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Ok if this is the level of debate? It is not uncommon to hear of fighting forces who credit their victories to strategic thinking they developed while playing sports. This is common around the world.
In this instance the post mortems credited the traditional game and its very complex concepts to the the strategising that those Maori used to turn 'certain' defeat into a victory which 'sent shockwaves around the world'.
Trench warfare was first used by Maori, this was then deployed in the Crimea and uselessly in WW1. It was used to effect by Maori but the use of trench warfare was not apt in WW1. Maori used trench warfare because they were always woefully ooutnumbered and the British could not comprehend such tactics. By the time of WW1 it was a known concept and proved fallible and its use extended the war by years!
Why would Rommel have said 'give me 3 Maori battalions and I will rule the world'? He was so impressed by the way they critically thought in battle - the same requirements are needed in the furnace of ki-o-rahi games. THe only enemy the Germans feared when it came to equal numbers or less were the Maori soldiers of the Maori Battalion. There are so many concepts in the game requiring a clever mix of physical attributes and mental agility.
You see in the traditional NZ game of Ki-o-rahi defence and attack are always changing, there are no stops or chances to evaluate from the sidelines it is one continual physical battle, with huge hits, and quick changes in tactics. The secret really is to keep thinking straight when the physical exertions are straining this ability.
The first pre-requisite for the game is intelligence because of the need to be an adaptive thinker, there are so many variables in the game. A 'dummy' cannot hope to survive with respect on the field of play.
So lets here about the pre-requisites for your sport 'ABs'?
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