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Let's just call cho-ing for what it is, psychological warfare. If you yell words of self-belief and victory, it also implies the opponent's impending failure. Loud yelling matters. You want to believe you can win and you want your opponent to believe it too. Momentum is a funny thing, and since cho-ing is not against the rules players seem to be dealing with it because the stakes are high and only the strong survive.
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I'm hope you realized Shuki is joking around. Right.
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I totally agree. But for some reasons when a professional does it, I don't care. When I see amateurs doing it, I'm more easily aggravated by it... Go figure.
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Yup hoping for some hero defender to come up only to my dissappointment
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Good laugh here, much better than my initial dumb joke. Thank you +1
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Haha...I guess that's true for me as well. Lately, I've been transforming my foul language to cognates, like "TRUCK!" or "MOTHER LOVER!" to keep things PG-13 for the kiddos.I also don't find it natural to me. But I tend to curse a lot when I miss, which for me feels very natural
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Of course they are. "YES!" makes a lot more sense for the average American.
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And everyone is allowed to say whatever they want. I was just explaining my personal feelings on cho'ing, and why I think it's silly.
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I'm not sure you understand what I was saying. I was stating that when a WESTERNER (Which btw, has nothing to do with "Race" because it's a geographical and cultural categorization term) uses the phrase "cho" it seems (to me) ingenuine. The example you used of a Frenchman saying "Allez" doesn't apply because the phrase is within context of his culture. This would not seem ingenuine to me.
As for your example of Japanese men wearing western suits... the Japanese have been wearing western clothing (started mostly for military purposes) since the Meiji period, so wearing suits for business has been standard for them for quite a while. Stephen Segal, an American and self-admitted japanophile, is living in a country where people rarely wear kimonos, and only do so in certain contexts, like dojos, japanese cultural fesitvals, weddings or funerals. And even then....rare. Segal has worn them in Manhattan while catching a subway train. He's worn them on talk shows. Here he is meeting Putin while wearing Chinese garb:
C'MON! Seriously?
I myself am Japanese, but I am CULTURALLY American and I have never worn a Kimono. Nor do I "CHO." So as you can see, it's culture that I'm speaking to here, not race. FULL STOP. In my opinion, using term "racism" so cavalierly is not a good idea.
I'm not saying people should not be allowed to Cho. I was stating how I felt about it when westerners...particularly those in the US, use it to celebrate in a TT match. I don't really have strong feelings about it either way.
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Guys I've found that if I'm not vocal during the league matches that are really tense because players from your and other team are watching you, I get shaky and nervous and I play at less than half the capability I normally play.
I don't love to say "choo" too much as it does sounds a bit silly. Saying "yes" would just sound like an asshole. So what are the things that would be the most acceptable ones just for myself to stay "in the zone" and avoid the shakiness during a tense match?
I don't love to say "choo" too much as it does sounds a bit silly. Saying "yes" would just sound like an asshole. So what are the things that would be the most acceptable ones just for myself to stay "in the zone" and avoid the shakiness during a tense match?
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How about whatever really comes out naturally? I think there is a value to that regardless of what actually comes out.
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My 2 cents is that your main focus should be to enjoy the game, eyes on the ball and shut down everything else, just relax and focus on the ball. Its not something that will change immediately but match after match you ill definitely see improvement.
Team matches are for sure more tense than singles because you dont want to let down your mates, but thinking about it, only brings negativity. As for releasing the tension do whatever comes natural in order empty you mind, talk to yourself, dont rush to pick up the ball and just take it point by point
I remember a very tense match between junior teams, the underdog in the decider keep yellin "ole" which was hilarious and the whole room laughed because he sounded like a spaniard bull fighter/dance, but he won the match so silly or not ...it did the job
