Vladimir Putin has been showing off his black belt for years, but no more. He's now beltless

I am no sports buff, but even I can readily see the difference when watching professional competitors in the arena on youtube. Very practical in practice, yet nowhere near as fluid and graceful as Putin portrays it.

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Like Trump’s degree from Wharton

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It’s the same reason (having earned a PhD the hard way) that I think “honorary doctorates” are kind of an insult.

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Cobra Kai - strike first

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AFAIK it was the first “martial art” in the Olympics

and we know how they get about those Olympics

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Weakness strikes first, experience waits, then responds.

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You’re right about Putin loving photo-ops…

(Found on Reddit)

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Well, I didn’t think it was possible but that’s fucked up unicorns.

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Sorry My Bad GIF by chuber channel

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I’ll forgive you

:wink:

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The instructors laughed because everybody in Japan seems to have a ranking in Judo; it’s just one of those sports. They also differentiate between Judo, considering it a ‘sport’ as opposed to a lot of other martial arts that are learned as strictly combat training.

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Unicorn is back on the menu!!

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So that’s what “really” happened to unicorns. Fictional my ass.

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The McUnicorn coming to a …

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Putin spending his last penny.

Here shown stripped of his black belt.

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That is interesting to hear. My son (10) does Judo. Apparently it’s not possible to take more then one examination and thus processed more than one grade per year in Germany.

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The belt given to trump is about as legitimate as a degree from trump university

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9th Degree Asshole? For Trump, it goes all the way up to 11.

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j/k. There’s a transcript:
"Hey crony, find me a judo-book writer!"
            "Yes, boss!"
"Hey judo-book writer, is it OK if I'm your no-show co-author?"
            "Yes, boss!!"

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