#botaoshi

[juliovillanueva]

Esto puede parecer un caos, pero en realidad es un deporte en #Japón 🇯🇵. Estás viendo #botaoshi, un juego tradicional que se juega en escuelas de todo el país. En pocas palabras, el objetivo del juego es derribar un palo protegido por oponentes. Tradicionalmente, un solo juego puede tener hasta 150 jugadores: 75 en ataque y 75 en defensa. En algunos casos, la única protección de un jugador es un casco blando y acolchado. Cada equipo debe tratar de empujar sobre la pole del oponente en aproximadamente 2 minutos. Aunque sus orígenes no están claros, muchos creen que el juego comenzó como entrenamiento de cadetes militares en la década de 1940 #WorldNews (at Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpklNIdnTDJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1r0izg39rmdo0

[swaggadigitalmagazine]

The Organized Chaos of Botaoshi, Japan’s Wildest Game One side protects its pole. The other does everything possible to topple it. Botaoshi, a game combining elements of rugby, sumo and martial arts, hangs on in Japan despite the dangers.

[deanlawrencekowalski]

For One Day, Mayhem and Sport Meet in Japan | The New York Times One side protects its pole. The other does everything possible to topple it. Botaoshi, a game combining elements of rugby, sumo and martial arts, hangs on in Japan despite the dangers. Source: For One Day, Mayhem and Sport Meet in Japan

[internetloot]

[c0gnitive-dissonance]

Quite possibly the best sport I have ever seen 

[rock-climbing-lifeguard]

Holy Fuck....Botaoshi is epic!

[filthytagger]

Botaoshi is a wacky Japanese sport played by cadets at Japan’s Military Defense Academy, where opposing teams literally fight each other over a wooden pole.

Now I’ve seen my share of bizarre sports and games but Botaoshi (poll-pull-down) definitely takes the cake, and guess what, it’s Japanese. The game, which involves two teams of 75 members each and a wooden pole, is pretty straight forward. Members of a team gather around and on the wooden poll and try to defend it against the attacking team, which tries to take it down by any means necessary. And I do mean ANY means…Players push, punch, kick and grab their opponents as they try to fulfill their mission.

[idesiremovies-blog]

thank you japan. a sport where 75 team members come together and fight eachother. One team is defending the pole and the other team is trying to tip it over. Usually played at the military defense academy