# What is 44 clash?
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-44-clash/60370
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [October 20, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-44-clash/60370 "2013-10-20T17:41:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@mordo613](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mordo613)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-44-clash/60370/1 "2013-10-20T17:41:36Z")
I see it on many yoyos.
What is it?
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### Author:  [@yomagic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yomagic)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-44-clash/60370/2 "2013-10-20T17:42:23Z")
It’s a competition they hold in japan and Russia I believe
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### Author:  [@YoyoGeezer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoyoGeezer)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-44-clash/60370/3 "2013-10-20T18:00:04Z")
I think “44” means “yoyo” in Asia. Hence: “yoyo” clash contest in Japan.
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### Author:  [@yomagic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yomagic)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-44-clash/60370/4 "2013-10-20T18:13:06Z")
44 doesn’t mean yoyo is Asia. The word for 44 sounds a lot like yoyo so that’s why a lot of people identify the number 44 as yoyo and use it in yoyo related things.
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### Author:  [@MYNAMEISZen](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MYNAMEISZen)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-44-clash/60370/5 "2013-10-20T19:26:45Z")
Is 44 Clash being held in 2014?
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### Author:  [@Nemyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nemyo)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-44-clash/60370/6 "2013-10-20T19:33:17Z")
its the dipest ish in yoyo.
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### Author:  [@YoyoGeezer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoyoGeezer)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-44-clash/60370/7 "2013-10-21T01:42:55Z")
> [@yomagic](#):
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> 44 doesn’t mean yoyo is Asia. The word for 44 sounds a lot like yoyo so that’s why a lot of people identify the number 44 as yoyo and use it in yoyo related things.
Is that right? In what language does “Forty four” sound like yoyo?
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### Author:  [@Casey888](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Casey888)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-44-clash/60370/8 "2013-10-21T01:45:21Z")
> [@YoyoGeezer](#):
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> Is that right? In what language does “Forty four” sound like yoyo?
I don’t even know but maybe the Chinese word for the number 44 sounds like the Chinese word for yoyo…
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### Author:  [@oops](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/oops)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-44-clash/60370/9 "2013-10-21T01:47:31Z")
> [@YoyoGeezer](#):
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> Is that right? In what language does “Forty four” sound like yoyo?
“four four” sounds like “yo yo” in japanese
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### Author:  [@LeftyLink](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LeftyLink)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-44-clash/60370/10 "2013-10-21T01:49:23Z")
> [@kclejeune](#):
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> I don’t even know but maybe the Chinese word for the number 44 sounds like the Chinese word for yoyo…
Actually, forty four when literally translated into English sounds like die die die 😛
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### Author:  [@klopi\_ryt](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/klopi_ryt)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-44-clash/60370/11 "2013-10-21T03:41:23Z")
I think 4 in japanise sound like yon so its yon yon 😃
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### Author:  [@TAB](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TAB)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-44-clash/60370/12 "2013-10-21T03:46:50Z")
44 Clash is a very high caliber yo-yo contest which began in Japan but has had offshoots in Russia. The rules are very strict and different from other, “league sanctioned” yo-yo contests. In particular, 44 clash is held in private and spectators are prohibited from filming the freestyles. Footage from 44 clash is very hard to see and the freestyles are not posted publicly.
It is called 44 clash because “44” is slang for yo-yo in Japanese.
> **[44CLASH](http://www.44clash.com/eng/greeting/)**
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> 44CLASHは、ヨーヨーを通じて楽しい時間を過ごしていただくことを目的とした、年に一度のお祭りです。
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### Author:  [@kuyaChristian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kuyaChristian)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2013, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-44-clash/60370/13 "2013-10-21T06:39:34Z")
44CLASH contests held in Japan are the private kinds where video recordings are prohibited. Japan has very strict regulations regarding using copyrighted material even in live performances. There are a ton of videos of the 44CLASH event in Russia, however.
The number 44 makes use of ‘goroawase’, Japanese numbers wordplay commonly used in the country.
> **[Goroawase: Japanese Numbers Wordplay](https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/goroawase-japanese-numbers-wordplay/)**
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> Learning this fun Japanese numbers game will help you memorize new words and telephone numbers.
4 can be read (among many other ways) as ‘yo’ (よ/ヨ).
44 = ヨーヨー = yoyo