Today, I'm going to write about the indoor PE festival.
In 2017, Bobby became the president of JAS.
From that time, JAS started having new events that were different from before.
Reflecting on it, the mood of the event of JAS has changed from this event.
JAS had held events called "Get-togethers" beforehand.
I'm still not entirely sure what "get-together" means.
And a new addition was the PE festival.
I heard that there's no such thing as a PE festival in the US, so they probably don't know what it involves.
I was surprised to hear that JAS planned to have it in a room at a local community center, indoors!
The venue was an old two-story building, and the room could accommodate up to 80 people.
Although I had low expectations, it turned out to be quite enjoyable.
After this event, it was held several more times.
The place was moved to a larger, newer location.
It was featured by many media outlets and the number of participants also increased.
I'll explain some scenes from the movie.
The watermelon smashing game is typically played at the beach during the summer. However, in this scene, they did it indoors!
In Japan, we usually use a thick wooden stick to smash the watermelon while blindfolded.
On that day, to avoid any injuries, they used a soft stick instead.
As a result, nobody could break the watermelon."
The egg and spoon relay race requires a lot of concentration.
In the baby bottle race, the participants were super excited. During the tug-of-war, everyone was very serious.
In the zoukin relay race, I noticed that the Japanese player ran very steadily.
The final event was the piñata game, which I heard has Spanish origins. After playing this game, it became very popular at JAS events.
Before that day, JAS used toy-like megaphones, but starting from this event, they began using their own PA system.
A Dive into Japanese Radio Calisthenics
25th, Aug 2018 On this day, American participants experienced Japanese radio calisthenics for the first time.
In Japan, this exercise is often done in schools or workplaces.
It's usually not done voluntarily but as a requirement.
Despite this unusual custom, most students are proficient at it.
On that day, Japanese elementary students demonstrated the exercise in front of the American participants.
The American participants followed along, watching what the Japanese children were doing.
In 2018, the venue was moved to a larger location, featuring several new attractions.
These included curling, volleyball with a big balloon, a bread-eating race, dodgeball, and more.
The American participants quickly switched to serious mode.
You can see this in the final scenes.