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Ura!
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Shiroc posted:He's not hurt just old as hell, right? Khizan posted:He’s 38, yeah.
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# ? May 18, 2022 18:57 |
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Shiroc posted:He's not hurt just old as hell, right? He is old as hell, but this is also sumo so I assume he's also always hurt after 15 years of wear and tear.
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# ? May 18, 2022 20:04 |
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Man all of my guys look like poo poo and I am on the cusp of falling way down the list. This tournament in general has been some spectacularly bad sumo :/
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# ? May 19, 2022 00:37 |
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Upper ranked sumo is an intense sport with intelligent, skilled athletes. Lower ranked sumo, is, well: https://clips.twitch.tv/CreativeBillowingTruffleTBTacoRight-OU8TGPRibXeHVvpP
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# ? May 19, 2022 01:41 |
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Log082 posted:Upper ranked sumo is an intense sport with intelligent, skilled athletes. i thought kenho (on right if you can't read hirgana) was akiseyama for a sec. those dudes are both 33 btw which shocked me. kenho's listed at 204 kg and urutora at 60
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# ? May 19, 2022 03:37 |
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I, uh.. I think my entire team laid an egg today. Not good, guys. Do better :|
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# ? May 19, 2022 04:04 |
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Log082 posted:Upper ranked sumo is an intense sport with intelligent, skilled athletes. I always find it so weird that dudes like this have been doing sumo for a decade+ and never thought hmm.... maybe I would have more success if I actually worked out.
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# ? May 19, 2022 04:11 |
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Firebatgyro posted:I always find it so weird that dudes like this have been doing sumo for a decade+ and never thought hmm.... maybe I would have more success if I actually worked out. He's from Shikihide stable -- they will take on anyone who wants to live the sumo lifestyle, regardless of ability. (e.g. Hattorizakura)
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# ? May 19, 2022 05:56 |
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The guy on the right looks like he's solely in it for the chonko nabe. Its been interesting learning how so many of the top ranked guys aren't sumo-caricature fat vs heavy and ultra muscular. Like Hakuho wasn't bodybuilder jacked but he was clearly strong as hell. Tochinoshin was pretty ripped looking when he was on his Ozeki run for reasons that I'm going to pretend were solely from quality weight training. Takakeisho's decline started alongside getting too big. Hopefully the new wave of stables like Nishonoseki can help rikishi find the balance between size and performance.
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# ? May 19, 2022 06:25 |
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For those who don't watch the mid-card, a late Makushita match today (Osanai v Hikarifuji) was quite something. e: Someone clipped it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlWy4OCK7X0 Archenteron fucked around with this message at 13:01 on May 19, 2022 |
# ? May 19, 2022 06:44 |
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I want to see someone bring back the Kotoshogiku hip pumping belly attack
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# ? May 19, 2022 08:24 |
Another basho with a lot of dudes hovering around the .500 mark. I this is an insane field for the yusho. Day 11 standings: Makuuchi code:
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# ? May 19, 2022 08:37 |
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the shimpans fixing it for shodai at every turn
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# ? May 19, 2022 09:43 |
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YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SHODAI, BUT IT WAS ME TAKAKEISHO ALL ALONG
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# ? May 19, 2022 09:53 |
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He is everything that is good and right in the world.
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# ? May 19, 2022 11:07 |
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Ura vs Takakeisho lol Takayasu vs Takarafuji might legit be one of the worst matches this basho bessantj posted:He is everything that is good and right in the world.
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# ? May 19, 2022 11:20 |
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Tobizaru robbed. This is such a fix.
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# ? May 19, 2022 12:23 |
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some kinda jackal posted:Tobizaru robbed. was the argument just that the tops of Tobizaru's toes touched the dohyo around the same time shodai hit the clay? 'cause that's hilarious if so
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# ? May 19, 2022 12:37 |
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Archenteron posted:For those who don't watch the mid-card, a late Makushita match today (Osanai v Hikarifuji) was quite something. Also what had Shodai done to deserve such loyalty!
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# ? May 19, 2022 13:31 |
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whats for dinner posted:was the argument just that the tops of Tobizaru's toes touched the dohyo around the same time shodai hit the clay? 'cause that's hilarious if so I thought it was a blatant robbery on first watch, but yeah, this has to be the case. And it's a completely legitimate argument. They actually got that one right.
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# ? May 19, 2022 13:38 |
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Shiroc posted:The guy on the right looks like he's solely in it for the chonko nabe. there was an '80s yokuzuna named chiyonofuji who was jacked. only learned about him in a prior incarnation of this threat but one of the greatest in history too, his 31 yusho are third most all time behind only hakuho and taiho.
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# ? May 19, 2022 13:40 |
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Steroids really are incredible.
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# ? May 19, 2022 15:09 |
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Thauros posted:there was an '80s yokuzuna named chiyonofuji who was jacked. only learned about him in a prior incarnation of this threat but one of the greatest in history too, his 31 yusho are third most all time behind only hakuho and taiho. He looks like the inspiration for E.Honda with how jacked he is.
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# ? May 19, 2022 15:28 |
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I think I missed Tochinoshin in his prime, but his upper body / shoulders still look pretty awesome even today. I like Tochinoshin
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# ? May 19, 2022 15:34 |
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Toci has one good knee and will still pick a 350lb dude up and politely set him outside the dohyo. Super happy both Tochi and Big Dan got their KKs today. Takayasu is still stinking up my team but my boy Tochi is gonna go back up the ranks again.
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# ? May 19, 2022 15:42 |
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Tochinoshin is the best current foreigner
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# ? May 19, 2022 17:01 |
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Kuros posted:He looks like the inspiration for E.Honda with how jacked he is. like most american children i had basically 0 knowledge of sumo when i first played the game so something that just hit me now is that i wonder why a rikishi character in a japanese developed game ended up with the name “edmond honda” instead of a shikona styled one? edit: i bet the rules of sumo is at least part of the reason why ring outs are a common method of victory in other fighting games now that i think about it
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# ? May 19, 2022 18:09 |
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i am generally against steroids in combat sports since the cheating allows you to perform super human damage to your opponent. things aren't as clear cut in sumo as the most damage riskishi receive is when someone does a mortal combat stage fatality on them which is almost unavoidable with that stupid elevated dohyo. additionally, the injuries and the ridiculous schedule make ped's almost a necessity. i wish i understood the japanese culture better because it's always seemed weird to me that rikishi can't use twitter and can't wear western style clothes but they absolutely can put a needle full of superman juice into their asses. it was the same in pride where it was in the loving contracts that the athletes will not be tested for ped's. can anyone shed some light on this?
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# ? May 19, 2022 19:13 |
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Marching Powder posted:i am generally against steroids in combat sports since the cheating allows you to perform super human damage to your opponent. things aren't as clear cut in sumo as the most damage riskishi receive is when someone does a mortal combat stage fatality on them which is almost unavoidable with that stupid elevated dohyo. additionally, the injuries and the ridiculous schedule make ped's almost a necessity. I don't think it's 100% accepted, because Kotooshu's stablemaster got reprimanded for giving him insulin in an attempt to increase Kotooshu's appetite so he would gain weight.
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# ? May 19, 2022 19:22 |
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Kotooshu had the ozeki career that Shodai would dream of. 8 year long wall of 8 and 9 wins with kadobans and the rare 10s.
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# ? May 19, 2022 19:27 |
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Vargatron posted:I don't think it's 100% accepted, because Kotooshu's stablemaster got reprimanded for giving him insulin in an attempt to increase Kotooshu's appetite so he would gain weight. see this poo poo is wild to me. a reprimand for facilitating the acquisition and use of off-label pharmaceuticals to someone you hold direct power over seems insanely light to me.
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# ? May 19, 2022 19:29 |
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AFAIK rikishi used to have their own social medias but it was banned because of some poo poo Abi pulled.
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# ? May 19, 2022 19:59 |
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I assume Abi got the entire sumo association put in horny jail
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# ? May 19, 2022 20:15 |
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https://twitter.com/KaraOnza/status/1519003867702198273?s=20&t=VNEhzWQqJNWG1RpBUh7hPQ i can't speak to how prevalent or acceptable steroids are in sumo but i can say as a fan of japanese pro wrestling they're certainly very commonplace there tho usage usually isn't overtly stated. there's a gym that's sponsored many wrestlers that is known for that, there's a wrestler that named a move of his superdrol, etc.... Thauros fucked around with this message at 20:29 on May 19, 2022 |
# ? May 19, 2022 20:25 |
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Pride mma used to have in the loving contracts that they don't test for ped's. It seems to be this huge blind spot and it's fascinating.
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# ? May 19, 2022 21:58 |
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Firebatgyro posted:I always find it so weird that dudes like this have been doing sumo for a decade+ and never thought hmm.... maybe I would have more success if I actually worked out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfS0iin-Hvk&t=37s
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# ? May 19, 2022 22:51 |
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Thauros posted:https://twitter.com/KaraOnza/status/1519003867702198273?s=20&t=VNEhzWQqJNWG1RpBUh7hPQ Reading this it is hard to tell if it was a joke, hazing, or a little light bondage play between boys.
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# ? May 20, 2022 00:59 |
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Epic bro prank, i think. https://twitter.com/SumoFollower/status/1192494838928809986
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# ? May 20, 2022 01:45 |
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 11:08 |
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so just some dumb frat boy poo poo duct taping each other
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