I definitely love how they can be so aggressive with each other, but the moment that whistle is blown, they help everyone up, regardless of team. Just shows true sportsmanship and the respect they have for each other even while being so aggressive.
A half century ago, bo-taoshi was a popular event for sports festivals in high schools all over Japan. But it is too dangerous for average students therefore almost all schools have banned this type of sports nowadays. Only National Defense Academy of Japan conducts a bo-taoshi event every year because the sport trains military students.
@@dickhead5526 I did it when I was at middle school and high school. I remember some students broke their nose bone. But we all have to attend that event. Yeah I recall that kind of memories with fun, but I don't want do that again tommorow, you know?
@@LuciusCatilina11 that the point... The students with the broken nose will more careful with their body on the next day, because they already know how hurt when their nose are broken... Sometimes we forgot a little thing in life, then the dangerous situation will remind us... That why Yang need Yin to make life balanced....
This sport is used in the training of the Self-Defense Forces. You may have seen it a lot in old Japan, but being a 19 year old Japanese, I've never actually done it or even seen it!
They also do this at 防衛大学校and 陸上自衛隊高等学校。Both of which are self defense school where one id equivalent to West point academy and another is called a self defense high school
How about all of these obscure but awesome sports? Get some martial art action that isn't MMA. Get kabaddi and bo taoshi and Aussie Rules and that crazy BMX racing game they have in the Olympics. Show us the good stuff, sports channels!
To appeal to American audiences they’ll need to put a bikini clad hottie on top of the pole. So typically Japanese to put just another goof in the only position that gets the spotlight. Actually, make it a bikini clad “celebrity” hottie. There’d be so many willing to do it to augment their IG careers. I can definitely see a Kardashian on top of the pole.
Rob I’m pretty young, so I went through this stuff. In the beggining of my second grade, we were allowed to play dodgeball but we weren’t allowed to say dodge ball “because the name was aggressive. By the end of my 6th grade, we weren’t allowed to play tag “because it’s a contact game.” I think the way to solve it is to make sure your child gets the rough and tumble experience he needs to grow up strong, outside of school. Just my two sense
During the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese sailors who fought against the Baltic Fleet filled lifeboats with hot water to bathe and cleanse themselves. They then donned fresh new uniforms before going into battle. It is said that this was based on advice from military doctors, who believed that if one was clean, the chances of survival would be slightly higher if shrapnel entered the body. When Japanese people commit seppuku (ritual suicide), they also wear new clothes. In contrast, the Russian soldiers thought they were going to war and reportedly wore their oldest and dirtiest clothes. Seeing their pristine white shirts reminded me of this.
It is. You could get concussions and brain damage. Heck even head banging to slayer can cause brain damage because your brain hits the inner skull, causing internal head bleeding.
When I watched the anime Assassination Classroom, I saw an episode where this game was being played. I never in a million years would of guessed that this game actually exists.
@@yumeyang9097 This game is not common anymore. I heard from my father that he played botaoshi 40years ago but I’ve never seen or heard botaoshi played except special match like this.
I remember participating one as a junior Middle high and my memory has been being stepped over and squished and punched in the face lol. I thought when I become senior and get stronger, my time will COME!!! Then, the school banned the sport the following year smh
American Capture the Flag: random people standing around with no idea what to do, a couple of people sitting next to the flag "guarding", that one sweaty athletic kid carrying the entire team Japanese Capture the Flag:
This is a video of National Defense Academy of Japan. I don't know now, but when I was a normal junior high school and high school student I was doing it. I remember doing it barefoot, wearing only shorts and wearing nothing else.
“Have you ever seen this Japanese sport called Bo-toashi? It’s a bunch of Japanese dudes fighting over for a pole-Jamie, pull that up. Look at them stampeding over eachother, almost looks like they’re fighting for the last dmt molecule”
It’s weird the Japanese crowds are always so polite. If you go back and look at Japanese Pride fights which were basically ufc fights with less rules people would get absolutely brutalized and the japanese crowd would just give polite golf claps
But "Bo-taoshi" is not a sport played only in military schools. I was in a very common Japanese public high school, but the highest grade students played this sport every year. My clubmate was dislocating his leg with it.
THIS...IS... AWESOME! The dude @2:50 white shirt, right screen, 2nd tier, left of the pole. He knows he's going down and successfully takes 6 blue shirts with him! Awesome!
They are students of the National Defense Academy, and after graduation, most of them become officers in the Self-Defense Forces. Japan has three branches of the Self-Defense Forces: Ground, Maritime, and Air. At the National Defense Academy, students from all three branches study together to foster a sense of unity. This approach also reflects Japan's reflection on the pre-war period when the coordination between the Japanese Army and Navy was not smooth. That said, this competition is held during sports festivals in junior high and high schools in Japan. Although it seems to be decreasing in recent times, I have experienced it. I believe that sometimes it's important to unleash the competitive spirit of the youth.
Looks like it might be fun. Certainly fun to watch. Definitely the kind of thing you would expect out of Japan. The Japanese have their own brand of crazy.
1:11 That’s the sound Mario in Mario Kart 64 makes when he gets hit by a shell and spins out of control.
HAHAHAH
2:30 Naruto: Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Jutsu)
@@mirabelcreator2552 lol hahaha
Fucking lost it ahahah
This sent me laughing
this is what us Americans call Black Friday
Lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣
100%
You my friend take the Best comment award
LMFAO 😂 😂
staright up facts
Japan: bows to strangers on the street
Also japan; kicks you in the face for going near the big stick
I was looking for that comment, thanks
A gentleman in the street and a thug in the field
I definitely love how they can be so aggressive with each other, but the moment that whistle is blown, they help everyone up, regardless of team. Just shows true sportsmanship and the respect they have for each other even while being so aggressive.
@@heyitzblaster9262it's the same in most combat sports. Tho I think the risk of injury is much higher here.
Y’all know there’s only like five guys actually playing
Everyone else is just fighting to relieve stress
@Toy Soldier Ken exactly
Fight club
punk shows, brothers, punk s h o w s
"Y'all"... that explains why you can't count
Tristan Elma
We don’t talk about that
A half century ago, bo-taoshi was a popular event for sports festivals in high schools all over Japan. But it is too dangerous for average students therefore almost all schools have banned this type of sports nowadays. Only National Defense Academy of Japan conducts a bo-taoshi event every year because the sport trains military students.
Everybody need a little dengerous thing once every year.... For respecting peacefully life...
@@dickhead5526 I did it when I was at middle school and high school. I remember some students broke their nose bone. But we all have to attend that event.
Yeah I recall that kind of memories with fun, but I don't want do that again tommorow, you know?
I also do my high school
@@LuciusCatilina11 that the point... The students with the broken nose will more careful with their body on the next day, because they already know how hurt when their nose are broken... Sometimes we forgot a little thing in life, then the dangerous situation will remind us... That why Yang need Yin to make life balanced....
Hello Sir, Does you ever play this sports before? I just want to ask cause it's so fun
This sport is used in the training of the Self-Defense Forces. You may have seen it a lot in old Japan, but being a 19 year old Japanese, I've never actually done it or even seen it!
They also do this at 防衛大学校and 陸上自衛隊高等学校。Both of which are self defense school where one id equivalent to West point academy and another is called a self defense high school
It kinda like the sport in an UK town where they fight for a ball.
2020: when there’s only 1 roll of toilet paper at Walmart
All I gotta say...
God level achieved
Keep it at 69 likes
Covid-19 be like:
yeah, like you could use them for months 🤣
Nahh I’m using a Sock wipe my Ass ✌️
Also - how come ESPN doesn't show this while we're waiting for the NBA, MLB and NFL to get started. This is awesome.
@5pointgo HA! Statues! Great one!
@5pointgo oof lol
How about all of these obscure but awesome sports? Get some martial art action that isn't MMA. Get kabaddi and bo taoshi and Aussie Rules and that crazy BMX racing game they have in the Olympics. Show us the good stuff, sports channels!
Watch a superior sport Bill, NHL.
It’s because this is primarily a highschool maybe college sports festival event. That happens once a year
The guy on top of the poll looks down: “hell is down their
*pole
*there
*?
*"
😹😹😹😹
this sport looks intense i wana play
Americans would destroy Japanese at this game
To appeal to American audiences they’ll need to put a bikini clad hottie on top of the pole. So typically Japanese to put just another goof in the only position that gets the spotlight. Actually, make it a bikini clad “celebrity” hottie. There’d be so many willing to do it to augment their IG careers. I can definitely see a Kardashian on top of the pole.
@@jennifercampbell8939 Wth 😂😂😂😂
@@shane727 they cant if it has to be a weight division sport
@@shane727 Like your wife?
The shirtless guy at 5:28 is the real OG, no one knows what team he's on but he's here to deliver pain
How does it make him an OG?
He has white pants so he's on blue
Lol ahahaha
He just wandered in off the street
lmfao
I love how theres dudes just like dying on the ground as they all continue lmao
Hahaha, The orange One , he broke his hips or a severe internal damage
Lmao, I didn't notice this
They were just acting as spring board for the rushers. They have different duties and are disciplined since this is a military academy sport.
The weak die
America, Football is the toughest sport there is.
Japan, Hold my Sake.
Jay Hickey you haven’t heard of calcio historico, haven’t you?
Shit. American Football another name of women's rugby
@casey nah m8 we bleed
I wouldnt even call football the toughest sport in America
Jay Hickey nah hockey
2:49 There’s one guy on white who holds back like 5 blue guys all at the same time
TANK!!!
Good spot that was insane. Blue were really good too
YOU SHALL NOT PASS
Reminds me of that one guy from train to busan
He pulled YOU SHALL NOT PASS and thru them down
It reminds me of how the zombies climbed the Isreal wall in 'World War Z'.
Xd
It really do be like that
Yeah!
Yep
True
Ah, so this is what war looked like back in the Iron Age days.
@Árpád Yep. Iron age is pretty advanced and large scale. Even bronze age had empires with organised militaries.
Dude I thot the same thing lol
not even close
Maybe. Because maybe they tried to diplomatically tried to solve it before any assault. A GREAT POSSIBILITY
419 like
2:51 Great defense. Dude held off at least 7 guys while sacrificing his position.
kyle Nujabes then kamikaze pilots lol
very nasty name bro. RIP to the legend
woah man calm down. don’t you think you’re being a bit dramatic?
@@davisstairs7694 Who me or Majic? I didn't bother replying to Majic since his comments contradicted each other.
kyle Nujabes I don’t know anything about the sport but yeah that looked like a o linemen holding off the whole d line lol
“So what are the rules?”
Japan: No
😹😹😹😹😹
Only no punching. But yes to kicking faces.
其の一、救急車を待機させろ（Make ambulance stand by！）
其の二、内蔵破裂でも、裁判で賠償責任は認められない（If Rupture of internal organs,Damages rejected in Japanese court did Judgment)
@@MrRay168 1:02 The green dude on the pillar is punching others though
i bet there is somekind of rules... i checked the wiki there is rules regarding the raiding team and defense team, also the term on winning the game
This reminds me of World War Z.
黃振達
😂
World War J(apan)
I thought the same thing lol
I was gonna say leaked footage of world war z 2
黃振達 LOL hilarious
1:39 Shout out to the genius who realized an aerial attack is more effective than a frontal charge. Work smarter not harder.
Yez
They’ll never see this coming!
atomic elbow
Lmao
LMAO
They are cadets. I graduated this academy.(National defense academy) thank you for Uploading this video.
"So how many Players does your sport have?"
Japan:"Yes"
@@bigdaddyemon "How many players on your football team?"
12 yr old Mexicans: Si
joseph oh my god I remember that 😂 there’d be like 30 man matches
I think thats korea
Asad Yezdan
The audience speaks Japanese
in Japanese 30years ago.
Canadian schools:
Alright, children, we will be playing football but only with belt flags because tackling is dangerous.
Japanese schools:
FYI it’s National Defense Academy, so it’s a bit from normal schools / colleges
Rob that’s a pretty good sign you should homeschool. If that’s what they teach them about playing, imagine what other nonsense they are teaching them.
Some of them literally jumped head first to that crowd kicking
Rob I’m pretty young, so I went through this stuff. In the beggining of my second grade, we were allowed to play dodgeball but we weren’t allowed to say dodge ball “because the name was aggressive. By the end of my 6th grade, we weren’t allowed to play tag “because it’s a contact game.” I think the way to solve it is to make sure your child gets the rough and tumble experience he needs to grow up strong, outside of school. Just my two sense
More ironic look down
They are playing Bo Taoshi and are students of the Japanese National Defense Academy. They are student soldiers, so they play hard.
In Canada we do that when a bad call is made in a hockey game.
In america we do this when the denny’s only has one double bacon cheeseburger left.
@@slowedsoundnetwork8288 lol
@@slowedsoundnetwork8288 😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀
Ironic look up
Daily Dose of Internet, thank you
Rabitozoc Tuikalon same here
Same lol
Same
Indeed
I believe this sport would become very popular if it came to the US
During the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese sailors who fought against the Baltic Fleet filled lifeboats with hot water to bathe and cleanse themselves. They then donned fresh new uniforms before going into battle. It is said that this was based on advice from military doctors, who believed that if one was clean, the chances of survival would be slightly higher if shrapnel entered the body. When Japanese people commit seppuku (ritual suicide), they also wear new clothes. In contrast, the Russian soldiers thought they were going to war and reportedly wore their oldest and dirtiest clothes. Seeing their pristine white shirts reminded me of this.
Why arent they making an anime about this amazing game?
Assassination Classroom Season 2 episode 5.
Yeah
Oregairu season 1 final episode
@@slavioli the first thing i had in mind
Cause only you think it’s amazing
i think they were actually students of National Defense Academy of Japan.
That would be reasonable... eitherway it’s such a cool thing
That's right bro
Fresh cadets play bo taoshi, they believe the sport was invented in 1945 to prepare japanese militia
This is better than footbal times a hundred!
Interesting, makes sense
I counted 587 fouls.
Not a single yellow card was given.
That rev is insane.
Japan comes up with the weirdest shit... and I absolutely love it.
Moms say football is dangerous
If she only felt that way about playing with other balls
Rude Rocky 🤣🤣🤣
It is. You could get concussions and brain damage. Heck even head banging to slayer can cause brain damage because your brain hits the inner skull, causing internal head bleeding.
Not moms, karens
@@entertoby6698 It's Still boring
4:54 Shoutout to the guy acting as a springboard to help his teammates.
Aujahahhahahahahahaahahah
I was like damn, some people must have some legs to jump that high xD but now that I see it
Imagine having cheer leaders on your team, they'll just be doing some backflips right there and grab the pole.
Then they will kick the cheerleaders for sure
He said Cheerleaders would grab the pole...
Tai Lee
When I watched the anime Assassination Classroom, I saw an episode where this game was being played. I never in a million years would of guessed that this game actually exists.
What episode that was?
Actually this game is very common in Japan schools.
@@yumeyang9097 This game is not common anymore. I heard from my father that he played botaoshi 40years ago but I’ve never seen or heard botaoshi played except special match like this.
My thoughts
@@yumeyang9097 It looks fun. Would have loved to play it.
“Mommy, so how did daddy die again?”
Best part is the one when the jumpers come in!
5:08 I call that the nutcracker (top right).
Eragon Baffel not wearing a cup would be downright foolish.
0:56 that kick in the head omg
I remember participating one as a junior Middle high and my memory has been being stepped over and squished and punched in the face lol. I thought when I become senior and get stronger, my time will COME!!! Then, the school banned the sport the following year smh
They know they are going to get head injuries, so they put on the bandages in advance.
This looks totally awesome, I would love to participate or at least see it live 🇯🇵🏴🇯🇵🏴
American Capture the Flag: random people standing around with no idea what to do, a couple of people sitting next to the flag "guarding", that one sweaty athletic kid carrying the entire team
Japanese Capture the Flag:
You some kinda commie? COMMIE?!
I want this for my wedding
Yes!
Your family vs wifes family
Im fucking goin
May I be invited... I want to play 😆
Awesome. Great video
Japanese entertainment is light-years away from the whole world
This is a video of National Defense Academy of Japan.
I don't know now, but when I was a normal junior high school and high school student I was doing it.
I remember doing it barefoot, wearing only shorts and wearing nothing else.
me too！it's very fun.i love it！！
俺も！棒倒し面白い。メッチャ好き！！
unkomanx how does your shorts stay on
Baba Tune lol they probably don’t always stay on
If this was held in during my school days, there would have been fights after the tournament was over...
I think if America tried this a lot of people would be hospitalized...
We already do, it’s called Black Friday
That's a lot of money for the hospitals
I think that when you play this in Japan, a lot of people are hospitalized. Did you notice all the players just flopped on the ground not moving?
Keith Klassen now imagine that scenario, but instead of a skinny Japanese man falling on their head, it’s a 300lb linebacker.
@@keithklassen5320 I am not seeing what your are seeing though quite a few are wrestling on the ground
I have never felt so much like Joe Rogan discovering something for the first time.
“Have you ever seen this Japanese sport called Bo-toashi? It’s a bunch of Japanese dudes fighting over for a pole-Jamie, pull that up. Look at them stampeding over eachother, almost looks like they’re fighting for the last dmt molecule”
Lmao i dont watch joe rogan but almost everywhere i go i see something related to him
@@actionjackson2721 you ever try dmt
2:49 The guy on White that stopped the big attack from 5+ blue is a true war hero. He deserves the Purple heart.
white shirt: white blood cell
pole: your body
bacteria: red green orange blue shirt
edit: thanks for the likes never had this many before
Perfect analogy!!!
Nice
In other words. No matter what, somebody dies.
Did you just watch cells at work?
@@PenguinsKill_l no
This sports looks intense, it needs individual strength as well as team work. Love you Japan🙏👌
2:31 bro in white steps up and delivers the most devastating blow on the first orange gunner.... one of the nastiest hits I’ve seen in any sport
A quality hit.
Dude in bottom right in orange shirt caught a beastly elbow at 2:30 lol
Dr T tty
Thanks. I've repeat 576 times.
First in, first out :D
Damnnnn
@@George-qw8mp lmfao
if this sport was in the USA brawls would break out lmfao
Eric Rivera this sport IS a brawl
It’s weird the Japanese crowds are always so polite. If you go back and look at Japanese Pride fights which were basically ufc fights with less rules people would get absolutely brutalized and the japanese crowd would just give polite golf claps
Gunfire, stabbings, stompings
I'd say in America there'd be a commercial break every 20 seconds and it would all be about looking cool😂
Eric Rivera fights on the internet about how safe it is an about witch gender isn’t in the game then yes
I’m Japanese.
This is the National Defense Academy in Japan.
Oh
I recall a tale from a former Imperial Japanese Navy cadet that they had a version of this called Human Sea Bag.
I know it cuz imposible civil play like this
But "Bo-taoshi" is not a sport played only in military schools. I was in a very common Japanese public high school, but the highest grade students played this sport every year. My clubmate was dislocating his leg with it.
Japan forever! Nice sport!
Every time a rounds starts it’s like a swarm of bees coming at ya
Why dont we have this sport in America, florida why havent you done this what a shame
This would be the ultimate Florida Man sport.
THIS...IS... AWESOME! The dude @2:50 white shirt, right screen, 2nd tier, left of the pole. He knows he's going down and successfully takes 6 blue shirts with him! Awesome!
2:49 the man on the top right on the left side is the real kamikaze
Oh I see, yea.
Man, what fun looking game.
LOL one guy got his pants pulled down
Fresh_Water when
Lol
i need timestamp
RAPE is allowed as well like kicks on the face is part of japanese culture
This actually looks fun to just kick, jump, punch, basically fight.
Y con la posibilidad de morir aplastado
@@DiegoTorres-gl2ld exactly. Can’t have fun without a little danger
This is the best sport of all time . .
This was only the quarter and semi-finals. Chuck Norris won the final by himself.
this actually looks like alot of fun.
1:40
*Japanese girl having flashbacks*
9/11
Damnit lmao
@@PipeDark16 Hiroshima nagasaki
Jesus the one orange guy in pain dam, this is what we need in the US
Probably got headbutted by that one white shirt guy who ran off looking for help.
Feelsbadman
was looking for a comment about my orange mans who straight up died
well at least he didn't get trampled by everyone when he was hurt.
@PhreshFunk here 2:50
This is f**king wild!!
Don't know how it showed up in my feed but I'm glad it did. Rest of the night is set lol
I can't even imagine how many ribs are being broke on the front lines, they all just come in with flying high kicks xD
Welcome to another episode of this is where quarantine brought me
They are students of the National Defense Academy, and after graduation, most of them become officers in the Self-Defense Forces. Japan has three branches of the Self-Defense Forces: Ground, Maritime, and Air. At the National Defense Academy, students from all three branches study together to foster a sense of unity. This approach also reflects Japan's reflection on the pre-war period when the coordination between the Japanese Army and Navy was not smooth. That said, this competition is held during sports festivals in junior high and high schools in Japan. Although it seems to be decreasing in recent times, I have experienced it. I believe that sometimes it's important to unleash the competitive spirit of the youth.
I love how technical this sport looks when the guy on the poll begins kicking the people below 😂😂😂
I like how it shows who's team is going up against the other team.
Lmao
Looks like it might be fun. Certainly fun to watch. Definitely the kind of thing you would expect out of Japan. The Japanese have their own brand of crazy.
Oh man!! That’s awesome! 😃 crazy to see how much sportsmanship is still displayed with how violent this is.
I feel like 3 times in a row the most exciting side was the one on the smaller screen.
2:53 on the top right that one guy kicks all of them and is like ,” Ill take you all on and hug all of you ! “He was putting in work 😂
This is black Friday all over 😂
Great video. Great sport!
that blue ramp that they build is so freaking cool
extra points if the guy on top gets impaled by the tip of that spear
TRUMP: Build that wall !!
JAPAN: hold my beer!!!
Girl : he's probably cheating me
Me (with my boys) :
Man, we've been missing out! This looks like a blast. I wanna play.
“So anyways, I started climbing”
I just found out this is an event at National Defense Academy. You don't wanna mess with them, really....
This is the only reason why im gonna join the Japanese army.
ur not though weeb
Meme Magnet k
Meme Magnet K
Meme Magnet k
Meme Magnet WE WILL DIE FOR THE SUNRISE LAND AND CAPTURE AS MUCH HOT MOMMY DRAGON GIRLFRIENDS AS WE SO RIGHTFULLY CHOOSE
Dude this looks like so much fun to bad they don't really do it in america :(
But dangerous at 2:51 look at tge orange team dude he was in great pain although i admit i would love to play,it seems fun
Too dangerous. Lawsuits would abound.
Pretty sure the US naval academy does something like this
@@warmpancaxe Uh no, they dont.
@@JerBuster77 every year the rookies climb the statue at the naval academy. They dont topple the statue but the goal is to remain on top.
japan : being ultra polite...
japan : protect this stick with all might!
0:45 RIP that player shirt
This is dope.👌
Not sure how this ended up in my recomended, but we had a version of this growing up called kick the can.
When a fight breaks out in school,
Everyone: 0:21 , 2:25 , 4:29
What's school lmao? ;-; never heard of that before
And they say "fight fight fight" to encourage the fighters to keep going
@@zelexdabeast4577 any public school tbh lol. They run with their phones in hand to record lol
Me: i wonder how zombie apocalypse feel like.
The guy sit on that pole: wanna try ?
5:10 That pole guy on the green team got swallowed up like he was being eaten by zombies.
Lol ya 😂🤣
This is reckless, intense, chaotic, gets alot of injuries, but I still wanna try out play this sport !! Seems like alot of fun!
the cheers at the beginning are intimidating as all hell and i dony even know what theyre saying
This is my new favourite sport !!
thank you Japan
All I can say is I love the Japanese. Everything they do is great. Thanks for the laughs guys.