Okan High school training for mind and body training at high school Tochigi Otawara, January 20, 14:49
The 20th is the “Great Cold” which is said to be the coldest of the year with 24 seasons. At a high school in Otawara City, Tochigi Prefecture, a traditional “Korean lesson” was held in the early morning, when students used to practice martial arts.
Prefectural Otawara High School, which was founded in 1907, conducts “Koryo Rehearsal” in which martial arts and other techniques are performed early in the morning for five days a week to train the mind and body. started.
On the 20th of the first day with voluntary participation, nearly 500 students, or about 70% of all school students, gathered at school after 6:00 a.m., which was still dark and the coldest temperature was below minus 3 degrees. I participated in judo and marathon.
During the marathon, with 444 participants, Kenji Mimori encouraged him to "run for five days because it is a traditional event," and the students exhaled on a 7-kilometer course around the schoolyard. While running silently.
In addition, students who participated in kendo struggled violently with bamboo swords, and students who participated in judo strove to practice by fighting.
A junior high school boy who participated in judo said, "I participated in a traditional cold lesson and realized that I was a high school student in Otawara. I changed my mind during the cold lesson and I would like to do my best for college entrance exams." Was.
Otawara High School will be held until 24th of this month.