Bo-Taoshi
Bo-Taoshi ( Japanese 棒 倒 し ) is a capture-the-flag -like game that is played primarily by the cadets of the Japanese Defense Academy Bōei Daigakkō . Two teams of 150 players each vie for rule over a stake. The team is divided into an attacking and a defending group (75 players each). For both teams, one sub-team begins at the same time in the defensive position grouped around the pole, while the other positions itself at some distance from the opposing defense team as the attacking group. When the game has started, the attacking team tries to topple the stake or tilt it from its upright position. The attacking team wins if the stake reaches a 30 degree angle (to the ground) from the initial perpendicular position. Before the rules were amended in 1973 , the required angle was only 45 degrees. Injuries are just as much a part of the game as the man on top of the post, appropriately called the “monkey”, who plays an important role in defense.