Kuroyama 715 Posted August 19, 2007 Hello Sumoforum! My name is Chris, and I'm rather a beginner to sumo but I'm enjoying it tremendously. I'd been attracted to the sport for a long time, but in the US information is not easy to come by, and after my initial interest I became too distracted by college and my own martial art (European-style fencing) to have much attention to spare for it. That was a very long time ago. Even after the Internet showed up I never even considered online sources for some reason until I happened upon some videos of recent sumo bouts on YouTube. That led me to look around, and the first place I found was... a certain other website. But I got into contact with Nishinoshima -- a name I recognized, since he'd posted many of the YouTube videos, and I've since been a customer of his -- and he gave me some links to a number of other places including this one. I've been lurking here ever since, and I have to thank all the local experts for their most informative posts. I've learned more here just from listening in than I ever could have somewhere else. At the moment I'm involved in a Wikipedia project to try to bring a semblance of order and credibility to the sumo-related articles there. As I'm very much not an expert and am still acquiring reference material (not reading Japanese is a hindrance) my contributions are mostly on the technical and editorial side. It's still a badly underpopulated project, in great need of people who know what they're talking about. So now that I'm posting I can actually ask a question when I want to know something instead of waiting for someone else to. Sweet! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kuroyama 715 Posted August 20, 2007 Welcome indeed. Isn't that what Mr. Roarke used to say on Fantasy Island when some guests arrived who were about to learn some particularly pithy life lessons? (Shaking head...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tikozan 4 Posted August 22, 2007 (Laughing...) aboard and greetings from germany. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fujisan 533 Posted August 22, 2007 Welcome aboard Chris (Annoyed...) Chuck in your salt (Laughing...) and join the fray. Dont be afraid to ask question,its the only way we learn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
