Jiko-shokai!

[Kasutera]

Hi all,

Just realized I made a post without introducing myself first. Hi! I'm about a year into training in amateur sumo in the Los Angeles area. I participated in the U.S. Sumo Open last September (which was where new Canadian recruit Brody Henderson won the openweight championship) and am planning on competing in the U.S. national tournament in Parkville, MO this June. I definitely enjoy being able to be more than just a spectator to the sumo world, as it's given me a chance to train with guys like Byambajav Ulambayar (former Daishochi) and also former maegashira Yamamotoyama.

Here was a piece on our club that got features on the syndicated show "American Latino:" (I'm Angel and I'm latino)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO0nbYsBL1k

Looking forward to contributing to discussions where I can!

[Kasutera]

Oh, also, I majored in Japanese in university, so I hope to help answer any language questions where needed!

[torquato]

Welcome on board!

Don't know how much you're already acquainted with the forum yet. Many of the regular users here found their as to say special field of interest, where they 'work' on and share there insights, especially during tournaments.

Someone is compiling a video digest of the daily makuuchi bouts, someone discusses chances of rikishi getting promoted or demoted, someone does a statistical overview over the kimarite used, someone compiles career income data, somone reposting and bundling pictures from the kyokai and so on and so forth...

There also used to be someone who was compiling and translating quotes from rikishi during tournament. Time constraints however forced him to stop going on.

Kintamayama recently steped in sporadically, but if I remember corectly he asked for help if someone else couldn't do that. For someone with your language skills... ;-)

[Pica-Pica]

Greetings and welcome!