February 17, 2005

You've never heard of Tchoukball? Wll, neither had I until I visited this site. As a rather active monkey interested in the philosophy and ethics of sport, Tchoukball provides an interesting example of how different starting points can influence the direction of a sport's rules and culture.
posted by dj 19 years ago
  • Yeah, but how the heck do you say it?
  • *Shrugs*
  • chook ball?
  • Okay, this is all well and good... A game with no defense. Still, I'm offended by the fact that there is scorekeeping and someone wins. I propose a game where we all go down to the beach, take a ball, pass it around in a a circle and all share stories about how the man has architected all of the pain and suffering in the world. Oh, and we're baked out of our skulls.
  • "Today, Tchoukball is no longer just another new team game to be regarded with doubt and suspicion." You mean, like Crotchball?
  • i like crotchgrabbers: mix 1 beer, small container lemonade concentrate, several shots vodka, shake. yum.
  • meanwhile, in tchoukball news... Asia Pulse June 15, 2004 HEADLINE: KAOHSIUNG MAYOR SIGNS AGREEMENT ON HOSTING 8TH WORLD GAMES DATELINE: KAOHSIUNG, June 15 Kaohsiung Mayor Frank Hsieh signed an agreement with the International World Games Association (IWGA) Monday on hosting the eighth World Games in 2009. ... According to the agreement, the 8th World Games will be held from July 16-26, 2009, with contests in 34 sports, including billiards, bodybuilding, bowling, boules, faustball, sports aerobics, gateball and karate, plus three demonstration games -- croguet, Tchoukball and dragon-boat racing. dragon-boat racing!!! cool!!! where they gonna get the dragons?
  • I like this game. In fact, I want to play it. I also like this:
    A player gives a point to the other team if: He misses the rebound surface when he shoots the ball. He makes the ball bounce out-of-bounds He shoots the ball and it bounces back, touching him. He sends the ball into the forbidden zone, before or after it hits the rebound surface.
    Where it will be claimed by General Zod and used to crush the Son of Jor-El! Planet Houston, KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!
  • Dragon-boat racing is also cool in NZ. That said, I have no clue what it's actually about.
  • It's like outrigger racing on speed. Massive long brightly decorated dragon-boat propelled by people with single-blade paddles.
  • Dragon boats are fucking awesome. There are some links somewhere; if I didn't have to go to class, I'd find 'em.
  • I sense an Obscure Sport Post!
  • I know for a fact I've been to a dragon boat race but I can't remember where. Taiwan I think. One of the translations I did a while back was about traditional popular organisations in China and it had quite a long section on the clubs that race the boats. Seem to recall it's a bit like making the floats for Mardi Gras - they work on it all year. Traditional day for races was Duan Wu festival. A bit of googling found this bit from that trusty party mouthpiece, the People's Daily. Looks like there's competition with those cheeky Koreans to register bragging rights for dragon boat heritage! The sheer nerve!