#backhold

[chilirasbora]

I cannot BELIEVE I forgot to post about this here- the seal pup with lesbian moms has turned one year old today [April 5th]!

I can't express how lucky I am to have been able to watch him grow from a 1 month old pup, fresh out of backholding and exploring the pool for the first time, to being 1 year old and nearly 100 pounds! I had the luck of watching him go through the process of being weaned, choose his favorite enrichment items, and learn to navigate the world around him... and I got to watch him realize that he could annoy his father with no consequences, as he's incredibly tolerant to his mischief.

Here's to one year and many more 🫶

[tumbleringismycopingmechanism]

The world would be so much better if people didn't internalize the hate thrust upon them. Like, no fat people with internalized fatphobia, no queer people with internalized homo-, bi-, inter-, trans- or aphobia or anything of the sort, no BIPOC people with internalized racism. Conservatives would have so little backhold, it would be laughable

And no, this is not arguing that it's okay to be hateful to a group you don't belong to or that any of those -isms are any better if they're held by straight white cis people. I just got a paragraphs long message from someone with migration background arguing why immigrants are bad and I still can't wrap my head around it.

[fotoflingscotland]

Backhold Wrestling by FotoFling Scotland Via Flickr: Loch Lomond Highland Games 2013

[axylhart]

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[solethekid]

Dance with me

Birthday present for my lovely-bad-mum @axylhart. They are Holform of her Skyrush and Backhold, first and second in command of Secret Militias. DON’T YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF SECRET MILITIAS?!?! It’s no good think.

[seanmacaoidh]

Ready to wrestle at the highland games in Glasgow

[lhrry]

Agnes, I'm feeling pretty bummed about hl's situations. I'm starting to feel the way I did during haylor and when babygate went to the birth. I don't care if I sound dramatic but my heart aches for them. I just didn't think they'd still be in these scenarios in 2022. I'm not saying being out, but definitely not stunting still at this level.

hii, nonnie! first and foremost, i want to say that if this begins to emotionally affect you too much/if it has negative impact on your mental health please do prioritise yourself and take a step back, I know especially this fandom can be really taxing and yeah, it's not easy to watch HO at all, I hate it as much as anyone and really wish it was over. And I really can't help but wonder whether Harry knew it was going to go this way and what exactly the points for negotiation were (because I don't think he knew). I don't mean to diminish/discredit the way you feel about this, but just to offer some counterbalance: HO is a very low-maintenance stunt, yes it requires Harry to be seen and papped with her quite a ridiculous amount at this point, but mostly they're far away from each other (that staged cheek kiss is not a frequent occurrence luckily), he does not talk about her, she does not talk about him, it was never confirmed by either of them and there's a lot of plausible deniability going on. He looks like an angry cactus around her, which I think is also just him not wanting to appear happy on those photos. A part of it is maintained by them wearing merch, because it enables them to get recognised and because for some people that's "sharing is caring" (eh). It's honestly a terrible stunt, I dread DWD promo and can't wait for it to end, but at least Harry does not have to do much because the het fans and media do it for him. It seems like at least partially this was a price he had to pay in order to be able to do my policeman and he decided to pay it, so at least now he has a queer movie coming out, a project that he is incredibly proud of and that he obviously poured his heart into (and few years back I wouldn't have thought that could be possible). With him walking that fine line of plausible deniability, I also want to point out that the way he's been talking and acting makes it very clear he's actively trying to counter a lot of the things thrown at him: talking about being open about his sexuality with his friends, talking about his life being very different than what people imagine it to be, even the Coachella performances and all that came with it, waving those pride flags confidently and without a hesitation, especially when singing "do you know who you are?", he's really doing everything he can, and half of those things I wouldn't have thought possible a few years back. And Louis, I know it's far from ideal, bg is still a thing, but Eleanor is on a backhold to the point that their fans discuss whether they broke up, Louis is gaining so much confidence on that stage, he is singing to seas of rainbow flags night after night, and those flags were even on his instagram quite prominently, he even had one on the tour bus for everyone to see and these are things I wouldn't have thought possible a few years back either. I know a lot of what's happening seems bleak, and I know that it's hard to watch, but I think it's still better than those times. They'll be ok.

[fredfugues]

Watching atla bc that’s the big hubbub and what the absolute fuck is going on in episode 15. I fuckin hate “plot contrivance misunderstanding where one person hears something they don’t like and storm off the second before important context” but this shit is next level.

Aang hears sokka and katara say “yeah of course we want to see dad again-” and storms off while they’re MID SENTENCE like “-but we gotta help aang! I’m sure dad would understand. Aangs like our best friend now too and we love him and we want to hug and kiss him and appreciate him so much. He would be devastated if we left him. We trust him with our lives we love him so much 😭😭” and then aang gets a map intended to be delivered to katara+sokka’s dads friend they’re visiting and hides it bc he thinks it’ll be the nail in the coffin for katara+sokka leaving. then when it’s discovered sokka is like “oh my GOD aang how could you??? I fucking hate you, you’re dead to me, I swear to god. Hold me backHOLD ME BACK KATARA!! I’ll fucking RIP YOUR HEAD OFF AANG. Get the FUCK out of here.” And then when sokka+katara leave they hear a Wolf howl and sokka is like “oh my god, that wolf is alone just like my best friend that I love to hold so tenderly aang. Katara we have to go back he’s alone he needs us.” And then katara+sokkas dads friend is just like “ok you guys get your friend the avatar that you love so dearly like a newborn baby, and take the map, I knew the way the whole time.” So the map was completely pointless??? So why was it delivered to the guy in the first place??? And this entire contrivance was just so aang and sokka/katara would be separated long enough for a tracker to track down katara while aang was separated from them.

The only part of this episode that didn’t suck was iroh wanting to bang the tracker lady.

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Glima: the Viking Martial Arts

Glima is a Scandinavian martial arts system used by the fearless Vikings.

In order to survive or win a battle, Viking warriors were expected to master a fight with and without weapons. Strength wasn’t the only way to dominate your opponent even though the Vikings were famous for their strength and brute force. To advance their combat skills and dominate the battlefield causing a Viking age they developed a traditional and quite ancient martial art system which they implemented into their other fighting skills. This martial arts system called Glima was practiced by men and women of all ages.

Glima is mentioned in Old Norse texts. In the Prose Edda, in the book of Gylfaginning one can read how the Norse God Thor took his journey to Utgards-Loki and was defeated in a wrestling match by the female jötunn Elli (Old Norse “Elli” means “old age”).

It might seem odd that mighty God Thor was defeated by an old woman, but she was skilled in the martial art of Glima.

But Thor was also familiar with Glima. Glima was so important for Viking society that their most popular god, Thor, was also the god of wrestling.

The word Glima in Old Norse means glimpse or flash. The name tells it all and that is to destroy your opponent in a glimpse of a second.

Due to lack of historical written records it’s difficult to determine when Glima became a popular ancient martial art.

What is known is that according to the Jónsbók law book from 1325 AD., original Norwegian settlers in Iceland brought Viking wrestling and the Glima combat systems with them to the island.

Glima is also mentioned in the Icelandic medieval book of laws known as Grágás (Gray Goose Laws), which refers to a collection of earlier Norwegian laws, there were rules for wrestling.

The Vikings were mostly farmers and animal breeders but they plundered when times got tough. They did this in order to survive. This technique was invented by the people and it spread variously when the Viking age struck. Women and men were implementing it in their raids and had an element of surprise to their opponents. This was a type of wrestling and it was considered a sport, they even implemented it in their gods.

Because Glima was used everywhere around the Viking culture it became a tradition. Children from the age of 6 -7 years old started training this technique and mastered it until they reached the age where they could fight. In some ways then Viking society was much more martial than one had realised before.

This ancient martial art system is divided into two categories known as Combat Glima and Sport Glima.

Combat Glima - Lausatok (Løse-tak) was used in mainly used by Viking warriors for self-defense and combat.

Combat Glima and the martial art style includes throws, blows, kicks, chokes, locks, pain techniques, and weapon techniques. Many expert consider combat Glima to be comparable with the best complete martial arts systems from around the world.

Sport Glima was in ancient times practiced by men, women and children. It was a popular and most widespread sport in the Viking Age.

Sport Glima consists of several Scandinavian wrestling styles such as Lausatok (free-grip glima), Hryggspenna (back-hold glima) and Brokartok (trouser-grip glima). Sport Glima has complex rules with competitors divided into several classes based on strength and skill.

The most popular style in Iceland and Sweden is Brokartök. It’s Iceland’s national sport.

Brokatok is the most widespread among the types of glima in Iceland.  Brokatok is more focussed on strength. The two wrestlers wear a special belt around their  waist, they also have belts on their thighs and on each leg.

Hyrgspenna or  backhold wrestling is similar to other types of wrestling. Hyrgspenna is more  of a  test of strength. In this type of glima, the participants take hold of  each other’s body, and whoever touches the ground with any part of the body  except the feet, will lose.

Lausatok, which is also called loose-grip or  free-grip, is quite aggressive compared to the other types of glima. All kinds of wrestling  techniques are allowed.

Glima was a demonstration sport at the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games.

The tradition of Glima has been kept alive and the sport  is still very popular in Scandinavia.

[lenterajalan]

jadi cewek itu jangan kaya krupuk, basah dikit lemes.

[avishabilis]

A pic I took of one of the spectators at a 2010 traditional backhold wrestling match in Blair Atholl, Scotland.

[fotoflingscotland]

Backhold Wrestling by FotoFling Scotland Via Flickr: The 2022 Bearsden & Milngavie Highland Games

[axylhart]

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So please, take my (hoping-future-novel TF AU protagonists) children:

Skyrush, “The Dark lady” - Secret Militias Commander. Backhold - her Second In Command and most loyalist. Psycast - Tech&Comm chief and Dark Lady’s council member.

[edgedangel]

Edge and backhold!

both huh! i might only have the energy and focus for one or the other but maybe i'll try? how should i edge though? i've got lots of toys ~

[seanmacaoidh]

Some old historical shots of backhold wrestling

[shepherd-tartan]

Strong Men by FotoFling Scotland Via Flickr: Backhold Wrestlers - Lukas Kollozz Ost and Paul Craig at Luss Highland Gathering 2017