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fighting tradition. a history of ferocious resistance. but it's nothing like what you might think. not at all. ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la sha la la la la la ♪ ♪ sha la la la la sha la la la la la la ♪ ♪ ♪ >> anthony: this is okinawa, just south of mainland japan. for all the relative rigidity of the mainland, okinawa answers in its own unique way. don't eat the same thing each day. that's boring. th...

>> anthony: what does it mean to be strong? it implies hardness, inflexibility. okinawa is a place with a fighting tradition. a history of ferocious resistance. but it's nothing like what you might think. not at all. ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la sha la la la la la ♪ ♪ sha la la la la sha la la la la la la ♪ ♪ ♪ >> anthony: this is okinawa, just south of mainland japan. for all the relative rigidity of...

Like jake lamotta and chuck wepner before them, they shall live to fight, or do other stuff, another day. having shed decidedly less blood than either of those two gentlemen. two animals, two handlers. and they do, like, the burgess meredith job in rocky. and like fighters, or sumo, the bulls are ranked by their ability. their record in the ring, the highest being yokozuna. this is kenny aiman. he lives up the road. is there a time limit or they just go till somebody gives up? >> kenny: i think they pretty much go until somebody gives up and when it gets around the -- >> anthony: there's no po...

And actually be able to flip the bull over. >> anthony: right, and winner and loser survive, both. >> kenny: once in a while you'll have injuries but most of the time the bulls go home and -- >> anthony: they go home to be happy. >> kenny: they do. >> anthony: nobody's turned into steak or cutlets. >> kenny: no. >> anthony: togi started as early as the 17th century with farmers pinning bull against bull. they love it in agricultural communities like this so much so that it was briefly banned in some places because farmers were spending too much time at the fights. and not enough time growing s...

Their record in the ring, the highest being yokozuna. this is kenny aiman. he lives up the road. is there a time limit or they just go till somebody gives up? >> kenny: i think they pretty much go until somebody gives up and when it gets around the -- >> anthony: there's no point system here. >> kenny: no, no, there's no point system. basically when the other one turns around and runs away, that's the winner. a few times one bull will actually get around to the side and actually be able to flip the bull over. >> anthony: right, and winner and loser survive, both. >> kenny: once in a while you'...