Sumo

[Gollumpus]

The January tournament is underway.

 

There is a TWITCH streamer showing today's matches (Monday night here, Tuesday there), which may be seen here (2330ish our time):

https://www.twitch.tv/crazy_japanese I don't know if she will be showing further days.

 

You can get caught up by watching previous day's matches from sites such as this:

 

                                                           regards,  G.

 

[Gollumpus]

A useful site describing the various techniques used  by the wrestlers: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/sumo/techniques/

 

                                          regards,  G.

[Nuxfanabroad]

The Spring Basho(every March) in Osaka is a hoot.

 

First time we attended, the Missus took me to a nearby noodle restaurant beforehand, that the wrestlers often frequent. It's cool to see them milling about, amongst the public - although most folks certainly give them a wide berth!

 

There was an amazing gaijin expert/TV analyst on sumo, a Ms Doreen Simmons. She'd come to Japan about 5 decades back, & fell in love with the sport. She got to know many stable managers & wrestlers, & offered keen insight. She wrote mag articles & provided commentary on NHK. It was sad when she passed on a few yrs back.

[Gollumpus]

Apologies for the late post: the May Basho has been going on for the last several days. This guy is pretty good, and it is in English.

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/c/Kintamayamasumo/videos

 

      regards,  G.

[Gollumpus]

Day 14:  https://www.twitch.tv/midnightsumo

 

                                    regards,  G.

[Bounce000]

There’s only one Sumo Wrestler I’d follow