Woodkopf is a crazy new sport invented in the Czech Republic(捷克共和国) and it has been gaining quite a lot of national media attention. This popular sport involves a pair of opponents wearing two-meter wooden boards on their heads and trying to knock the other’s board down without dropping their own. Strange as it sounds, a rousing match of Woodkopf can be quite exciting to watch.
This crazy sport can be traced back to July, 1992, when it was practiced during a cultural festival of art school graduates in Prague. Woodkopf, which literally translates as “wooden head”, is popular partly due to the fact that the game is simple, inexpensive and requires no complex equipment, but also because it never fails to supply a good dose of humor.
It is played by both men or women of all ages, and the rules are pretty simple. Both opponents must wear long and thin wooden boards of 200×16×2cm, weighing between 3 and 4kg. Once the boards are in position, the opponents try to knock each other’s boards off, using only plank-to-plank(木板) touches. No body-to-body or plank-to-body touches are allowed. The player who manages to knock down the opponent’s board twice in a row is declared the winner.
According to members of the Woodkopf Union, the best players are generally the taller ones. A bald head is also of great advantage, as pointed out by union chief Ivan Rezac.
Veteran Woodkopf players are now struggling for the sport to be included in the Olympic Games. They strongly believe that it has a great future. Vladimir Cech, who has been playing for the past seven years, said,“We want it to become our national sport, and a part of Czech culture along with beer, pork, dumplings and cabbage.”.

Title	An Interesting Sport ----Woodkopf
Origin	from July,1992, Woodkopf was first played by art school graduates in Prague.
Reasons for its	1. It’s simple, inexpensive and   to watch. 2. It always supplies a sense of humor.
	1.Wearing two-meter wooden boards on their heads, two try to knock each other’s board off without their own. 2.Only plank-to-plank touches are allowed, and body-to-body or plank-to-body touches are      .
Winners	1.succeeds knocking down the other’s board twice in a row is the winner. 2. The taller players and people with bald heads are very  to win.
The future of the sport	Experienced Woodkopf players are struggling to make it an   in the Olympic Games and a national sport of the Czech Republic.

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