Bo-taoshi
Bo-taoshi (
Rules and player positions
The National Defense Academy of Japan explains the rules and positions as follows:[2][3]
Rules
- A match lasts two minutes.
- A team loses when their pole is tilted to a 30° angle. A referee will indicate this using a flag, then declare the winner.
- If no team's pole is lowered within the match time, the match remains undecided and will be repeated.
- A team consists of 150 players, divided into attackers and defenders. Offense players wear shirts in their team's color, defense players wear white shirts.
- Punching, kicking, strangling, pulling heads, and similarly dangerous roughness are prohibited.
Defense positions
- rider on top (上乗り, "rider on top"), a single player sitting or clinging to the top of the pole
- circle (サークル, "circle"), players surrounding the pole in a circle
- pole support (棒持ち, "pole support"), players inside the circle supporting the base of the pole
- interference (キラー, "killer"), players interfering with attackers
Offense positions
- attackers (遊撃, "attack"), individual offensive players
- scrum (スクラム, "scrum"), formations of players plunging into the defensive circle, becoming springboards for attackers charging at the pole
- chargers (突攻, "sudden attack"), players charging at the pole
References
- ^ Furbush, James (14 July 2011). "Bo-Taoshi: Super Happy Pole Pulldown Sport Time". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ "防衛大の棒倒しとは ("What is Bō-taoshi at the Academy?")". National Defense Academy of Japan. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ "ルール説明 ("Rule description")". National Defense Academy of Japan. Archived from the original on 18 March 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
Further reading
- Bodlak, Tyler. The Scribe 12 November 2011. Obscure Sports: Bo-Taoshi. This article on bo-taoshi describes the rules, objectives, and some history of the sport.
- National Defense Academy of Japan official website. Regular Annual Events. This source is the National Defense Academy of Japan's official website. It contains schedules, classes, professors, activities, traditions, and sporting events. Bo-taoshi is traditionally played on 1 November which is also Self Defense Forces Day.
External links
Media related to Bo-taoshi at Wikimedia Commons