Talk:Bo-taoshi

This game is not limited to the Japanese military academy. I am Japanese, and played the game when I was in schools, elementary school, high schools. You can even find high school girls playing the game on youtube. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.159.221.48 (talk) 04:49, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Victory Conditions
It seems clear from the article that the attacking team must lower the pole to 30 degrees with the horizontal. It is not clear what the defending team's victory condition is. I believe that they have to defend the pole for a finite amount of time. Does anyone know how long? Nolandda (talk) 15:51, 8 August 2011 (UTC)


 * I have changed the rule description -> A team consists of two groups: Attackers and Defenders - so the team which attack-group drops the other pole first wins. So the defenders have to hold out, until their attack-group drops the opposing teams pole. 91.67.253.63 (talk) 10:22, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

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"Ninja"?
Out of curiosity, is there any reliable source the player on top of the pole is actually called "ninja"? Japanese Wikipedia as well as many other Japanese sites consistently call him/her「上乗り」, which quite literally translates to "person riding on top." See also this diagram. Even worse seems to be the German Wikipedia article, calling the player "monkey", equally unsourced. --Takimata (talk) 14:22, 13 February 2018 (UTC)