Olympic 'nanba' ninja sprinter

[Taro Toporific]

Asian men can't sprint? Try seafood and a ninja's speed The Straits Times / AFP / August 20
.....Japan's Shingo Suetsugu will try to disprove the theory that Asians cannot sprint when the track and field programme begins today.
Suetsugu, the native of Japan's southern island Kyushu, is entered for the 100m and 200m sprints, as well as the 4x100m relay.
Conventional wisdom has always held that the limber, compact Asian body was better designed for sports that required dexterity and precision than track events like sprints and hurdles. Suetsugu appears to give credence to these stereotypes....
He said: 'I don't have a great deal of power to begin with. Compared to a black athlete, there's no competition.'
So he used anything that could give him that extra push, from high-tech spikes and aerodynamic suits to practising ancient techniques used by the samurai and ninja to move more swiftly through the streets of ancient Japan.
The 24-year-old credits a century-old practice called 'nanba', which allows him to sprint without kicking the thighs too high and producing speed with minimal energy output.

Taro: As all of you have seen samurai flicks, 'Nanba" is that silly scurrying like hamsters you see when the samurai or police come running to the rescue. It's ideal for not falling down in the mud paths of old Edo but useless in a sprint. I suspect Suetsugu-san is trying to psyche-out his opponents with the Secret Powers of the Mysterious Orient, hee, hee

[Thanatos' embalmed botfly]

It's all in the arse. You need a big arse to run really fast. Check out the black chicks. As if you haven't already. Oh, baby. The Japanese arse is generally too small. Of course, there are exceptions. I have entered my wife in the 100-yard dash. For Japan. She carries a great deal of potential in the hind-quarter region.

[Andocrates]

I grew up in Massachusetts, there were zero black people in my school. I was really good at the 100 meter dash and had silly dreams of stardom. Then I moved to Key West Florida, my high-school was 50% black. Man, I didn't even make the first round. It was humiliating.

On top of that I was sure my manhood was awesome but after the track disaster in gym I took a shower with those same guys. But, at least it's bigger then the average Japanese guy.

Ha ha it's funny remembering that.

[same]

"I suspect Suetsugu-san is trying to psyche-out his opponents with the Secret Powers of the Mysterious Orient, hee, hee"
Didn't work this time around in the 100, but he won bronze in the 200 at the world championships. I always thought that the namba technique involved lifting the same arm as the leg, but Suetsugu runs like everyone else, ie. opposite. More impresive than his running style was his ability to speak out of sync with his lips. Great man.