AmaSumo Roll Call

[yamaneko]

I see all the time that the amasumo forums has a lot of viewers, but not a lot of posters. AKA a lot of "lurkers" This thread is FOR YOU!!!! Please come out and introduce yourself if you participate in amasumo! Give us this info if you will...

1. What country you currently reside in/do sumo in.

2. What country sumo federation you belong to.

3. Name of your sumo club.

4. Ever participated in world championships or national level tournament?

5. Any events you plan on participating in this year?

Ill start:

1. USA

2. United States Sumo Federation (no, this isnt a no brainer...guys like nishinoshima and petr will have different answers to #1, and #2....)

3. Unaffiliated club currently, soon to start my own.

4. Ive done 2006 US Open (8th place middlweight), and 2006 US Nationals (6th place middleweight, 4th place openweight). Never have, probably never will qualify for worlds.

5. I plan on doing all the California tournaments including garden grove, claremont, us nationals, us open, and perhaps one out of state (new mexico or georgia), and one out of country (brazil? new zealand?) tournament

[Jakusotsu]

ok, lurker takes the bait:

1. Germany

2. none

3. none

4. no

5. no

[Isolinalacorvina]

Hello!

1. I do sumo in Argentina.

2. Federaci

[yamaneko]

80 views, and only a few posts so far! Come on guys! Come out of the woodwork! I was surprised when i started a similar thread about people who follow sumo in georgia, the amount of people who posted, when i thought MAYBE there was ONE person from georgia here.

Lets at least get the "usual suspects" to chime in! Petr, nishi, sashinishiki, etc.

[Petr]

1. Japan

2. Czech, Japanese

3. Todai

4. Yes

5. Don't know

[Sasanishiki]

1. New Zealand

2. Sumo New Zealand, Oceania Sumo Union

3. N/A

4. Yes, the last three worlds as a team official

5. Oceania Sumo Championships (April 13-15)

[Guest sumohoopster]

1.USA

2.former member of USSF

3.unofficial member of GSA

4. No worlds or nationals (long story) did compete in 1st GA open (2nd in juniors, 3rd in lightweight)

5.none (another long story) but hope too in future

If you figure out who this is (like actually finding out my name) please do me a favor and do not post it...privacy situations plz...

Edited February 21, 2007 by sumohoopster

[yamaneko]

Dang, things have people paranoid on here about privacy. No worries. Love the shikona. Very nice. You should try to come out for the US Sumo Open! Tell Packey to bring you if hes going.

[Johnofuji]

Yamaneko -since you can't train I might as well take the time to answer your questions.Hope this information is not some sort of intelligence gathering :-) for the NHK foot soldiers.No long stories but if you work what my first name is and post it I am going to have to put a jihad (I am not worthy...) on you too.

1. Australia (astraya where we speak strine)

2. Australian Sumo Federation,Oceania Sumo Federation

3. Ozsumo

4. 1997(open),2001(heavy),2005(lightweight),2006(lightweight (Mono-ii...) ) World Championships (3 wins,5 losses)

most Oceania Championships since first one in 1996(1st and a few 2nds and 3rds),

Every Australian Championships -when we can be bothered (1st a few times (First prize...) ).

World Games Germany 2005 (the "olympics" for the dud sports 8th in middleweight -don't mention it was out of 8).

NZ open a few times (2nd in 2006 :-P and a few 2nds and 3rds in the past).

5. :-O NZ open and Australian Championships -if we have one and hopefully the Worlds and a few country jungyo's

[yamaneko]

No long stories but if you work what my first name is and post it I am going to have to put a jihad on you too.

ROFL!!

Wait a minute...am i reading this correctly? In 2001 you were heavyweight? but then you went to lightweight, and in the middle you were middleweight?

Edited February 22, 2007 by yamaneko

[Sasanishiki]

Wait a minute...am i reading this correctly? In 2001 you were heavyweight? but then you went to lightweight, and in the middle you were middleweight?

Yeah, read about it here

Sorry about realeasing your identity Johnofuji, but everyone knows who you are anyway!!

[Guest sumohoopster]

It's not that I'm paranoid, it's just that I love sumo but my folks aren't proud of it...they don't want anything to do with it nor want me to do anything with it as far as competing...

[yamaneko]

Are you still a minor? If so, you could qualify to go to the world junior championships. Actually if you would have went last year, you would have automatically qualified if we sent a team since there was no junior lightweights. You should go this year. Tell your parents youll be an international superstar. :)

[Guest sumohoopster]

That's my point, I can't compete while I'm living with them...other wise i would have come to the 2nd GA open and went to the US Nationals and possibly the World Junior Championship

[yamaneko]

Did you go to the GA Open last year? I was there...

[Guest sumohoopster]

No I wasn't able to go...i wish i could have but no i couldn't

[CH-rikishi]

Not a lurker, just a new member.

Here goes:

1. Switzerland

2. Soci

[kenzo]

Not a lurker, just a new member.

Here goes:

1. Switzerland

2. Soci

[Johnofuji]

CH Rikishi

Does the CH stand for CHocolate? or CHocoholic?

That would mean that you are the one that took 65kgs of Swiss Chocolate (MMMMM thanks for sharing) to the Worlds in 2005 and the one who translated Sumo 101 into French for the poor bugger from Cameroon when we gave him a latenight hallway briefing on the finer points of tachi ai.We had to take pity on him as he took three days to get there and lost his other team mates on the way.They had also never put on a mawashi as they had to train in cut off jeans.

Anyway welcome and good luck in your tournaments and hope to see you in November.

PS Do the swiss competitors get to eat the cows they win after a schwingen (swiss sumo) tournament or do they just milk them?

[CH-rikishi]

CH Rikishi

Does the CH stand for CHocolate? or CHocoholic?

That would mean that you are the one that took 65kgs of Swiss Chocolate (MMMMM thanks for sharing) to the Worlds in 2005 and the one who translated Sumo 101 into French for the poor bugger from Cameroon when we gave him a latenight hallway briefing on the finer points of tachi ai.We had to take pity on him as he took three days to get there and lost his other team mates on the way.They had also never put on a mawashi as they had to train in cut off jeans.

Anyway welcome and good luck in your tournaments and hope to see you in November.

PS Do the swiss competitors get to eat the cows they win after a schwingen (swiss sumo) tournament or do they just milk them?

Hi Johnofuji,

Yes, I'm the guy who seduced all the ladies in the staff room at Sakai with my constant supply of Extreeeeeeemly Good Swiss Chocolate. (Laughing...) and did midnight Sumo 101 for our african friend. Apparently he'll be in Lausanne this autumn (it's not so far for him, so maybe he'll get here a bit earlier this time.)

Here we're starting to get the competition ready. I'm personally responsable for sound, light and first aid... plus giving a hand for decoration and translation.

Glad to hear you will be coming. Do you know if you will be a big group from down under? got any ladies and/or juniors coming?

Just one last point: the cows that you normally win in schwingen are BULLS! It has been known for the winner to keep it, (if he has a cattle farm for exemple) but usually they sell them back to the sponsor and put the cash in their nice little numbered swiss bank account...

CH-rikishi