Did PUTIN use JUDO on OBAMA???!

[warrprayer]

One of the principles of Judo is to use an opponents own force/momentum against him.
I.E. threat of military attack - sidesteps and says "have it your way - chemical weapons gone"?!
John Kerry lunges forward, trips over foot, goes sprawling to the mat....

on edit, that looks like a black belt on Putins waist... Judo is probably the most difficult, demanding legitimate art to earn rank in...

[dkf]

1. Lol...oh c'mon. Can't we just give this to the admin?

[warrprayer]

4. I give credit to all involved

... if peace is the outcome.

[dkf]

18. Yes!

[Warpy]

14. I see Putin holding the carrot and Obama holding the stick

and I honestly don't care about anything but that it worked.

[gulliver]

2. Republicanism is extremely dumb. nt

[warrprayer]

5. totally agree

[Cali_Democrat]

3. LOL. The Putin worship on DU is fucking hilarious. n/t

[leftstreet]

7. The Obama worship isn't funny at all

Which is probably why DU looks like an internet war zone today

[Cali_Democrat]

9. It looks like a war zone because of the Obama haters. n/t

[leftstreet]

10. The horders of haters who voted for Obama twice?

[Cali_Democrat]

11. Sure they did.

Sure they did.

[dionysus]

30. +100

it's like those callers into RW shows and start with the sentence "rush\Hannity\random RW nutjob on radio, ah been a demmycrat mah whole life, but...."

[name not needed]

20. How dare they.

Fucking assholes on a Democratic website supporting a Democratic President.

[MannyGoldstein]

6. As a former Judo player, I vote

yes, basically.

IIRC, you mess around with your opponent until you find an imbalance, then you decisively act to exploit it.

[warrprayer]

8. Totally correct

the same principle applies in Chinese internal arts such as Tai Chi push hands. I dabbled in my younger days.
I was told that in a sense this is "teaching" an opponent
Those lessons hurt like hell

[agent46]

12. Putin has black belt rank in Judo and Karate

Kodokan Judo - 6'th Dan (degree)
Kyokushin Kaikan Karate - 2'nd Dan

[warrprayer]

28. thanks for the info

didn't know that!

[treestar]

13. LOL, Pooty goes all over doing all sorts of things

He's like that celebrity George somebody.

Hunting, Fishing, looking at bears, hang gliding, flying, judo

And that was set up to make him look good.

And then signing autographs?

I guess it is a lot less work to be head of Russia than the US. Plenty of time for messing around.

[warrprayer]

17. considering he is former KGB

... it is likely his martial skills are honestly earned, and in the case of field intelligence agents as he was, your life depends on them. It takes nothing away from Obama, I will applaud all involved if peace is the outcome. It will show true progress from the dark days of Bushco.

[kelliekat44]

15. Really, you don't know what was discussed when they talked at the G-20. nt

[warrprayer]

19. true

btw, love your avatar!!!

[Rex]

16. Depends on what you mean by Judo.

nt.

[warrprayer]

21. more like

... the principles of Judo.

[Rex]

22. I think he does have the POTUS at a disadvantage right now.

I think dictators can say and do far more then elected presidents.

[BlueStreak]

23. Listen to me comrade. When Putin put hip on you, you go down.

The last guy who didn't go along with Putin's show never made it home that night.

[warrprayer]

29. sounds like my old dojo

there were certain high rankers you didn't push your luck with

[MNBrewer]

24. that can't be!

PBO is the smartest entity in the galaxy, and Putin is in this galaxy, so.... No.

[SidDithers]

25. Stay thirsty, my friends

Sid

[agent46]

26. Dude

My nipples are getting hard.

[warrprayer]

27. I've got that beat

[Aerows]

32. Interesting, the "stay thirsty" line

Just saying.

[dionysus]

36. so riffing on the "most interesting man in the world" beer commercials is supposed to be what...

homophobic or something? what am I missing?

[hfojvt]

31. if only our President was as cool as the Czar

Hail Caesar. All hail the mighty Caesar.

[warrprayer]

33. leave Putin alooone!

[c588415]

34. Pres. Obama would left hook Putin's ass to death

Obama plays basketball, and I would imagine that he is in great shape. So how I see it, if the 2 were to square off, Pres. Obama would float like a butterfly around Putin's ass, and then drop him with a good left hook. My money is on Pres.Obama !

[warrprayer]

37. in my sordid youth

I threw a hard right at a judo brownbelt my age (teens). I had a great view of the horizon rotating as I sailed through the air and landed on my back nearly 10 feet away.

[bhikkhu]

35. "Victory" is eliminating Assad's chemical weapons, without a war

I don't particularly care who gets credit, and I have the feeling that the president doesn't care who gets credit. For a good negotiator, attaining your goal is much more important than scoring popularity points (or whatever else people think is at stake).

[warrprayer]

38. +1000 n/t