Video: Japanese stick wrestling: the original sport of botaoshi
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Japanese wrestling - this is not necessarily a confrontation between two fat strong men who, puffing, push each other behind the tatami. It can be massive! But in order for the Japanese to muster up the sporting spirit and courage for such a thing, they need a really serious reason to fight. For example, such as wonderful long wooden stickstuck vertically into the ground.
Japanese flag stick fight called botaoshi, where "bo" means, in fact, a long pole. This unusual sport appeared in the mid-1950s at the Japanese National Defense Academy, where it was supposed to develop the courage, fighting spirit and sense of command of future warriors.
At first, the task of its participants was to tilt the enemy stick to an angle of 45 °. Believe me, it is very difficult if you are hindered by the enemy team, which has thoroughly stuck to the stick. In 1973, this angle was reduced to 30 °, and the Japanese struggle for the flag became even more difficult and dynamic: after all, there is only two and a half minutes to win!
We have already written that teams with as many as 75 participants are fighting for the "flag" with all their might. Into the arsenal japanese botaoshi wrestling includes pushes, hits, kicks, grabs with minimal restrictions so that the injuries are not too lethal. It’s still amazing how young and tough Japanese cadets for the most part survive after matches. However, if someone breaks his leg, he will not die, but will only become stronger. Such is she - good old Japan! It is a pity that this is such a specific sport - perhaps, in our country there would be many who would like to see how the Japanese rub their backs against the earth's axis.
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