Kosha

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Kosha is a fictional game featured in the 1960s television series The Prisoner. The game is played in The Village's gymnasium and featured in several episodes. The setting for the game is comprised of two trampolines with a small pool of water set between them, situated next to a half-enclosing catwalk-edged wall that allows players to jump up to and stand on it (as well as grapple on it) as part of the game. The players start one each on the trampolines on either side of the pool, bouncing up and down with the intention of getting to the other player and forcing him into the pool of water by any of several means, thereby winning the match. Rules of the game, though never explicitly stated in any episode, seem to allow for grappling, pushing, and occasional blows to the head, though further forceful means are conspicuously absent. In the episodes in which the game is depicted, both friendly and not-so-friendly matches seem permissible. The game is reminiscent of a Japanese kendo match, as it starts and ends with a ritualized bow, and employs copious protective gear.