Aikido
Aikido is a Japanese sport, (as you probably guessed) and all it basically is, is another form of martial arts. The main difference is the reason and objective—you try to defend yourself without harming your opponent. Aikido is roughly translated to the way of unifying with life energy.
Who made it up— Morihei Ueshiba
Main objective—Protect yourself without harming attacker
Training—fitness, morals, and mentally
How do people do it? The attack starts head on, but then you redirect it, so you and the attacker do not get the attack. It’s made up of throws and joint locks, and is categorized in the grappling arts too.
I think Aikido is a very smart way to fight, (or block. Feel, and look awesome) and it requires very little physical strength. It was well made and is used by a lot of people today.
Kyotei
Kyotei means boat race. And yes, it is Japanese. It is a very traditional sport, and is one of Japan’s four “public” sports.
The goal is for six boats to boat-race around 600meters on lakes with 3 laps. That’s 1,800meters! And the whole race itself lasts around 2-3 minutes! You have to pass the finish before a giant clock hits zero. A boat that starts too early is called a furaingu or flying start, and a boat that starts too late is called a deokure or late start. If a boat crashes or causes something bad to happen, they are disqualified, or shikkaku.
(I’m not so sure WHO made up the sport, I guess it just came…in 1952…) but whoever might have made it up I’m sure they might have been smart.
I hope you enjoyed learning about more sports in Japan through my essay. (this is a 2 in 1 essay because I missed 2 days.) and I also hope I can write more… when I’m not absent of course because how many of these have I written like, 5?! But I really enjoy writing these for you! There is always next semester…and winter break…to give the class H.W. so we don’t forget anything…Ha ha ha…
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