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The “Pro Championships” tournament is one of 3 major events during the regular Club season, leading up to the National Championships in November. This video features a local Minneapolis/St. Paul team, Drag’n Thrust. Watch the video to the very end to see the exciting conclusion between these top ranked teams.

Episode 57 The path to the future - The undefeated team Bunka Shutter Buzz Bullets

"Ultimate" is a competition that competes for points by throwing and connecting flying discs with a diameter of 27 cm and a weight of 175 g. In this competition, the only company sponsored team in Japan was Bunka Shutter Buzz Bullets. Although the team has also won the world championships, the players work full time on weekdays, so team training is only two days a week on Saturday and Sunday. To balance work and practice, they aimed to get the 20th All-Japan Championship this year.

Players struggle to meet the expectations of their supporters and their family members by keeping the team "winning". The team's oldest player is now 42, and most of their main players are in their 30s. Preparing for the future, the team has made shift changes, so the young players can play more important roles throughout the tournament.

The centerpiece of the team was the 28-year-old Furikado Daiiki. He plays an important position as a "handler", who must organize the offense and the throw the disc accurately. This documentary followed his story as a new team member and his path of growing for the future of the team.

The Accidental Sport: The Origins of Ultimate Frisbee

“In the summer of 1968 during civil unrest and nationwide protest against the Vietnam War an unlikely new American team sport was born in obscurity and its founder, forgotten. This is the story of the birth and survival of the countercultural and dharma-driven anti-sport, ultimate frisbee, its parallels with forces dividing our nation today and conflicts within the sport over a potential coronation in the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.

“On May 8, 1989, Sports Illustrated ran an article about Ultimate frisbee… about a team with no name hailing from New York City that was about to change the sport forever. From its 1968 New Jersey birth to its unanimous 2015 recognition by the International Olympic Committee, FLATBALL circles the globe to showcase four decades of world-class Ultimate and goes even further: to a set of fields in the Middle East to understand and demystify the unique spirit of the game.”