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Season 3 (1997-1998)
Framed Material: Episode 36 (Hand Walk III/Bamboo Derby II)
Episode 42 (Bamboo Derby III/Hand Walk III)
Episode 64 (Hand Walk III/Super Rider III)
Ottoto 9/9 Hoops II/Hand Walk III/Kick Target
Archive Footage: Episode 2 (Hand Walk/Quick Muscle/Daruma 7)
Episode 12 (Hand Walk II/Banzai 90/Giant Ball)
Episode 24 (Hand Walk III/Seesaw 60)
Episode 29 (Hand Walk III/Super Helico)
Episode 48 (Nakama/Banzai 90)
Hand Walk III/9 Hoops II/Kick Target/Sponge Bridge/Brain Panic
Kangaroo/Punch Out/Ottoto 9/Hand Walk III/9 Hoops II
Hand Walk III/Kangaroo/Punch Out/Kick Target/Brain Panic
Framed Material: Episode 36 (Hand Walk III/Bamboo Derby II)
Episode 42 (Bamboo Derby III/Hand Walk III)
Episode 64 (Hand Walk III/Super Rider III)
Ottoto 9/9 Hoops II/Hand Walk III/Kick Target
Archive Footage: Episode 2 (Hand Walk/Quick Muscle/Daruma 7)
Episode 12 (Hand Walk II/Banzai 90/Giant Ball)
Episode 24 (Hand Walk III/Seesaw 60)
Episode 29 (Hand Walk III/Super Helico)
Episode 48 (Nakama/Banzai 90)
Hand Walk III/9 Hoops II/Kick Target/Sponge Bridge/Brain Panic
Kangaroo/Punch Out/Ottoto 9/Hand Walk III/9 Hoops II
Hand Walk III/Kangaroo/Punch Out/Kick Target/Brain Panic
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00:00When he was a kid, he was known as the boy who stood on tiptoes, Mori Youhei.
00:06With his friends, he built a course on hills and stairs to practice.
00:18Mori Youhei is usually a calm character, but how about standing on tiptoes?
00:23Mori Youhei is usually a calm character, but how about standing on tiptoes?
00:53Mori Youhei is usually a calm character, but how about standing on tiptoes?
00:58Mori Youhei is usually a calm character, but how about standing on tiptoes?
01:23Mori Youhei is usually a calm character, but how about standing on tiptoes?
01:53Next will be Kazunori Baba, age 22.
02:05The college student has sharpened his skills by walking on his hands every day.
02:23Next will be Kazunori Baba, age 22.
02:33Next will be Kazunori Baba, age 22.
02:43Next will be Kazunori Baba, age 22.
03:03So far, no one has been able to defeat the Hand Walk 3 challenge.
03:07With obstacles that require both upper body strength and supreme balance,
03:11it's no surprise competitors are finding themselves in way over their heads.
03:16It will take a true athlete to walk away from this one a champion.
03:20Kenji Niki, age 3, Okayama Kanzei High School.
03:23Kenji Niki, age 3, Okayama Kanzei High School.
03:31Kenji Niki, age 3, Okayama Kanzei High School.
03:35Kenji Niki, age 3, Okayama Kanzei High School.
03:42Kenji Niki, age 3, Okayama Kanzei High School.
03:57Kenji Niki, age 3, Okayama Kanzei High School.
04:09Kenji Niki, age 3, Okayama Kanzei High School.
04:25Up next is Masayoshi Kuriyama, age 18.
04:29and the members of his gymnastics team built a replica of the Hand Walk course to help them train.
04:59Next will be Hirohiko Yokota.
05:09The 19-year-old gymnast has been practicing long and hard for this event.
05:29He failed to kick the stone.
05:34Yoshinobu Kubota, age 11.
05:37He is a hard-working gymnast.
05:40He is a hard-working gymnast.
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07:46The lift is coming up.
07:47There is a suspension bridge!
07:49There is a suspension bridge!
07:50Keep going, keep going!
07:51There you go!
07:55With the suspension bridge!
07:59Iketani's strength was depleted by the first half of the course, and the suspension bridge
08:02finished him off.
08:03Next up is Atsushi Kito, a 25-year-old kindergarten teacher.
08:12He has vowed that he will not disappoint his kids today.
08:42This is Sheena Takeshi, a 4th grader in elementary school.
08:47She's going to show us everything she's learned so far in today's Hand Walk 3.
08:57She's been training for 8 years.
09:01She's starting slowly.
09:03Oh!
09:04She's in a pinch right after the start.
09:07Sheena Takeshi is in a pinch.
09:09This is Tamajari.
09:11She managed to overcome it.
09:13Oh!
09:14She's holding on!
09:16She's getting back on her feet.
09:18She's in a pinch again!
09:20She's in trouble!
09:24Next to try is college gymnast Katsufumi Kanzaki.
09:28His best event is the pommel horse, so he's very confident in his upper body strength.
09:40Kanzaki!
09:42Kanzaki!
09:43Kanzaki!
09:44Kanzaki!
09:45Kanzaki!
09:47His tempo is relatively fast.
09:49Oh!
09:50He's using too much stamina in the first half.
09:52He's worried about the second half.
09:55He's trying to be as fast as possible.
10:00Oh!
10:01He's in a pinch again!
10:04He couldn't overcome the second pinch.
10:08Up next will be Masato Shimoteshiro,
10:10the 18-year-old gymnast ranked 6th in the high bar at the All Japan Championships.
10:15Can he place first today?
10:45He's climbing up the rock face.
10:50He's going downhill.
10:52He wants to keep his pace and get to the break zone.
10:58The raft is shaking.
11:01He's going under the pommel horse.
11:03He's almost at the break zone.
11:06The slope is a little steep.
11:08The slope is a little steep.
11:09He has to hang in there!
11:11Masato Shimoteshiro has made it to the break zone!
11:15He's expressing his happiness with his whole body.
11:18Masato Shimoteshiro from Seifu High School.
11:21Oh!
11:22He's using a slide to get to the face.
11:26He's using a slide to get to the face.
11:28What is he going to do?
11:30Will he be able to show his spirit?
11:32I hope his hand walk doesn't affect the rest of the race.
11:39He has three seconds left.
11:42Now, Masato Shimoteshiro is going to ride the truck.
11:51The second half has begun.
11:55This truck...
11:56Oh!
11:57The truck has fallen!
11:59This is a little embarrassing!
12:02Up next is Minehito Inagawa,
12:04a high school student who's ranked number two in the parallel bars.
12:08He mastered the parallel bars at the age of seven.
12:12He's confident that he can easily improve his body balance with a little bit of wobbling.
12:24His muscles are developing well from his shoulders to his arms.
12:29He's slowly making his way up the stairs.
12:36He's climbing up a rocky slope with a lot of gaps.
12:40Oh!
12:41He's holding on!
12:42He's holding on!
12:43He's spreading his legs in a Y-shape.
12:47He's moving along the course like a Y-shape.
12:50Inagawa is 17 years old.
12:52He's from Saitama Sakai High School.
12:56He's crossing the rocky slope!
12:58For Taiso, this is a relatively easy downhill course.
13:07It's a rocking raft.
13:09He's waiting in the air like he's mocking the challenger.
13:15Oh!
13:16He's on the raft!
13:17He's on the raft!
13:18He's on the raft!
13:19He's on the raft!
13:20He's on the raft!
13:21Last to face the course is Akihiro Kasamatsu, age 21.
13:26Kasamatsu has faced the hand-walk course three times before.
13:30While giving strong performances in both hand-walk and hand-walk 2,
13:34he's yet to find his name on the banzuke.
13:37Will the third rendition of the hand-walk course be the charm for Kasamatsu?
13:43Casabasso, Japan
13:46Akihiro Kasamatsu, third year, Nihon Taiki University.
13:51He's working on the hand-walk course.
13:56He's going up the rocky slope.
13:58He's got the tempo.
13:59Kasamatsu's going up the rocky slope!
14:01He's done it!
14:03He's using two planks.
14:05He's using things like a thick parallel bar.
14:08He moves along the course with ease.
14:10The swaying raft doesn't have that much of an effect.
14:13He keeps going forward, forward!
14:14He keeps his center of gravity in front of him and reaches the break zone!
14:1830 seconds have passed!
14:2030 seconds have passed!
14:22As expected of Akihiro Kasamatsu!
14:25Now, Akihiro Kasamatsu, who has started training in earnest since he was 8 years old.
14:31Kasamatsu Akihiro, who received the blood of Sarabretta,
14:34what kind of hand and walk will he show us in the second half?
14:39First of all, a trot.
14:40With his body floating,
14:43he has to endure this shock!
14:49He showed us a great way to stand up.
14:52The problem is ahead.
14:54The problem is ahead.
14:56It's very difficult to keep his balance.
14:59Will he be able to get out at once?
15:00He did it at once!
15:02Kasamatsu did it at once!
15:04And, as it is, the slope where the water flows!
15:08I will fight with my stamina!
15:10Can I climb up?
15:11Kasamatsu will fight!
15:12Kasamatsu will fight!
15:13No!
15:15He turned around!
15:19The running water makes the cascading climb extremely slick.
15:23Kasamatsu put too much torque and his arms slipped out from underneath him.
15:28Next will be 20-year-old Naoki Akiya.
15:30His previous attempt at joining the hand walk banzuke came up short.
15:34Despite a strong start, he fell on the suspension bridge.
15:38Will today produce a better result?
15:46His muscles are burning up from his shoulders to his arms.
15:50Naoki Akiya, 19 years old, has started.
15:52He starts from the stairs of Kamajari to the slope of Iwaba.
15:56He has been exercising since he was 3 years old.
15:57He is now 19 years old, but he has been exercising for 16 years.
16:01Naoki Akiya!
16:03His pace is as expected.
16:06His pace is as expected.
16:07He descends the slope of the slope.
16:09There is a rocking raft.
16:11It shouldn't be that difficult for Naoki Akiya.
16:14He has cleared the raft.
16:16There is a break zone ahead of the slope.
16:19He has reached the break zone!
16:2033 seconds!
16:22He is fast!
16:24As expected, Naoki Akiya is strong.
16:28The second half has begun.
16:30He puts his body on the truck.
16:33The truck goes down the slope while floating.
16:39He is able to get through quickly.
16:42He is able to get through quickly.
16:44Will he be OK?
16:45He is able to get through!
16:47What happened?
16:48What happened to Akiya?
16:49He shouldn't step on the ground in such a situation.
16:51He is a little unstable.
16:54However, he has cleared the raft.
16:56He has cleared the raft.
16:58The water is overflowing.
17:00He has cleared the raft!
17:03He has cleared the raft!
17:05After zooming across the suspension bridge,
17:08he hit the cascading climb with plenty of momentum.
17:11What he didn't have was traction.
17:14The last competitor is Keiichi Nishimura.
17:17This 19-year-old college sophomore
17:19won the Japan Nationals in gymnastics.
17:22Will his strength and skill be a match
17:24for Hand Walk 3's cruel obstacles?
17:27Will he be able to get the glory of Hand Walk 3?
17:33Keiichi Nishimura
17:37He has a muscular body.
17:39He is 167cm tall and weighs 62kg.
17:42He is able to climb the stairs without any problems.
17:46He is able to climb the sloping rock
17:48like a bulldozer.
17:50He is able to climb the sloping rock
17:52like a bulldozer.
17:54Will he be able to relax and proceed
17:56from the suspension bridge to the break zone?
17:58Will he be able to relax and proceed
18:00from the suspension bridge to the break zone?
18:02The 3-time champion of Golden Bell,
18:04a man of great ability and talent
18:06andakh!
18:07raf raft break zone!
18:12It looks like he can afford that.
18:13Wow!
18:15Look at his alarm!
18:20He was a good Sakazachi at 6
18:22and his fame lasts for 2 years now.
18:27Keiichi Nishimura
18:28well, it seems that a complete quiet
18:30This is a big problem.
18:32Hand on Walk 3.
18:34Tsuribashi.
18:36Tsuribashi.
18:38Tsuribashi.
18:40Tsuribashi.
18:42Tsuribashi.
18:44Tsuribashi.
18:46Tsuribashi.
18:48Tsuribashi.
18:50Tsuribashi.
18:52Tsuribashi.
18:54Tsuribashi.
18:56Tsuribashi.
18:58Ah!
19:00Disappointing!
19:02Retirement!
19:04Yet again,
19:06the Hand Walk 3 course
19:08remains unbeatable.
19:10With every step, top gymnasts gave their all
19:12only to be felled by the
19:14redesigned obstacles.
19:16Keiichi Nishimura was on track to become
19:18the first man to succeed,
19:20but even he found the final volcano
19:22too hot to handle.
19:24No new names will be added to the banzuke
19:26today. To reach the finish line,
19:28this challenge is going to need one
19:30serious competitor with supreme
19:32balance.