Training courses for the NSK members

[Akinomaki 41,182]

This regular event had sport secretary Suzuki giving an address on today's subject  "The way to be as an NSK member"

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Taka, Takanoiwa and Takayoshitoshi were present - both in person and in the list of scandals mentioned.

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Edited May 2, 2018 by Akinomaki

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Is Kisenosato taking a nap?

[Akinomaki 41,182]

The later pics from this recent course about violence problems - main speech by sports secretary Suzuki

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the Taka corner

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Kise really got tired of all this

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afterwards, Kakuryu as head of the rikishi-kai gave a comment with PR top Shibatayama

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NNN news

NHK news page with video https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20180502/k10011425361000.html

Edited May 8, 2018 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 41,182]

Another of these courses was on the 3rd, with about 1000 listening for close to 90min.to 3 lecturers. It was about the importance of the sumo culture they inherited and have to keep transmitting (what also the new council is about), with first a 20-30min. video about the proper conduct on the dohyo, then Hakkaku about the traditions, the external kanji Okabe, chief priest of the Koyasan Kouzanji, about sumo as shinji, Shinto ritual. Finally a lesson about the dangers of doping by JADA (and JOC) riji Ichiro Kono 河野一郎_(JOC理事).

It was not open to the public, afterwards Shibatayama gave a report - about the welfare for the NSK members: at the kokugikan medical office examinations and prescriptions are for free, costs for medical treatment of all rikishi are 90% covered (but 10% are big for a ms and below without salary).  Hakkaku had commented on Trump at the basho: "Sumo was transmitted into the world." o o

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Hakuho was there - Takakeisho not

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Ikioi, Asanoyama

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Edited June 6, 2019 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 41,182]

End of  August courses about violence prevention will be held for makushita and below rikishi. On the 28th for those till their 3rd year in sumo, on the 29th from 4th to 9th year, on the 30th for those longer in sumo. The division was made because violence by senior deshi is frequent and because the things taught in the heya were different in different times. http://www.daily.co.jp/general/2019/07/25/0012548181.shtml

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18 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

End of  August courses about violence prevention will be held for makushita and below rikishi. On the 28th for those till their 3rd year in sumo, on the 29th from 4th to 9th year, on the 30th for those longer in sumo. The division was made because violence by senior deshi is frequent and because the things taught in the heya were different in different times. http://www.daily.co.jp/general/2019/07/25/0012548181.shtml

That looks like a good approach. Also, rikishi at different seniority levels face different challenges, responsibilities and temptations.

Edited July 26, 2019 by orandashoho

[Akinomaki 41,182]

On 25/07/2019 at 21:40, Akinomaki said:

End of  August courses about violence prevention will be held for makushita and below rikishi. On the 28th for those till their 3rd year in sumo, on the 29th from 4th to 9th year, on the 30th for those longer in sumo. The division was made because violence by senior deshi is frequent and because the things taught in the heya were different in different times.

Today for the close to 200 1-3rd year beginners, introduction by Fujishima-, Mihogaseki- and Takasaki-oyakata, about 1 hour of lectures by Mr. Hirahara (appointed by the NSK for education and training introduction courses), on subjects like everyday manners and common knowledge about living in a group

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Afterwards there was an AED training course - the papers focus on Naya for that

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Edited August 29, 2019 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 41,182]

The next course for all NSK members is on Oct. 16th. It will be about drugs, after Takagenji was caught, and about SNS. Lately rikishi post freely again on the social media, no mention of the ban anymore, but the guy who got caught molesting minors using SNS is another point that will be talked about. https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202109210000503.html

Edited September 22, 2021 by Akinomaki

[Seiyashi 4,109]

3 minutes ago, Akinomaki said:

The next course for all NSK members is on Oct. 16th. It will be about drugs, after Takagenji was caught and about SNS. Lately rikishi post freely again on the social media, no mention of the ban anymore, but the guy who got caught molesting minors using SNS is another point that will be talked about. https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202109210000503.html

On the one hand I have my hopes up that the SNS training means rikishi can post again because it now means the NSK has some standards it can regulate rikishi posts by. On the other hand, things can sometimes work really weirdly in Japan, and I don't see why the NSK thinks it needs a rulebook before permitting posts, or why indeed they took so long.

Is it time to resurrect the joke about the NSK running courses on how not to be a paedo?

Edited September 22, 2021 by Seiyashi

[Tsuchinoninjin 1,281]

Well in most companies in the west there is a clause that you are representing the company at all times even from private sns accounts, and you can get fired for posting deranged stuff. I think it’s pretty easy to argue that rikishi are more closely linked to the NSK than your typical bozo Facebook account to some company, so some baseline rules should be expected. Most people were confused about the outright ban.

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On 22/09/2021 at 13:36, Akinomaki said:

The next course for all NSK members is on Oct. 16th. It will be about drugs, after Takagenji was caught, and about SNS. Lately rikishi post freely again on the social media, no mention of the ban anymore, but the guy who got caught molesting minors using SNS is another point that will be talked about. https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202109210000503.html

About 1 hours talk by invited experts

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with this new oyakata

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Edited October 16, 2021 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 41,182]

The oyakata at the toshiyori general meeting today got a lecture by a doctor about neck damage. Hibikiryu had died after a drop on the dohyo and this basho a rikishi had a cerebral concussion after a drop from the dohyo. The oyakata received guidance about the difference between sumo and other contests in respect to the strain to the neck and about training methods. https://www.sankei.com/article/20220128-P3RF5FB6FNNSXPNBEPFES5VCMM/

[Akinomaki 41,182]

Today lessons about sticking to the law, eradicate violence, don't gamble. The last course was in October 2021, about 900 NSK members were in the kokugikan

3 lecturers, Soichi Noguchi held a special lecture about becoming an astronaut and the fascination of outer space, the top of the compliance committee about getting rid of the violence in the NSK, someone from the Metropolitan Police about gambling control

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[Akinomaki 41,182]

Today the next regular course for all about 900 NSK members, after an address by Hakkaku, 2 lecturers: one researcher of control of conditioned reflexes from the Shimofusa Psychiatric Medical Center, about control of sudden fury, and the NSK responsible for education and training with "You are all successors of sumo's traditional culture"

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Edited June 7, 2024 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 41,182]

Today was not only the special Miyagino rout out rijikai, but also the regular training course for the NSK members - about the use of SNS and the accompanying danger 

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- the NSK doesn't like the way Futagoyama-beya attracts attention with its YT channel and away from the official NSK channels, they don't allow posting by heya during the basho  http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/column/sumo/news/202505150000220.html

Edited June 2 by Akinomaki

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It's not like the official channel is posting videos of rikishi cooking or doing other daily life stuff. Some of the stuff Futagoyama heya posts do could have been Sumo Prime Time stuff. But over all I watch the official NSK channel for other stuff than the cooking heya channel.

[Akinomaki 41,182]

On 02/06/2025 at 11:57, Akinomaki said:

the regular training course for the NSK members - about the use of SNS and the accompanying danger 

About 900 listened, first the address by Hakkaku, then a riji of the Japan keiji (police) technology association talked about SNS dangers: "One post can ruin your whole life", finally the infamous former YDC member Tokura sumoforum.net/forums/search/?q=Tokura about his favourite subject: the hinkaku of rikishi

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Edited June 3 by Akinomaki

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@Akinomaki This forum, YT comments and a few Discord servers is as close to social media as I get, so "SNS and the accompanying danger" seemed a bit sensationalist.

However, "One post can ruin your whole life" is undeniably sensible advice.

It's a bit of a lightbulb moment for me: this really is the NSK doing 21st century media training. Wonders never cease.

[Akinomaki 41,182]

On 02/06/2025 at 13:38, Morning said:

It's not like the official channel is posting videos of rikishi cooking or doing other daily life stuff. Some of the stuff Futagoyama heya posts do could have been Sumo Prime Time stuff. But over all I watch the official NSK channel for other stuff than the cooking heya channel.

The NSK also has the oyakata channel, recently they visited Futagoyama-beya and others, to post what the heya channels usually post

The Nikkan column about the recent NSK SNS policy is mostly behind the paywall now: the NSK especially dislikes the gluttony contests of  rikishi, shown on YT - that's apparently below the hinkaku of a rikishi. Now that the basho has ended, the ban on posting has been lifted again and the Futagoyama channel resumed doing the same posts

Edited June 3 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 41,182]

7 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

The Nikkan column about the recent NSK SNS policy is mostly behind the paywall now:

A knowledgable oyakata: "We are no talento. Going out in t-shirts or short pants must no happen. The principal occupation of a heya is keiko. Rather getting better in doing YT videos is to give more importance to the insignificant than the essential."

The guidelines for heya SNS usage include: no posting during basho, no live broadcasts, no collaboration between heya, no monetarizing, no use of the membership feature

Nothing that damages the dignity of sumo culture or rikishi. Violation of the rules may result in a ban for the heya to use SNS.

Heya use of SNS should only be for the purpose of finding new recruits. Posting of information is excepted as an exception.

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That's some rich guidelines given that some NSK guys showed up in a recent Futagoyama video to advertise NSK merchandise.

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I once again question who these guidelines are possibly supposed to benefit. Sure, dignity etc etc.. but no monetizing? Surely more correct and beneficial would be to say that all heya pay their YouTube money into a shared fund, rather than to just completely destroy a solid revenue stream.

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37 minutes ago, Yarimotsu said:

I once again question who these guidelines are possibly supposed to benefit. Sure, dignity etc etc.. but no monetizing? Surely more correct and beneficial would be to say that all heya pay their YouTube money into a shared fund, rather than to just completely destroy a solid revenue stream.

NSK clearly wants to preserve the dignity of the sport as they see it. Imagine rikishi as Twitch streamers begging for donations and peddling energy drinks. 

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1 hour ago, Bunbukuchagama said:

NSK clearly wants to preserve the dignity of the sport as they see it. Imagine rikishi as Twitch streamers begging for donations and peddling energy drinks. 

Yeah, think how much the Nishonoseki and Nakamura boys could make livestreaming their drinking parties on Only Fans.

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3 hours ago, Bunbukuchagama said:

NSK clearly wants to preserve the dignity of the sport as they see it. Imagine rikishi as Twitch streamers begging for donations and peddling energy drinks. 

Such nonsense is clearly covered under the other restrictions. A blanket "no monetizing" remains silly.