No idea what this Asian sport it but it could be fun to have it as halftime entertainment at the Cottage next season.
防衛大 棒倒し 準決勝 20101121 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_8iztLC_Vw#ws)
All that I can say is... :tom: :tom: :tom:
It is a Japanese sport called Bo Taoshi. The goal of the game is to have the pole in a 30 degree angle for at least 3 seconds straight. The defending team needs to make sure the attacking team isn't able to do so. Each team consist out of 150 players (75 defending and 75 attacking). The team which gets the pole down first, wins! It was, unsurprisingly a sport invented by the army to keep the troops busy on free days :)
Sipwell, the extent of your knowledge never ceases to amaze me.
Quote from: sipwell on May 23, 2011, 01:07:01 PM
...The goal of the game is to have the pole in a 30 degree angle for at least 3 seconds straight...
I felt like playing that last time I used a Polish plumber to fix my clogged toilet.
I would love to know what the inventor of that game was on when he dreamt it up.
Quote from: Burt on May 23, 2011, 01:27:54 PM
I would love to know what the inventor of that game was on when he dreamt it up.
Simple: give the military youth a tactical game as entertainment they actually look forward to do. The pre-computer game version of Call of Duty.
Quote from: FC Silver Fox on May 23, 2011, 01:09:38 PM
Sipwell, the extent of your knowledge never ceases to amaze me.
I am an academic. Research, storage of information (in that brilliant head of mine) and think about it ("plenty" of time to do that). Just what the Flemish government pays me to do :)
as long as they replace the pole with a giant pitchfork to repair divots as they go then I cant see why not
Even after Sipwell's explanation... :tom:
Quote from: sipwell on May 23, 2011, 01:07:01 PM
It is a Japanese sport called Bo Taoshi. The goal of the game is to have the pole in a 30 degree angle for at least 3 seconds straight. The defending team needs to make sure the attacking team isn't able to do so. Each team consist out of 150 players (75 defending and 75 attacking). The team which gets the pole down first, wins! It was, unsurprisingly a sport invented by the army to keep the troops busy on free days :)
:Sparkyticus: :Sparkyticus: :Sparkyticus: to Sipwell.. But even so... :tom:
http://youtu.be/VslIuK-bAHg (http://youtu.be/VslIuK-bAHg)
the field gun race,our version of a game :dft012:
Without commenting on "trying to get your pole to a 30 degree angle for three seconds" :001: :022:............
.........it must be difficult trying to sort out the Man of the Match...?