Comments on: Why Is Sumo Wrestling Such a Big Deal? http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26458 Feel Smart Again Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:37:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Bwee http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26458/comment-page-1#comment-150609 Bwee Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:22:40 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=26458#comment-150609 The sumo arena is known as a dohyou/dohyo, not a dohyu. The sumo arena is known as a dohyou/dohyo, not a dohyu.

]]> By: Di http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26458/comment-page-1#comment-150483 Di Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:36:42 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=26458#comment-150483 I lived in Hawaii for a few years and sumo was very popular. That was partly because a local boy named Chad Rowen became sumo elite as Akebono. When he retired local TV coved his retirement which includes cutting off their top-knot of hair. I lived in Hawaii for a few years and sumo was very popular. That was partly because a local boy named Chad Rowen became sumo elite as Akebono. When he retired local TV coved his retirement which includes cutting off their top-knot of hair.

]]> By: Rich K http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26458/comment-page-1#comment-150480 Rich K Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:24:58 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=26458#comment-150480 The tournaments last 15 days, with each wrestler competing once a day, and this format not only makes the tournaments peak in interest but also makes it easier to pick out favorites as the thing goes on. I love it and miss it a lot here in the US. The TVs in the subways attract big crowds when sumo is on, and it seemed to me when I lived in Japan that the biggest fans were ladies, My mother-in-law is really a big sumo fan. The tournaments last 15 days, with each wrestler competing once a day, and this format not only makes the tournaments peak in interest but also makes it easier to pick out favorites as the thing goes on. I love it and miss it a lot here in the US. The TVs in the subways attract big crowds when sumo is on, and it seemed to me when I lived in Japan that the biggest fans were ladies, My mother-in-law is really a big sumo fan.

]]> By: Southern Buddhist http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26458/comment-page-1#comment-150460 Southern Buddhist Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:37:18 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=26458#comment-150460 I love it, too. ESPN used to have a one-hour sumo show. It wasn't the best, but it was all anyone on the East Coast had. I've written them repeatedly to try to get them to put it back on the air. If you watch sumo for any length of time at all, you see the subtleties of their moves, and the former Takanahana fought with such honor and grace that he truly seemed to be embodying a religious practice. I love it, too. ESPN used to have a one-hour sumo show. It wasn’t the best, but it was all anyone on the East Coast had. I’ve written them repeatedly to try to get them to put it back on the air.

If you watch sumo for any length of time at all, you see the subtleties of their moves, and the former Takanahana fought with such honor and grace that he truly seemed to be embodying a religious practice.

]]> By: Austen http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/26458/comment-page-1#comment-150445 Austen Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:12:19 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=26458#comment-150445 Sumo ROCKS! I used to watch it when I was in Japan. We had the english translation for the upper divisions. I even have a program from a tournament sitting in my college apartment. I mostly have no idea what it says it just looks really cool. Sumo ROCKS! I used to watch it when I was in Japan. We had the english translation for the upper divisions. I even have a program from a tournament sitting in my college apartment. I mostly have no idea what it says it just looks really cool.

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