December 15th, 2023 | Greg Lane If there’s one thing people know about Japan, it’s sumo wrestling. Well, that andgeisha, the iconicMount Fuji, andthose bullet trains. Sumo tournaments happen six times a year, and three of those take place in Tokyo. If you’re fortunate enough to be...
If there’s one thing people know about Japan, it’s sumo wrestling. Well, that and geisha, the iconic Mount Fuji, and those bullet trains. Sumo tournaments happen six times a year, and three of those take place in Tokyo. If you’re fortunate enough to be here when there’s a ...
Sumo wrestling matches are held far away many times a year. In addition, there are other training camps, so the time I'm in Tokyo is less. Date requests are not accepted. Participating in this is not easy. It is even more difficult for foreign visitors to Japan. Ple...
Enroute Ted had us read some information about sumo wrestling, and guidance for what would be expected at the stable. Then we arrived and began the tour. We had expected to only have about 40 minutes, but the practice went longer - nearly 90 minutes total - and we ...
He is a super-heavyweight character, second only to Sledge Brother (p. 171). He is the yokozuna of the Turtle Tribe, moving left and right on the block with his scurrying feet, which is said to be the basis of sumo wrestling. Be careful, as attacks using anything other than a cape ...
You should be. This isn’t the same as being born in football-loving and wrestling-mad Iowa City, Iowa, then later moving to New York City and passing oneself off as a sophisticated lifelong fan of European soccer. One cannot affect an air of expertise in sumo; I still feel as though...
Sumo was in a tough place coming into this basho because they knew there wasn't going to be star power anchoring the basho, and the World Cup was going to suffocate overall interest in sumo. Then you add to that Japan's shocking victory over Germany five days ago, and sumo wrestling ...
Even Olympic wrestling gold medallist Karam Gaber, trying sumo for the first time, could not get past the quarter-finals in the middleweight division! 2015 US SUMO OPEN – 15th Annual SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2015 Walter Pyramid @ California State Long Beach Nearly 4,000 fans watched history ...
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