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Contents 1 Ekiden/relay race 2 The "Emo" period 3 ranking 4 Mixed Martial Arts and kickboxing? 5 Martial arts = Sports? 6 Sumo Wikiproject

[edit] Ekiden/relay race

This page lists ekiden as an original Japanese sport, rather than imported. I thought ekiden was simply a relay race. Is it truly original, or imported, or are there significant differences in the Japanese variety (other than the place)? Fg2 05:34, Sep 9, 2004 (UTC)

It may be, but I don't think any other place let ekiden broadcasted live for the entire proceeding, often lasting more than 3 hours. The most famous ekiden race, Hakone Ekiden traces the route that has been in use for over a 1300 years and the race itself is more than 50 years old. It's broadcasted live for over 7 hours. I think that's quite significant. Revth 04:13, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] The "Emo" period

Theres some BS about the Emo period and monkeys throwing "feccees" If your going to vandalize, at least spell things right. an ip address 18:08, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] ranking

i think we need a page of budo rankings from kyu to dan, when i wikilink Ikkyu for example, i will end up with a zen priest, can anybody help?Thomas h 08:53, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Mixed Martial Arts and kickboxing?

I thought the Pride Fighting Championship and K-1 were huge over in Japan. Don't they deserve mention too?

[edit] Martial arts = Sports?

The inclusion of traditional (and traditional-style) martial arts as "sports" seems misleading to me. --GenkiNeko 02:27, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

how about pro wrestling? its huge in japan

[edit] Sumo Wikiproject

I have made a proposal for a Sumo Wikiproject here at WikiProject Sumo Proposal. Yesterday I spent part of the day sourcing Akebono with a few other people after its repeated blanking due to lack of sources. Most sumo articles are not well sourced. Though under two WikiProjects already, I think it would be to the advantage of both the articles of sumo and wikipedia as a whole if Sumo is placed under its own WikiProject. If you would like to join or have any comments, please go to the Project proposal page. Thanks! XinJeisan 17:21, 3 June 2007 (UTC)