# Bo-Taoshi (Pole Toppling)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bo-taoshi-pole-toppling/582540>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 20, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bo-taoshi-pole-toppling/582540 "2011-05-20T04:11:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bo-taoshi-pole-toppling/582540/1 "2011-05-20T04:11:10Z")

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I want to go back to college so I can start an intramural league of this.

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cptf5-P819E)

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**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bo-taoshi-pole-toppling/582540/2 "2011-05-27T03:58:14Z")

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That’s awesome.

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**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bo-taoshi-pole-toppling/582540/3 "2011-05-27T14:14:09Z")

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Hey, I didn’t have to give my thread a Pity Bump. All right.

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bo-taoshi-pole-toppling/582540/4 "2011-05-30T07:01:48Z")

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Video has been removed by the owner.

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**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bo-taoshi-pole-toppling/582540/5 "2011-05-30T13:08:03Z")

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> [@Zebra](#):
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> Video has been removed by the owner.

[Take your pick.](http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%E6%A3%92%E5%80%92%E3%81%97&aq=f)

BTW, most of these videos show an annual event that takes place at the Japanese National Defense Academy.