tenkaichi budokai

The Tenkaichi Budoukai is a tournament with fighters who compete to see, who is the greatest among those is the strongest. It is held every 3 years on Papaya Island on May 7th. However, there have been years that no Z-Fighter has gone to the Tenkaichi Budoukai. Eleven years went by between the 23rd and 24th Tenkaichi Budoukais, for the arena to be rebuilt by, Goku and Piccolo's fight. Seven years had to go by between the 24th and the 25th, due to the Cell Games. Also, the 4 years that happened to go by the 25th and 26th Tenkaichi Budoukais, because of the infamous Majin Buu. Due to the great intense of the Budoukai, a prize was meant for the strongest one that happened to show up. Usually, the prize was 50,000 zeni to about 500,000 zeni. That's quiet a lot. All in all those times, many new people conquered feats no one else could, as did some over come those. If you think that is all it's about, think again!

FUNimation Translation: World Tournament:
Now many of you are probably thinking that this is all wrong because it's not anything like what you here it called in the FUNimation dub (English version). FUNimation probably thought calling it The World's Best Martial Arts Tournament was a little long so they shortened it to The World Tournament.

Tenkaichi Budoukai Rules:

	You are disqualified from the tournament if you touch anything outside of the ring or have/use a weapon or any other kind of object to help you win the match.
	You lose the match if you give up or are down for the count of ten. You also lose if you are knocked unconsious.
	If you cry or kill your opponent you are automatically disqualified.
	No poking your opponent in the eyes. If you leave or arrive late at the tournament you are disqualified.
	No hitting the family jewels.

Spellings:
» World Tournament: Used by FUNimation
» Tenkaichi Budoukai: Used by Many Webmasters
» Tenkaichi Budokai: Used by the American Video Games