Japanese fighting spinning top Kenkagoma Koma 独楽ファイティング - 日本でのウォーキング

When I showed this video to my Japanese father-in-law (mid 70s) his face lit up as he began telling me how as a boy he and his friends would stage exciting fighting top competitions on the street in front of their home (rural farming community without much car traffic). Fighting tops are a special variety of spinning top (tops in general are called koma) made of solid metal or wood with a steel ring around the outer edge. The tops are “thrown“ after a long string is wound around the body; and some skill is