Moon on Nostr: Yes, but at the same time cultures like Skateboarding, Breaking, Capeoria all have ...

Yes, but at the same time cultures like Skateboarding, Breaking, Capeoria all have deep roots in being antithetical to and high antagonistic towards hierarchal capture and standardization. I can tell you if the best capoeira was in the Olympics it would be DAZZLING. But just BEING in the Olympics would dissuade many of the best Capoeiristas from pursuing the Olympic competition either on philosophical / ideological grounds or on the grounds of not wanting to submit to the wider scrutiny of any committee that we assess whether they were the kind of person who could be “eligible” to compete which touches on all kinds of stuff FAR beyond the pure athletic skill. I’d would not be surprised if a similar mindset existed amongst real street breakers as well.

The beauty of skateboarding, breaking, Capoeira - too me - is that they DO NOT CARE about one’s wider relationship with “the law” and they have all had outlaw periods (which they embrace) were the practice and/or the community you’d associate with during the practice was likely to bring one trouble with the law just because.

So here I’m probably making a similar point as you but directing to the judging and organization, as I can only assume that the judge panel for Olympic breaking is a bunch of European sports academics rather than real breakers or folks who might have actual rap sheets and such. I could be wrong, but a quick personal vibe check on the Olympics tells me that I’m probably not 😂.