Hallo

[Deda]

Hallo! :-)

I am new here to the forum! I'm Deda (Actually Andrea from Italy.. and I'm sorry guys, Andrea is a male name in Italy B-) ).

Well, nice to meet you!

I got into Sumo by chance.. back at the time I seen a tv report about a basho in italian Eurosport channel.. "Wow! The fat japanese guys pushing each other!!!"

I istantly discovered that there was more, a lot more than that and I istantly became a fan. It was the time of the late Musashimaru.

Sadly shortly after I discovered Sumo Eurosport Italy stopped transmitting the bashos and I've been forced to stop following it but for written accounts (on Pippooshu blog, I think he's here too, thanks once more!) because I had no fast internet connection (Italy..).

Then came fast internet, the live streaming, the YouTube channels and my interest exploded! :) :)

I hope I'll be able to contribute in some way to the forum, although I think I will be far more asking for news rather than giving them.. I'll try my best nonetheless! :)

Well.. see you around! :)

[Ganzohnesushi]

Buongiorno and Welcome on board. Don't worry about asking, many folks around here are willing to share their knowledge.

Ganzohnesushi

[krindel]

Welcome, Deda! Nice to have you on board...

[Deda]

Thank you! :)

[Swami]

Hearty salutations from the Swami!

Swami

[yorikiried by fate]

Hi also! I see that we have a similar sumo socialization.

My suggestion for a newbie first question would be:

If Taiho would have been a Sekiwake in the early 90s, do you think he would have kicked everyone's ass under the condition that the dohyo would have been covered with pebbles and double the regular size?

Or some such.

Then again, maybe not.

Welcome anyway!

[reznor]

Hi! I am new to this community! It's also really nice to meet you!