Kasutera

Yes, because there is absolutely NO cross-over fandom between sumo and pro wrestling, and certainly there's been NO cross-over of talent either! They are two separately different spheres of fandom and should never ever ever ever touch ever, and this is totally not a condescending and patronizing opinion to have!

I don't think I ever had any serious dreams of doing ozumo, but for some reason being 26 and seeing the age limit at 25 just makes me feel the tiniest bit wistful.

That is actually some kind of word play. It is always the same fish, red seabream, which in Japanese is called "tai" 鯛 Now, if there is something to celebrate - in Japanese this means: "omedetai (koto)"　おめでたいこと (lit. "happy event")　 it is emphasized by holding this fish。 (I can't imagine that they throw it away afterwards, but I haven't had the pleasure to attend such an event so maybe someone in the know can fill in on that part of the question) Naruhodo~

Moreover, what's the significance of holding the fish? Do they even eat it or is it just "The Ozeki fish?"

What's the source article you're reading? I can translate?

Harumafuji propelling himself off the tawara and shooting down low to get nice and deep into Hakuho's mawashi was one of the coolest moments I've seen in a while. Yokozuna sumo to the fullest extent, and with the added storyline of Harumafuji beating Hakuho to ensure his stablemate's yusho and ozeki promotion only makes it more amazing.

Haha, I've never actually done matches directly against her, but she is quite strong and a very experienced amateur wrestler as well as strong-man competitor, so despite my slight weight advantage she may give me some trouble. Her husband I HAVE wrestled with and he's larger than me and very strong.

Before this becomes about me whining about the comments, let me redirect it to how awesome Sonya is: She and her husband Miguel both compete in sumo tournaments all around California and they'll be at Nationals next month as well. They're both quite a sight to see as they are a super-tattooed power couple, and Miguel also has quite a prodigious beard.

Sonya's great, I've trained with her a few times. She also does strongman and mas wrestling events. God damn the comments on this article, though, they really make me want to set the whole world on fire.

The restaurant itself is called "Yokozuna" and all the pictures of sumo wrestlers are just made-up wrestlers in ukiyo-e (Edo period wood print) style. The names of the dishes they sell are arranged like a banzuke on the outside of the restaurant.

Hi guys, Apologies if someone has asked this question before. I tried to do a topic search of the forums to make sure there at least wasn't a separate thread about it. Can someone with more sumo-watching/judging experience tell me what actually makes the difference between these three kimarite?: - Hatakikomi - Hikiotoshi - Tsukiotoshi To me they all look the same, but obviously this is due to my untrained eye. I've been able to discern at least that hatakikomi involves directly yanking down the HEAD, whereas a tsukiotoshi can be slapping down any part of the body to get the opponent's hands/body to touch the ground. I guess it's more the hatakikomi/hikiotoshi difference that has be confused. In my amateur wrestler brain all three just get categorized as "snap-down."

Goeido has not just LOST several matches this basho, but has gotten CLOWNED by opponents who should not be able to beat an Ozek as handily as they did.

While we're talking about technique, every time I see Ichinojo PULLING an opponent near him, I want to shout at the screen. His wrap-around-the-neck uwatenage at the edge of the dohyo worked during hist first basho at makuuchi when nobody was expecting it and didn't understand how strong he is, but now it just helps his opponent to finish him off. Just go forward!

I loooooved seeing Aminishiki beating Gagamaru. Aminishiki is like the cool uncle you always look forward to seeing at Thanksgiving who can crack a joke and teach you how to fix a car. I don't know why I get that vibe from him but that's what I get. Harumafuji is so damn quick. Hakuho gets more attention with his brute force, but it's amazing just how swiftly off the shikirisen Harumafuji can get to his opponent. He must do sooo much suriashi to be able to stay that low and move that fast. Also, this is me watching every Endo match this basho: ​

You can't not love Aminishiki. After that match he has become, bar none, my favorite.

Did you not see he was COVERED IN BEES?!

The answer to that is simple, he's making Goeido look even sillier for losing. Man, all the ozeki got CLOWNED today. Well, Kisenosato had an honest loss, but Giku and Goeido just looked bad. The sooner Terunofuji and Ichinojo become ozeki and bring some excitement back to the rank, the better.

Mongolians love love love basketball. There's regular basketball tournaments organized among the Mongolian community here in LA and they're fairly big deals.

I think the executive privilege of a Yokozuna is the ability to do things like this without worrying about demotion, so good on Kakuryu.

Ura will no doubt need to change his style, but I have a small glimmer of optimism that maybe he can keep some of his more unorthodox techniques if only because most people won't prepare to defend against anything like what he does.

Seems like still planning on participating? http://ameblo.jp/ami-nishiki/page-2.html Skimming the first few posts I didn't see anything saying he would or wouldn't enter Natsu, but he does remark specifically that he wasn't able to participate in the soken keiko.

If they're that common, do they have any value at all? I believe that a vitamin/supplement IV drip would provide no more than short-term relief for the common cold, stress, and fatigue. As for this "office workers syndrome", I think the answer to a poor diet is eating better; for lack of exercise, it's becoming more active; for lack of sleep, getting more sleep; and for endless rounds of drinking, avoid drinking as much and as often. Unfortunately, it takes a lot of effort to make these changes. I don't believe the answers for these conditions is to continue with an unhealthy life style and expect someone to give you an IV that will make them all go away. It's the easy way out and easy ways out solve nothing. It's possible that an IV could help for the time being but I honestly have doubts that this treatment (or whatever it's called) will be of any help in the long run. It could actually be extremely counter-productive because if it does provide a little help, the net effect will be to promote the same lousy lifestyle until you get the next IV. Eventually, a poor lifestyle will catch up with you no matter how often someone sticks a needle in your vein. I think the commonality of this treatment is due to the fact that everyone is aware that those kinds of lifestyles are unhealthy, but social pressures force them to continue and find whatever possible workarounds they can.

I'm a big fan of pro athletes who continue pursuing their education. We should make a bigger deal of it here in the states, because it DOES happen. I think Shaquille O'Neal got an MBA while he was still an active basketball player. I feel like if I had the income of a professional athlete, I'd probably try and go back to school, too, just to catch up on all the classes I WANTED to take in college but never had time for. That is, after I used said income to pay off all my student loans first. :-P

I always get so jealous of amateur sumo wrestlers who manage to train with a clay dohyo. We use the portable canvas kind and I know it can't be even close to the same feeling.

It's mostly the broth and the tsumire (meatballs) that I was hoping for recipe references for. Of course you can go freestyle with whatever else you put in it!