Tuesday, January 27, 2009

  • A Congress of Japan's Famous Strong Men


    • Here's a pretty interesting item, a poster from the Barnum and Bailey Circus advertising "A Congress of Japan's Famous Strong Men." Based on the attire, I would expect to see sumo wrestling and/or grappling such as is pictured in the top half of the poster.

    The bottom illustrations are intriguing though: Sumo wrestlers engaging in stone lifting, steel scrolling, live animal wrestling, horseshoe bending... and of particular interest is the gent in the bottom right holding a kettlebell in each hand. This poster is from the 1921 Circus season.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Tuesday, January 27, 2009

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    Saturday, January 10, 2009

  • Odd Object Lifting in Ancient Japan



    • Barrel lifting goes back a little farther than Dnosaur Training...

    The Japanese painter Hokusai is best-known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji and his most recognized print The Great Wave of Kanagawa.

    Among his many drawings was this one, "Sakadaru o sashiageru otoko" showing a man lifting a sake barrel overead with one arm.
    This drawing was completed sometime around the year 1810 but the one-arm press is still a great exercise.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Saturday, January 10, 2009

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