Comments on: Dry Towel Friction

By: harvey

harvey — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 23:07:08 +0000

Michael, thanks for that! I asked another friend here and they said that some schools probably even do kanpu masatsu today! I’m going to edit the post.

And geez. That snow barefoot stuff is incredible…

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 22:05:06 +0000

A long time ago in Japan elementary schools and kindergardens required the ‘kanpu masatsu’ as a part of the regular winter daily schedule.

Not that long ago. My wife had to do this at her elementary school in the 1980s.

In addition, she and her classmates had to run barefoot on the cold winter ground every day for a few minutes every day. This was considered very beneficial to one’s health, especially when there was snow to run through. From anyone else, I would have classified this as something along the lines of tales like “When I was a youngin’, I used to walk five miles to and from school, barefoot, in the dark, over a snowy mountain, carrying my brother and sister on my back,” but my wife isn’t given to exaggeration.

By: Heather Meadows

Heather Meadows — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 17:27:07 +0000

Wow. That is crazy!

By: harvey

harvey — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 10:34:14 +0000

Hahaha, great minds think alike!

Seriously though, I’m sure that’s what he’s saying.

ARRRGH! or.. maybe RARRRR!!!!!

But certainly one or the other.

By: Tadashi

Tadashi — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 10:29:27 +0000

I thought the exact same thing when I saw the picture of the kid.

AARRRGGHHH!!