SASUKE - Ninja Warrior
Ninja warrior is a Japanese sports entertainment television special that airs on the Tokyo Broadcasting System and is now available on G4 TechTV. It's been 10 years since the first episode. Why I only discovered it last week is a mystery to me. I love it I love it.
Sasuke consists of four stages the competitors must complete. The thing that makes this show really interesting is the participants. Most of them are amateur athletes from Japan and even American gymnists (and olympic medalists) the Hamm Brothers. The stages increase in difficulty, and all but the 3rd Stage have a time limit.
My favorite is Makoto Nagano - a 35 year old fisherman who spends 300 days a year at sea. He is only the 2nd man (out of 2000 contestants over the past 10 years) to complete all stages of the competition.
Another favorite is Shingo Yamamoto - a 32-year-old gas station manager from Tokyo, he is the only person to have competed in every Sasuke competition, and the only person to attempt the first and second version of the Final Stage. He competes wearing his gas station work uniform.
More Ninja Warrior Goodness:
- See the different stages and definitions here.
- It's available on Podcast for your super geeks.
- Ninja Warrior on G4.
- Want to go to Japan and compete in ninja warriror? Take G4's American Ninja Challenge.
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You don't get any of that in ninja warrior. You do get athleticism, honor, respect, courage and discipline. I enjoy those things plus I admire the Japanese culture for displaying those traits aside from the show.
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