Looks like he deliberately steps to the right to knock the kid over...
Just because they are "trained" doesn't mean that they can't also be an asshole...

Stupid parents
Stupid guard
The hat is ridiculously too large for one's brain choosing to shout and stomp over a kid, instead of shaming the parents.

Freightdog wrote:

Grand Barong wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 9:03 pm Looks like he deliberately steps to the right to knock the kid over...
Just because they are "trained" doesn't mean that they can't also be an asshole...

I’m not sure about that- it’s very subjective on my part, but it looks as though the step right was avoiding action which failed utterly as the kid’s own delayed response to potentially being mown down actually put him back in the path of the guard.
Rather like that pheasant that narrowly escaped living by darting back in front of your car.

There’s been a few videos over the years of tourists deliberately, or simply by virtue of having left their wits at home, coming into conflict.

The guard ceremony in the states has many similar things.

Despite the potential for negative publicity, I feel that no matter what mitigation’s the palace guard might come up with, short of keeping tourists completely out, tourists will still manage to get in the wrong place at just the wrong moment.

As a lesson in self preservation, though, the kid has been given a practical demonstration about keeping his eyes and ears open. Maybe he’ll survive crossing roads by himself.

I've performed guard duty like this beforeat two locations in my home country. Tons of tourists snapping pictures as you stare into nothing, or videos are you march and 99% are fine, but a few get in your way and you just keep marching. What if someone got in the way at the Eternal Flame in Moscow or the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington? Truth be told, in these ceremonial guard spots, there are typically two (at a minimum) other soldiers besides the sentries (not in full dress) to warn people about the guards' approaching/path, chat with tourists, give information, and so forth. Basically they're there to guard the guards and stop people from being idiots. I've never been to London, but my guess is that it's the same, so it's technically their fuckup. The sentries keeps marching. In this case it seems to me that the kid was testing them, but perhaps he (or more likely his parents) had zero situational awareness. Hard to tell. The guard could have marched around him I guess and kept his step, but they're not there to do that and tourists know it. GET.OUT.OF.THE.WAY.