This video is titled—very succinctly, very accurately—"Dangerous Japanese Sport." If you've never seen it before, it's probably best not to spoil anything ...

RULEBOOK? What rulebook? The Japanese sport of Bo-taoshi – which translates to “bring pole down” - takes anarchy to another level. The Japanese sport of Bo-taoshi – which translates to “bring pole ...

We at SB Nation are unapologetic enthusiasts of unique and eccentric sports, and it’s tough to get much more unique than Bo-Taoshi, a sport addressed earlier this week by Deuce of Davenport. The gist: ...

Like a lunatic version of capture the flag, bo-taoshi is played by teams of cadets at military schools in Japan: if by ‘teams’, you mean ‘armies’, and ‘cadets’, you mean suicidal nutcases in formal ...

For the life of me, I can't track down how I came across this sport. It was a couple of years ago when I came across a link, somewhere, that wrote about this ridiculous, seemingly nonsensical activity ...

The Japanese sport of Bo-taoshi – which translates to “bring pole down” - takes anarchy to another level. Two teams of 150 players face-off. Each is divided into 75 defenders and 75 attackers. One ...