(NOAH FROM THE VAULT) "Sports Culture Theory" lecture

February 2009
Teikyo Hesei University, Tokyo

Lecturer and content
Mitsuharu Misawa: The position of the owner in conditioning and wrestler compatibility
Kenta Kobashi: Life and the pro-wrestling life
Jun Akiyama: Conditioning of athletes against autonomic nervous disorders*
Takeshi Rikio: The difference in conditioning in sumo wrestling and pro-wrestling**
Tamon Honda: Amateur and professional sports from the 1980s
Ryu Nakada: The social contribution of pro-wrestling***
Azena Asako: The role of the trainer and the treatment of acute trauma

The lecture was only open to students of the university, it was not open to the general public.

* Many people who were athletic as children (especially those who were double jointed and did gymnastics) develop what is known as "POTS" (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome") which in a nutshell means they can faint without warning (i.e. feeling sick or dizzy).
**Rikio is a former sumo wrestler
*** Noah do A LOT of charity work and for years have been involved with the Nippon Food Network, Anti Crime, visits to nursing homes, kindergartens etc.