Terunofuji Story Creates Awkward Silence

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20 hours ago, Seiyashi said:

(Tachiai's Twitter also recently posted an American TV feature on sumo, which was almost as bad if not worse than this.)

There's a video on Youtube of Konishiki-Kotoinazuma, I believe it even comes up as the top result, which has Dutch Eurosport commentary for some reason, and literally the only thing he talks about before the tachiai is how fat Konishiki is. I just checked and the uploader turned off comments so you can't even scroll down and read an alternate perspective from people who actually know sumo.

Nothing that can be done about that except to just educate people I guess. Tell them not only how fantastic sumo is but that it's absolutely not a weight contest.

[Swami 245]

1 hour ago, dada78641 said:

There's a video on Youtube of Konishiki-Kotoinazuma, I believe it even comes up as the top result, which has Dutch Eurosport commentary for some reason, and literally the only thing he talks about before the tachiai is how fat Konishiki is. I just checked and the uploader turned off comments so you can't even scroll down and read an alternate perspective from people who actually know sumo.

Nothing that can be done about that except to just educate people I guess. Tell them not only how fantastic sumo is but that it's absolutely not a weight contest.

Sumo World ran an excellent feature back in 1988 (Doreen Simmons wrote it) around the time Channel 4 started the UK coverage, and she reviewed some of the local newspapers' comments, which were very stereotypical, and also in relation the London Koen re Konishiki.  Though it has to be said she did also highlight those who made positive comments.

I still miss the Channel 4 coverage, it was unfortunate that it fell away so badly after the London Koen.  The last full series they did was the 1992 Hatsu Basho and on a few episodes they squeezed highlights of two days' bouts into one, and the replacement of Lyall Watson with Brian Blessed.

OK, we didn't have any online coverage in those days, but the UK coverage was good back then and Sumo World was in its heyday.  I miss it greatly, though I still have every issue from January 1980 until January 2002.

 

Swami

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43 minutes ago, Swami said:

OK, we didn't have any online coverage in those days, but the UK coverage was good back then and Sumo World was in its heyday.  I miss it greatly, though I still have every issue from January 1980 until January 2002.

Damn, that's a lot of old magazines. You should consider sending them to the Internet Archive so they can digitize them, so I can read them online

[Swami 245]

16 minutes ago, dada78641 said:

Damn, that's a lot of old magazines. You should consider sending them to the Internet Archive so they can digitize them, so I can read them online

I think there is a website with all the covers, I'll see if I can find the link.

Your suggestion would be a good idea, but it would probably be a mammoth effort to post them - they would make a sizeable parcel.

Swami