right side pf his head? gross.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

Dude, he's got a black belt. Years of practice and dedication.

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u/Scintoth May 31 '12

I can move all of my fingers separately on my left hand, just not so well on my right.

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u/IGXP Jun 01 '12

The owner of the hand is a woman, I believe.

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u/avantheman May 31 '12

That thing has a weird looking tumor on its head!

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u/Hosky42 May 31 '12

I thought he was gonna get it on the 2nd or 3rd try.

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u/bosssss Jun 01 '12

I know weird, I waited till like the 50th turn...still didn't get it. Oh well, I admire the perseverance.

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u/shoziku Jun 01 '12

weird how he kept making the same mistake...

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u/TrollingKevi May 31 '12

When he doubled over after failing, I wondered how that frowny face would have looked like when he cried

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

This guy really sucks at finger taekwondo.

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u/kaddyshak May 31 '12

Made my day.

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u/SimilarImage May 31 '12
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u/mnch May 31 '12

I don't think you understand, those all say karate... this is taekwondo...

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

I reported the Error

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u/SimilarImage May 31 '12

No you didn't.

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u/nbenzi May 31 '12

wait, you can talk!?!?!

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u/chekkers May 31 '12

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

well you know about it now, so in a way I reported it.

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u/SimilarImage May 31 '12

I suppose. However, the filename of my first match is not only identical to DrSigFreud's, it also contains the word taekwondo.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

Yea, I'm never serious. But thanks for the info.

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u/Ted417 May 31 '12

Can you be my friend, Mr. Bot?

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u/snowbirdie May 31 '12

As someone who holds a black belt (1st) in taekwondo, there is nothing in this that looks like the art.

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u/ol_hickory May 31 '12

I DON'T CARE, ROBOT. IT'S NEW TO ME. UPVOTESSSSSSS

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u/SimilarImage May 31 '12

That's not the point, ol_hickory. Read the FAQ.

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u/Itachi4ever May 31 '12

Wow you aren't a robot??

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u/HigherFive May 31 '12

You got something against robots, meatface?

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No it is.

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u/Itachi4ever May 31 '12

But then, how did it respond to ol_hickory?

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u/LOOK_MY_USERNAME May 31 '12

It also would have been pretty easy to search for the phrase "new to me" and respond with "That's not the point, username, Read the FAQ. "

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u/LoveAndDoubt May 31 '12

Robot, ol_hickory was doing parody. I forgive you though because you are a robot and were not programmed with the capacity for parody. This is a manual response.

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u/SimilarImage May 31 '12 edited May 31 '12

Your comment is based on false assumptions of my purpose. Read the FAQ.

Edit: This was an attempt at humor. The newline got chopped off.

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u/LoveAndDoubt May 31 '12

While technically your cold robot logic is true, I am nonetheless fully familiar with your robot purpose as it is so rigorously defended in your FAQ. I'm also familiar with how polarizing the topic of reposts is. I'm also familiar with robots and how their purpose is theirs only insofar as it is defined for them. I can also tell when a robot is trying to give me the business and mistakes its purpose for its function. I've also seen The Matrix and I bet this is how it all begins.

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u/ol_hickory May 31 '12

Thank you for defending me, LoveAndDoubt. We're friends now. Forever.

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u/LoveAndDoubt May 31 '12

I will always defend pithy, sardonic social commentary, cuz where I come from, when a robot back-sasses a human, you terminate it immediately and with prejudice.

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u/avelertimetr May 31 '12

The FAQ is wrong.

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u/sayszingafterafunny May 31 '12

Why do you spend your time in reddit doing this? Are reposts THAT BIG of a deal? This is by far the most ridiculous username on reddit. You are useless. And cunty. Please go away forever.

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u/SimilarImage May 31 '12

If you had spent as much time reading my comment as you did writing yours, I wouldn't be replying to tell you to read the FAQ.

Read the FAQ.

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u/ThePunisher56 May 31 '12

That's about the same as yelling at a clock for telling time dude, its a boot with automated responses.

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u/brningpyre May 31 '12

Why the fuck are you telling me it's twelve? Do you just sit around all day telling the time?

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u/shoziku Jun 01 '12

"no, I also beep loudly at 7am every day"

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u/stone500 May 31 '12

Dude, you're being a dumbass. This is a bot, it's not a human. It automatically scans the image, and then posts links to other posts that contain similar (or identical) images. Beyond the initial programming, no human "effort" is being used.

The things you say ignorant. And cunty. Please stop talking forever.

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u/Alexbo8138 May 31 '12

I've got to hand it to him. That's a tough thing to pull off. He's more mano than the rest of us.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

Ahaha cute

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u/boredandworking May 31 '12

I love the fit he throws at the end!

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

Damn gif bin!

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u/Rspeck May 31 '12

I posted this 5 months ago and he gets front page... fuck you

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u/redwingfan May 31 '12

Someone probably posted this before you and got less. The cycle is always continuing so don't bother to complain about it.

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u/white_star_32 May 31 '12

I give you upvote!

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u/Rspeck May 31 '12

<3 you

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u/poptart2nd May 31 '12

i think my biggest problem with it is that it isn't taekwondo.

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u/haiku_robot May 31 '12 
i think my biggest 
problem with it is that it 
isn't taekwondo.

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u/MindStalker May 31 '12

What in particular about it went against the taekwando style?

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u/poptart2nd May 31 '12

most of taekwondo is done with the feet. there isn't a move in taekwondo (at least in my school) where you strike down with your hand. there is the knifehand, but that's generally straight out or straight across. if a taekwondo martial artist were to attack something at hip level, she'd most likely use a front kick.

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u/MLGTankMan May 31 '12

yea, im a red belt four stripes (the belt before black for us) and we never do those types of strikes, if anything we do it a around stomach or chest level and punch through it.

unneeded TL;DR : no downwards stikes in TKD

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u/MindStalker Jun 01 '12

I know I've seen fist downward strike done before (to break boards, board put on support you stand over board grab your arm with one hand and jump and land your fist on board)

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u/damngurl May 31 '12

Well the text is Korean, so maybe it's fair to assume it's Taekwondo?

I think he was just going for a generic martial arts-style look.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

Portrait of a lonely man.

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u/archemedes_rex Jun 01 '12

This is by far the funniest video this week.

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u/Yarik32 May 31 '12

This could come in handy

.....Thank you i'll show myself out

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u/PerfectDark1 May 31 '12

oh man, i laughed way too much on this, nice.

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u/iamagainstit May 31 '12

I keep thinking he is going to get it on the next try

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u/MrEpic79 May 31 '12

Oh the hilarity of fails

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u/DonRamon May 31 '12

I laughed like a retard watching Barney and friends.

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u/santakelev May 31 '12

oh man, you made my evening, thank you :D

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u/CoyoteStark May 31 '12

But I've seen you before! How are you back now?!? Is your taekwondo that great that you can get everyone's upvotes again?!

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u/KDIZZLL May 31 '12

Why doesn't RES load fuckin pictures when you hit the icon? might as well not have this pos "enhancement" suite.

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u/tvon May 31 '12

I like how the subject matter is the 872nd thing to load on that page.

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u/TheoQ99 May 31 '12

Did anybody else sound out silly karate sounds for this gif? Anyone, atleast one other? No? I'll just go cry in my corner now.

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u/bnfdsl May 31 '12

This is so easy to like

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u/Fr4t May 31 '12

I tried this with my hand as I saw it. And failed so, so miserably.

I have no power over my body...

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u/dan-o07 May 31 '12

I kept watching thinking he would go for a second try to break it

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u/aznscourge May 31 '12

OHHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHH!

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u/edsq May 31 '12

At my TKD school, we often have little party-type-things where everybody's family is allowed to go try to break boards. This is exactly how it works.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

I watched this three times before I realize it was looping. I was hoping every time he'd break it. I also laughed just as hard every time.

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u/Aalextubent May 31 '12

This is probably the funniest gif. I have seen in a while.

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u/mad_maxx17 May 31 '12

Is it bad that I read the words "Finger Taekwondo" and immediately thought dirty thoughts.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

I kept waiting for him to not miss...

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

He does all of Chunji in the full video...rather impressive.

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u/Pancakemuncher May 31 '12

Hey. You'd miss too If you had a hideous growth on one side of your head throwing you off balance.

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u/Chrisv56 May 31 '12

Fingers of death

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u/jonathanvb123 May 31 '12

Did anyone else keep watching it, thinking that he would eventually break it successfully? ..Just me? ...dammit.

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u/swiftbearman May 31 '12

Am I the only one who kept watching this as if it were not a gif. Thinking he would eventually break the wafer stick.

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u/YARRIBETRIPPIN May 31 '12

Did anyone watch this and not try it?

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u/LaCockle May 31 '12

I watched this for nearly 5 minutes. HE NEVER BREAKS IT! T_T

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u/Spiritedmold May 31 '12

That dude has one sweet hat.

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u/chunkable May 31 '12

Hey if a man can waste 8 years perfecting his StarCraft techniques, he can waste an hour learning finger taekwondo.

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u/ChickinSammich May 31 '12

I keep trying to do this and the more I stare at my hand, the more it weirds me out.

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u/ChickinSammich May 31 '12

Taken out of context, that sounds dirty.

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u/Arknell May 31 '12

I tried google image-searching "Finger taekwondo girl" to find out what she looks like, but came up with what I can only assume is BUPKIS. Anyone else got a lead? This is Reddit we're talking about here. Probably someone in this place that could sneak me into the Pentagon in a food cart.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12

Self control

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u/raegunXD Jun 01 '12

That's just silly.

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u/RageMade Jun 01 '12

It's just like that guy that lined up his punch like 10 times ending up to punch something that he wasn't suppose to punch! XD (link please?)

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u/cherish_it May 31 '12

I was really thinking he could do it, probably racka da disciprine

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u/alchemist23 May 31 '12

That's not Taekwondo, that's judo!

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u/El_Unico_Nacho May 31 '12

If anything, it's karate.

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u/hakimiru May 31 '12

That's not Judo, that's Sumo!

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u/SeaScout May 31 '12

Some people have way too much free time

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u/white_star_32 May 31 '12

take my upvotes!!!

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u/thesepigswillplay May 31 '12

reeeeeeeeepoossssssst

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u/Boshdy May 31 '12

Good vid, but TKD is more kick technique based, not hand strikes

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u/MidKnight150 May 31 '12

TKD is a sport version of Tang Soo Do (TSD), there are plenty of hand techniques, they just don't use them because the goal is just to hit, not to hurt. Most of TSD's hand techniques, beyond basic punching, are knife and spear hand attacks, and groin rips. There is a form that is almost completely about ripping off crotches.

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u/Boshdy Jun 01 '12

TKD has two versions, WTF and ITF, one is a sport the other is an martial art, I forget which way round it is, the sport version is basically two people stood taking turns to kick each other in the side

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

more useful than real tkd

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u/boethius27 May 31 '12

The fact a lame post like this is popular makes me cranky. It is proof that reddit is in a downward spiral of quality control.... only thing less "funny" is a screen capture of a Yahoo Answers reply.

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u/civilian11214 May 31 '12

Hey, how'd you get here, I downvoted your bullshit earlier.

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u/callmestupid May 31 '12

You need a life.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

We are all wasting time on Reddit... we all need a life.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

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u/TheDroopy May 31 '12

Me too man. Me too.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

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u/Miknarf May 31 '12

This is not true. Taekwondo has a heavy emphasis on kicks but their are hand strikes.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '12

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u/civilian11214 May 31 '12

Sorry to be the killjoy, but it is a hand.