[Titan416]

Is a Yokozuna like the OG.

[Jay Pan ROKK]

Originally Posted by GoForkYourself

yeah, national geographic did an "inside sumo" (i think) documentary show on sumo in both the us and in japan. they followed around asashoryu and talked about the first time he would be fighting hakuho after hakuho had become a yokozuna. it was pretty interesting in that it showed how weird the life of a yokozuna is.

for the us part of the documentary though they followed around guys who were getting ready for a us sumo tournament. they were training with random people or with small groups of people who also liked sumo, but it was obviously nothing like japan.

getting involved in learning sumo in the us is clearly very difficult.

I believe this show ( or at least part of it) is on the net.

[Jay Pan ROKK]

Ha, where is my post ?

[amhlilhaus]

I saw the nat geo documentary on sumo. the guys in the us wouldn't even make the juryo division in japan, which is the aaa version, let alone be able to do the top division, but I give them credit for doing something hard like sumo must be.

[Rasha]

Originally Posted by amhlilhaus

an interesting fact about mainoumi. the sumo association has a minimum height requirement, and mainoumi was too short, so he took a board and smashed his head with it so that with the swelling he was tall enough to become a rikishi, or sumo wrestler.

talk about commitment.

the story I heard was slightly different. They said he had a silicone implant on top of his haed that made him taller. Now that is some serious shit...

[JMyersDTN]

Either way, that's crazy......

[Lapu-Lapu]

I found "Inside Sumo" online. Great doc, I wish there was more Sumo documentaries. That documentary and hearing that Lyoto apparently studied it really has been peaking my interest in the sport.

[GoForkYourself]

Originally Posted by amhlilhaus

I saw the nat geo documentary on sumo. the guys in the us wouldn't even make the juryo division in japan, which is the aaa version, let alone be able to do the top division, but I give them credit for doing something hard like sumo must be.

true nuff, it's too bad those guys don't have the opportunity to train as much as they would like to.

Originally Posted by Lapu-Lapu

I found "Inside Sumo" online. Great doc, I wish there was more Sumo documentaries. That documentary and hearing that Lyoto apparently studied it really has been peaking my interest in the sport.

same here, there aren't enough sumo documentaries.

there's a short but fairly interesting one that is for the most part about kids training sumo:



or this one about training:



and there are a lot of clips on youtube of people training in heya/stables. i wish i could find a documentary that talked more about the history of the sport though.

[Spawned_Fighter]

Originally Posted by GoForkYourself

yeah, national geographic did an "inside sumo" (i think) documentary show on sumo in both the us and in japan. they followed around asashoryu and talked about the first time he would be fighting hakuho after hakuho had become a yokozuna. it was pretty interesting in that it showed how weird the life of a yokozuna is.

for the us part of the documentary though they followed around guys who were getting ready for a us sumo tournament. they were training with random people or with small groups of people who also liked sumo, but it was obviously nothing like japan.

getting involved in learning sumo in the us is clearly very difficult.

i saw that a few weeks ago. it was really good. drinking turtle blood
O_O

sumo is great, i watch it when its on or when theres a thread about it

[amhlilhaus]

Originally Posted by Rasha

the story I heard was slightly different. They said he had a silicone implant on top of his haed that made him taller. Now that is some serious shit...

I heard both stories, I like the board story better, the silicon implant story is less hardcore imo.