Bo-Taoshi
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Bo-Taoshi is a capture-the-flag
-like game, played on sports days at schools in Japan. The game played by cadets at National Defense Academy of Japan
is famous for its size, wherein two teams of 150 individuals each vie for control of a single large pole. Each team is split into two groups of 75 attackers and 75 defenders. The defenders begin in a defensive orientation respective to their own pole, while the attackers assume position some measure away from the other teams pole once the match has commenced; a team is victorious if it is able to lower the pole of the opposing team (which begins perpendicular
to the ground) to a thirty-degree angle (respective to the ground), before the other team reaches this goal. Until a rule-change in 1973, the angle of victory was only forty-five degrees.
In July, 2011, the sport was featured on a segment of the Comedy Central program, Tosh.0
Capture the flag
Capture the Flag is a traditional outdoor sport generally played by children, where two teams each have a flag and the objective is to capture the other team's flag, located at the team's "base," and bring it safely back to their own base...
-like game, played on sports days at schools in Japan. The game played by cadets at National Defense Academy of Japan
National Defense Academy of Japan
, abbreviated is a four-year university-level military academy aimed to educate and train students who will be officers in three services of the Japan Self-Defense Forces...
is famous for its size, wherein two teams of 150 individuals each vie for control of a single large pole. Each team is split into two groups of 75 attackers and 75 defenders. The defenders begin in a defensive orientation respective to their own pole, while the attackers assume position some measure away from the other teams pole once the match has commenced; a team is victorious if it is able to lower the pole of the opposing team (which begins perpendicular
Perpendicular
In geometry, two lines or planes are considered perpendicular to each other if they form congruent adjacent angles . The term may be used as a noun or adjective...
to the ground) to a thirty-degree angle (respective to the ground), before the other team reaches this goal. Until a rule-change in 1973, the angle of victory was only forty-five degrees.
In July, 2011, the sport was featured on a segment of the Comedy Central program, Tosh.0
Tosh.0
Tosh.0 is an American television series hosted by comedian Daniel Tosh, who provides sarcastic commentary on online video clips, society, celebrities, and other parts of popular culture.-History:...