Kasutera

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    For a while the Kyokai also made a sudden shift in the way they're romanizing ん before b/p, so the current Oiwato suddenly became Kambayashi instead of Kanbayashi from one day to the next, before they reversed course again a few years later. That's not reflected on the Sumo DB, either.

    Where does the actually pronunciation tend to lie? Is it *supposed* to be 'n', but due to assimilation with the concurrent bilabial often come out as 'm'? I was under the impression that 'm' was in some way the expected pronunciation of ん before bilabials, such that I tend to always write "shimpan", etc.

    You're correct, syllable-final "m/n" are allophones where "n" becomes "m" before labials. And that concludes this weeks' episode of "who took phonetics in college?"

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    Hi everyone,

    Last week on April 2nd in Cranford, NJ, about an hour outside New York City, the 2016 US Sumo National Championships took place, with a near exact repeat of last year's results.

    Lightweight Gold: Trent Sabo

    Middleweight Gold: Kena Heffernan

    Heavyweight/Openweight Gold: Roy Sims

    Some of the matches can be found online here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbNCTGTlVmUxMGb1mSw8tHA/videos?view=0&sort=dd&shelf_id=1

    Now to see how things unfold at the world championships in Mongolia!

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    If one is Russian and the other Bulgarian, then no, not that hard to find. It's like an American and a Briton, both named Jones, meet. Interesting. Just like Steve Davis.

    Shouldn't this be moved off topic?

    For those who aren't yet fully aware of what everyone in this thread is referencing, like I was when I started ready, both Amuuru and Aoiyama have the surname "Ivanov," which, when you think about it, is basically the Slavic equivalent of "Johnson."

    However, I think OP is right to find this fascinating for it to happen in SUMO which is still not the most internationalized of sports, at least not on the professional level.

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    In traditional fashion of the footage of the US Sumo Open being available for public consumption nearly a year after it happens for whatever reason, the 2015 U.S. Sumo Open is now available as part of an app called Fite TV: http://www.fite.tv/

    What makes me displeased, to say the least, is that they refer the the coverage as "comprehensive" when it is the exact opposite. It's a 30-minute digest that ONLY shows the first-place matches in four weight divisions. With how short a sumo bout is, for 30 minutes, that's pretty ridiculous, especially when it means completely cutting out the bronze medal winners and not even mentioning them by name when you use clips of their matches for interstitial filler (yes, I am a little bitter because I am one of those bronze medal winners. Seriously, not even a mention of "by the way this guy won the bronze?").

    Honestly, the best thing about this is I had never heard of the Fite App before and it's pretty cool. They have both downloadable and live-streaming events for MMA, pro wrestling, and various other fight sports. They were just now live-streaming the Judo Grand Prix in Tblisi, Georgia. For people like me (and I can assume most of you), that's pretty neat!

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    I think Hakuho's injured and just not telling us. Injured either physically or psychologically. He has every reason to be out for blood and wanting to cream Takarafuji, and there is no reason why he wouldn't if he were healthy. Takarafuji IS good, he's no pushover, and his head-in tachi-ai was textbook, but I just don't believe he is yet at the level where he could beat a healthy Hakuho. Hak has the image of being someone who very rarely goes kyujo/fusen, so he may be trying to gaman his way through it, but there is definitely something going on that can no longer be dismissed as intentional mukiryoku or yaocho.

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    Hi Adam!

    I'm California-based and also compete in amateur sumo in the US. Here's a couple of sites that can help you find clubs and events possibly near you:

    By chance is it the club in Oceanside? I visited Oceanside for two months last year and will likely be doing it again this spring. I will also be in San Francisco for a couple weeks.

    Nope, I'm down in LA, but let me know when you're down here! We're having the US Sumo Open in May!

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