SUMO!

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I heard about that in one of my sumo groups. Woot!

well, the November tournament should be interesting

Following up on the pokemon news:

More seriously, the November tournament starts tomorrow. We no longer have Hakuho, and have the sole yokozuna of Terunofuji.

Hakke yoi!

the retired yokozuna working security

FWIW, the best place to watch sumo is the NattoSumo youtube channel

today’s bouts:

yesterday’s winning move of the day

aka the subatomic wedgie throw

some pics from yesterday

Learn some sumo with Tobizaru!

Sumo wrestlers really don’t make a lot of money

These are the -top- guys

I did a post on sumo:

like here’s their BMI’s in histogram (top wrestlers only)

and a scatterplot

former yokozuna Kakuryu singing My Way

nice!

Sumodo, The Successors of Samurai, documentary on Sumo is available free for viewing in some countries for Feb 14-28

https://jff.jpf.go.jp/watch/jffonline2022/film-lineup/118679-2/

here’s a trailer

more on sumo & samurai

one more week(ish)

retired sumo wrestlers playing golf