Does soccer qualify as an MA now?

**Larus marinus** · Posted On: 7/15/2010 8:29am

Originally Posted by RaiNnyX4

Some girls can be so mean!

Is this UFC1 rules?

**Evilenzo** · Posted On: 7/15/2010 9:08am

Originally Posted by Larus marinus

Is this UFC1 rules?

What's wrong with her???
And they say soccer is a sport....

**Uglybugly** · Posted On: 7/15/2010 2:02pm

I don't remember the name of this lovely lady but I do remember that she was embarrassed about these footage and said something about that they made her look like a monster..

**Larus marinus** · Posted On: 7/15/2010 2:04pm

Originally Posted by Uglybugly

I don't remember the name of this lovely lady but I do remember that she was embarrassed about these footage and said something about that they made her look like a monster..

Don't you mean 'a true martial artist - fully committed to the essence of budo'?

**Arcan** · Posted On: 7/16/2010 1:23am

Originally Posted by Evilenzo

What's wrong with her???
And they say soccer is a sport....

Evilenzo, I remember watching a documentary about some Italian sport that was essentially two teams (I think from two different towns) beating the crap out of each other and occasionally moving a ball towards a goal. I think it was called something like "coucho", but I haven't been able to find anything else about it. Ring any bells? I remember the clip I saw showed a ref getting a FSK to the head.

**oplus** · Posted On: 7/16/2010 1:54am

YouTube- FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 FAKE FOUL ITALY

Soccer is valuable because it teaches chi projection that allows you to become t3h d34dly.

**keyoz** · Posted On: 7/16/2010 2:12am

Originally Posted by Arcan

Evilenzo, I remember watching a documentary about some Italian sport that was essentially two teams (I think from two different towns) beating the crap out of each other and occasionally moving a ball towards a goal. I think it was called something like "coucho", but I haven't been able to find anything else about it. Ring any bells? I remember the clip I saw showed a ref getting a FSK to the head.

I'm not Evilenzo, but I think its Calcio Fiorentino or something like that. AFAIK the teams came from different quarters of Florence and matches often ended with city scale battles between the occupants of those quarters so they mixed the teams. They also added some age limits because many teams had veteran players in their 50's.

YouTube- Football Punch-Up - Italy

**Arcan** · Posted On: 7/16/2010 9:37am

Awesome. I have been looking off and on for that for almost 15 years. It's like rugby played by prisoners, but with more headlocks after the tackles.

**Evilenzo** · Posted On: 7/16/2010 9:48am

Originally Posted by Arcan

Evilenzo, I remember watching a documentary about some Italian sport that was essentially two teams (I think from two different towns) beating the crap out of each other and occasionally moving a ball towards a goal. I think it was called something like "coucho", but I haven't been able to find anything else about it. Ring any bells? I remember the clip I saw showed a ref getting a FSK to the head.

I'll do some research!

**Evilenzo** · Posted On: 7/17/2010 12:12am

Found it!
Keyoz and Arcan are both right. It's a traditional sport played in Firenze, Florence in english, and although nowadays it's getting more violent and less tactical it's still very loved!

YouTube- Finale calcio storico fiorentino

We have lots of violent stuff here in Italy, even horse races are crazy things!
Have you ever heard of the "Battaglia delle arance di Ivrea" Ivrea's battle of the oranges? It's basically their version of a mardì gras parade, except for one thing. There's a wagon full of oranges and some people ride on it launching oranges at full speed on other people, which will have their own oranges to launch!

YouTube- Ivrea - La battaglia delle arance