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@aaron.rupar
Remember the old video of Steven Segal in #Russia demonstrating #Judo?

It was hilarious watching his opponents perform pratfall after pratfall trying to make him look good. 😆

This is what I think of every time The #NarcissistInChief brags about winning #golf championships at his own resort. 🤦‍♂️ #PathetiSad
youtube.com/watch?v=MmEx8Moy7ro

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#watchedin2025 Tatami (2023)

|Iranian female judoka Leila and her coach Maryam, who travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran's first gold medal. Midway through the competition, they receive an ultimatum from the Islamic Republic ordering Leila to fake an injury and lose. With her own and her family's freedom at stake, Leila is faced with an impossible choice: feign injury and comply with the Iranian regime as Maryam implores her to do, or defy them both and fight on, for the gold.|

m.imdb.com/title/tt26674818/

#movie#Iran#judo

Today, three hours of #Shodokan #Aikido (#Tomiki) basics. It’s a structured form of aikido by Kenji Tomiki, who also created the self defence kata for #judo (and was a high ranking judoka as well as aikidoka). A less known form of aikido, Shodokan includes randori and even optional competition (though Juha-Matti always emphasises that is just one form of training, not the end goal).