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The Japanese ball game where nobody has to lose

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Imagine a sport where utterly destroying your opponent isn't the point, which sounds absolutely exhausting for the competitive ego. In the ancient Japanese game of Kemari, players stand in a circle and work together to keep a leather ball in the air as long as possible, proving that historical sports didn't always require a loser to cry in the mud.

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