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Kenning posted:Sorry for the delay on results, my sister was visiting and I had to attend to family business. Very fun basho, super proud of Mitakeumi for finally making it. The Tokushoryu run is real!
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Another thanks to Kenning! Great Basho, but having a reason to cheer for certain rikishi always helps - finally had cause for cheering on Tamawashi and the Ironman did me proud!
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i'll never forget the tokushoryu basho as long as i live. it was my first and him beating keisho and bursting into tears gets me every time. thanks kenning for all your work. i imposed my sumo and had a really good score while still having the living meme forced into my stable.
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Jan 27, 2022 03:14
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thanks for running it again, kenning i want everyone to know i'm not mad about coming in dead last -- i feel just fine about it, and i haven't been screaming into any pillows
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Jan 27, 2022 03:23
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Thanks for all of the effort in making fantasy sumo a blast, Kenning! 
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Jan 27, 2022 09:58
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i'm disappointed takekuma is written as 武隈 with two kanji i don't know instead of 竹熊 (bamboo bear which sounds like it should be some archaic word for panda)
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Jan 27, 2022 14:53
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Thauros posted:bamboo bear mods can i get a name change please
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Jan 27, 2022 15:03
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Apparently Google knows I read this thread and popped this in my newsfeed if anyone wants any sumo themed junk https://soranews24.com/2022/01/26/sumo-salt-shaker-steals-the-show-in-new-range-of-japanese-wrestler-goods/
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pseudodragon posted:Apparently Google knows I read this thread and popped this in my newsfeed if anyone wants any sumo themed junk That salt shaker is fantastic. Should be a Terutsuyoshi version where the arm falls off and dumps the entire contents on your plate.
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Jan 27, 2022 17:47
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Speaking of salt, is their anything interesting in the preparation of the salt or what salt is or isn't approved? I know in some cultures like the ancient Egyptians sea salt would be considered ritually impure for example. But in Shinto I'm suspecting it should be sea salt since ritual purification is associated with Izanagi bathing in the sea? Also here is Terunofugi lifting weights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaTjkX_vHbY
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Jan 27, 2022 18:13
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leg press with his hands on his knees terunofuji retire BITCH
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Jan 27, 2022 19:15
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Thank you Kenning! Great basho all around aside from my humbling fantasy sumo performance. I will train harder and not trade away clearly concussed rikishi next time around because sumo.
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Sub Rosa posted:Also here is Terunofugi lifting weights "Incredible Sumo Powerlifting Compilation" -Video of man doing 2 plate shrugs
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Jan 27, 2022 20:16
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That video's from over a year ago so clearly something ended up working out alright.
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Jan 27, 2022 21:47
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I mean parts of that are definitely big weight, like the 1320lb leg press, 441lb bench, and 660lb deadlift, but all 3 of those have something funny about them (the hands on knees, the extremely aggressive spotting/helping, and the fact that the "deadlift" is actually a rack pull, respectively), and the rest of it (shrugs, shoulder press, rows) is impossible to see if it's impressive or not. Teru is strong as poo poo no doubt, but also I think the weightlifting threads would lol at this video Scythe fucked around with this message at 22:15 on Jan 27, 2022 |
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Jan 27, 2022 22:10
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You gotta realize that this is in comparison to training methods that traditionally involve, among other things, just running in to a wooden pole wrapped in rope over and over.
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Yeah that's fair, in that it's a sumo fan (and not necessarily a weight training person) who made the video. It's not like Teru himself was like "check out these lifts bro!!"
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Jan 27, 2022 22:16
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Really shows how tight things in Makushita can be. 4-3 from Ms3 is enough to get you promotion but not from Ms4.
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Thanks for running fantasy sumo again, Kenning! I didn't do too well this time but better than I actually expected... it was an entertaining tournament in any case!
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Kenning posted:Huge congratulations to Tiny Bug Child for a commanding win with our highest score ever. A score of 70+ is basically a zensho-yusho, and this is the first time we've seen an 80. They caught the yusho, jun-yusho, and also the hat trick of sansho with Mitakeumi, Abi, and Kotonowaka, plus two other winning rikishi. What a stable. Woo! Thank you for the congrats and as always for running the fantasy basho. I got pretty lucky in the draft and the Teru/Abi combo has been carrying my stable for a couple basho now. Not sure whether I'll go for Abi next time when he's finally not such a value pick compared to his rank, but dang has his sumo improved. Goeido's retirement ceremony is being streamed right now, and a bunch of old guys in suits are taking turns taking very tiny clips out of his topknot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itefmc3xjAo
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If I were a rikishi who got up to the higher levels, I would sooner die of old age in the heya than have a procession of people cutting two strands of my hair off for hours.
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Tiny Bug Child posted:Not sure whether I'll go for Abi next time when he's finally not such a value pick compared to his rank, but dang has his sumo improved. I don't think he'll have such crazy value for his rank anymore, but I think he's still gonna be a pretty good money pick. I feel like there's a chance the S/K bracket ends up being something like Abi and Wakatakakage at sekiwake and Takanosho/(Hoshoryu|Ura|Onosho) at komusubi, and of those options I think I'd lean Abi.
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Yeah, I hadn't thought too much about what his competition would be. He may still be the best pick in his bracket but the last two basho he was the BEST pick in his bracket I have been watching old guys cut Goeido's hair for a half hour and there is absolutely no visible change
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Yo gently caress yeah.
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Tiny Bug Child posted:Woo! Thank you for the congrats and as always for running the fantasy basho. I got pretty lucky in the draft and the Teru/Abi combo has been carrying my stable for a couple basho now. Not sure whether I'll go for Abi next time when he's finally not such a value pick compared to his rank, but dang has his sumo improved. Aww man the video is private now, is there an archive somewhere?
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Holy crap, that's Torata Nanbu of the Tokyo Shock Boys. I think they're known for comedy songs in Japan, but they had a brief moment in Australia in the '90's for gross stunts before Jackass was a thing. I've seen that man drag someone on an office chair tied to his balls. Also, that is a bald haircut, not natural balding. That's fantastic, you never know who's into sumo.
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Khizan posted:I don't think he'll have such crazy value for his rank anymore, but I think he's still gonna be a pretty good money pick. I feel like there's a chance the S/K bracket ends up being something like Abi and Wakatakakage at sekiwake and Takanosho/(Hoshoryu|Ura|Onosho) at komusubi, and of those options I think I'd lean Abi. TBH, s/k and m1-5 have felt pretty meaningless the past several basho in terms of distinction for your fantasy picks because the y/o ranks are so thinned out right now. In 2021, with Takakeisho out almost every other basho and Hakuho completing just one, M5s ended up frequently facing the available yokozuna and ozeki anyway, so you had to assume your picks in both tiers would end up taking a couple of losses to the y/o ranks. Assuming Teru and all three ozeki participate in March, we could actually see a basho where some people in m1-5 avoid the meat grinder and that becomes a factor in picks again.
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that's sorta the purpose of that tier and what makes it so tough. those ranks are often termed the 'joi-jin' of makuuchi, rikishi who are ranked high enough to face the yokuzuna/ozeki in a tounament
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Post-grooming: https://twitter.com/mionoumi/status/1487330544702885891
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Having a go at guessing the banzuke today and good golly this is tough. Lot of KK guys clustered after M7, have a new found respect for the old sumo guys who do this for real.
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Brut posted:Aww man the video is private now, is there an archive somewhere? Not the full vid, but Chris Sumo went and shot his own footage. https://youtu.be/tVjEALgcs40
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https://twitter.com/runco0212/status/1487363554596761602?s=21
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Chris Sumo made it to Goeido's retirement ceremony. I hadn't seen the whole pomp and circumstance involved, to this was a pretty interesting video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVjEALgcs40
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If anyone's looking for a tegata, John Gunning is selling a bunch: https://twitter.com/InsideSportJP/status/1486267518574821377?s=20&t=9Urx_LJhHK6-X580ge-Azw
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Thanks for the heads up. Fingers crossed for a Shohozan. Also, Youtube recommended this video that provides some history / a look into Hakuho and his career. It has some really great insight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBlB7idq3W0
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Hakuho's weird tachiai against Shodai? Out of necessity, because his knee was too hosed to fight him straight up. This entire documentary is a must-watch, especially for the extremely revealing insight Hakuho shared on what he considers yokozuna sumo.
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Elissimpark posted:If anyone's looking for a tegata, John Gunning is selling a bunch: Have people here bought stuff from him before? Trying to decide if I wanted to spend $400 to get Chiyomaru and Tokushoryu.
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