Assorted youtube ditties

[Kintamayama]

Just before we start, maybe it's a good idea to try to find some interesting stuff on youtube and collect them in one thread..

Asa starting out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QLzdJsXyXk...feature=related

Bald Asa in high school:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqhFDxN6-aQ...feature=related

Asa and Osh on yacht in Hawaii-don't miss!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfKz0tE1DXU...feature=related

Epic Takanohana-Asashouryuu bout:

Short history of Chiyotaikai, including cool high school graduation hairdo..;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AkguFNGtZA...feature=related

And a real pearl-all finals of the All Japan Amateur Championships between 1997-2006-incredible!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWXK28Anr4Y

More soon.

[Raishu]

And a real pearl-all finals of the All Japan Amateur Championships between 1997-2006-incredible!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWXK28Anr4Y

It's even more astonishing to hear the band Hi-Standard as background music. (Singing drunk...)

Surely nothing special apart from the doyho, but one of the greatest bouts of all time, IMO (If I remember correctly, that bout was a tsuna decider):

And for those who haven't seen it yet, the Kyokudozan trademark finisher:

Edited July 13, 2008 by Raishu

[JAB]

Great clips, thanks for sharing!

Jake (Singing drunk...)

[Tikozan]

:-( Thanks for the clips.

I've found another funny one on youtube:

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=EYfII5t2RQ0

[hidenohana]

I'd like to bring to your attention this amazing account (though now that I've done so on this site,we can probably expect the user to be banned in the near future :-( )

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=Bocintosh&p=r

I particularly like Takanohana's bouts. At his peak the man WAS sumo- absolutely mesmerising!

Against Akebono:

Against Musashimaru

Against Kaio:

Against Musoyama

You can use realplayer to download these clips onto your computer.With realplayer, a button usually appear on the top right hand corner of the screen,when your cursor hovers over it, which gives you the option of downloading the clip .

Edited July 14, 2008 by hidenohana

[JAB]

I noticed he started a ways back from the center white lines. Is that allowed?

Thanks for sharing, great clips!

Jake

[Asojima]

I noticed he started a ways back from the center white lines. Is that allowed?

Thanks for sharing, great clips!

Jake

You can start anywhere between the white line and the edge of the dohyo. I once saw Kyukoshuzan start a match with Takamisakari with his heels against the straw bales.

[Hashira]

This was one of the old bouts shown during the naka-iri on NHK today. Mainoumi against Akebono from Kyushu 1991. I found it very interesting as it's from about ten years before I saw my first sumo match. It's certainly a lot more interesting than the majority of bouts we see today.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=UitleEy3EzA

[Takemi]

sumos at Dodger stadium:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mKGTShou8k

[seb]

not sure whether i could also have put in the 'nagoya watching' thread, but while 'searching' (typing in sumo, basho and rikishi's kanji and then sort by date..) for recent sumo matches i found a few amateur recordings of lower rank-bouts:

Day 1:

(Jd128e)Masuda [0-0] - [0-0] Kasachikara(Jd127w) [<- mr. jonokuchi/jonidan]

Day 3:

(Sd52e)Kihonoumi [0-1] - [0-1] Shoo(Sd50w)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CeIInL88p5U

Day 9:

(Jd52e)Anju [1-3] - [1-3] Suzunohana(Jd49w)

can't figure out, but probably also from day 9

and from the same user a video of Kyokushuho grabbing a kid

and letting Kyokutenho drench him with a water hose

some days ago there was also a video on, showing asashoryus attendance at sadogatake and his three straight losses against kotomitsuki before the basho. if i remember it right his knee was limping also back then, but now that i wanted to watch it again and link, it's been removed and this message is to be seen:

'This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)'

Edited July 26, 2008 by seb

[Fay]

not sure whether i could also have put in the 'nagoya watching' thread, but while 'searching' (typing in sumo, basho and rikishi's kanji and then sort by date..) for recent sumo matches i found a few amateur recordings of lower rank-bouts:

oh, oh, little Masuda

Thanks for the Kihonoumi match (Holiday feeling...)

[mokele]

And a real pearl-all finals of the All Japan Amateur Championships between 1997-2006-incredible!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWXK28Anr4Y

It's even more astonishing to hear the band Hi-Standard as background music. (Holiday feeling...)

Surely nothing special apart from the doyho, but one of the greatest bouts of all time, IMO (If I remember correctly, that bout was a tsuna decider):

And for those who haven't seen it yet, the Kyokudozan trademark finisher:

I remember watching Kushimaumi get waylaid by the harite from Kyokudozan. It was a really rare incident for 2 reasons:

(1) Kyokudozan was mainly a yotsu-zumo rikishi relying on great speed and agility and specializing in dashinage techniques, and he almost never used either harite or tsuppari.

(2) Kushimaumi was a huge yotsu-zumo rikishi, around 400 lbs., who specialized in kotenage. Kushimaumi was rather slow though, and lacked agility and variety.

[Takemi]

Wakanosato playing with clay:

[Jakusotsu]

Wakanosato playing with clay:

Is that bowl on ebay? I'll buy! :-D

[hidenohana]

I remember watching Kushimaumi get waylaid by the harite from Kyokudozan. It was a really rare incident for 2 reasons:

(1) Kyokudozan was mainly a yotsu-zumo rikishi relying on great speed and agility and specializing in dashinage techniques, and he almost never used either harite or tsuppari.

(2) Kushimaumi was a huge yotsu-zumo rikishi, around 400 lbs., who specialized in kotenage. Kushimaumi was rather slow though, and lacked agility and variety.

From a previous topic:

http://www.sumoforum.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=15238

Look what I found...

Some uber cool bouts including couple of knock-outs. Onokuni gets knocked out by infamous Itai while small Kyokudozan knocks out Takatoriki partially. Beautiful ipponzeoi is also shown and Tomonohana's masteful izori. Be well and witness.

I would have though Kyokudozan would have done the harite more often just looking at these two bouts...

Edited July 30, 2008 by hidenohana

[That-Satsu-Guy]

Short history of Chiyotaikai, including cool high school graduation hairdo..;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AkguFNGtZA...feature=related

That should be "junior high school graduation." Chiyotaikai never graduated from high school.

He's a dyed in the wool ヤンキー. That's why I love him.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ711FFKQMM

[Kintamayama]

Ditties galore:

Oh, this is great- excellent commentary..very..well.. Can you spot the nice mistakes?? + Cool footage of zabuton throwing from an unfamiliar angle. One thing I learned form this-the yumitorishiki bow is actually one gigantic back-scratcher.

Edited August 2, 2008 by Kintamayama

[Azumashida]

Just discovered this pearl of a thread. Excellent!

And a real pearl-all finals of the All Japan Amateur Championships between 1997-2006-incredible!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWXK28Anr4Y

In order of appearance Tamiya (Kotomitsuki), Kato (Takamisakari), Osanai (not in ozumo), Uchida (Futeno), Miyoshi (Asahimaru), Onishi (Yoshikaze), Kato (not in ozumo), Toganoki (not in ozumo), Yoshida (not in ozumo) and Ichihara. Would love to see the same for the All Japan college championships...

[Odoriou]

Now that the Olympic Games in Beijing have started...

Ozumo presentation during the opening ceremony of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano: :-P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRKZf2dLgRM

Akebono, Terao, Tenno etc. ;-)