Sumo Eternal Sumo thread - Currently September 2025 Tournament in Tokyo

[Fox by the Sea]

This is what I get for not checking back sooner

I think the link is valid for all days of the tournament.

 

[Fox by the Sea]

Watched the highlights yeah they are just going like 60%

I don't necessarily blame them, who wants to get injured and have to pull out next month?

yup. this is just a month before the November basho, and that's the important one.
people that aren't into the sport probably don't know the difference.

 

[Fox by the Sea]

close enough, BBC

 

[Rob Battisti]

The matches are so funny.

Gonoyama v Onosato today looked like two dudes just bumping bellies

 

[Fox by the Sea]

The matches are so funny.

Gonoyama v Onosato today looked like two dudes just bumping bellies

haha yeah.
i love it when i see someone just lift the other guy high in the air.
haven't seen one of those for real in a long time.

 

[JacJeanFinger]

They are in jungyo mode to make sure the beauty of sumo gets efficiently and safely demonstrated. British audience seems naive or mature enough to accept what it is but some show skepticism as if Royal Albert Hall was ridiculed by sweaty mongoloid men with exposed butt cheek.

 

[Fox by the Sea]

They are in jungyo mode to make sure the beauty of sumo gets efficiently and safely demonstrated. British audience seems naive or mature enough to accept what it is but some show skepticism as if Royal Albert Hall was ridiculed by sweaty mongoloid men with exposed butt cheek.

I think most, from what i've read understand it's not 100% and prefer to see it for what it is, a very well done presentation of a beautiful, old sport, with rules and traditions quite different from one sees in "western" sporting events. almost without exception, what i read online is reviews from people that had a great time and loved the exhibition. there are some purists grumbling but that's unavoidable and, thankfully, not indicative of the majority. personally i wish i was there to see it live.

 

[Rob Battisti]

I think most, from what i've read understand it's not 100% and prefer to see it for what it is, a very well done presentation of a beautiful, old sport, with rules and traditions quite different from one sees in "western" sporting events. almost without exception, what i read online is reviews from people that had a great time and loved the exhibition. there are some purists grumbling but that's unavoidable and, thankfully, not indicative of the majority. personally i wish i was there to see it live.

Lmao legit lols today.

Ura basically pulling WWE moves.

Hoshoryu essentially getting Kinbozan to jump in the air for a toss.

 

[Fox by the Sea]

Lmao legit lols today.

Ura basically pulling WWE moves.

Hoshoryu essentially getting Kinbozan to jump in the air for a toss.

it looks like it's going towards a clash of the two yokozuna in the final day.
maybe they'll have that match as a 100% legit one.

 

[JacJeanFinger]

it looks like it's going towards a clash of the two yokozuna in the final day.
maybe they'll have that match as a 100% legit one.

I just saw Hoshoryu hand feeding Onosato half of a junk-looking hotdog he was eating. I guess this is a vacation trip for them. But like you said, it would be thrilling to watch them switching jungyo and regular basho modes only in the finals.