API tools faq
paste
Advertisement
Guest User

Sumo Thread Revision 1

a guest
Jul 10th, 2015
883
0
Never
Add comment
Not a member of Pastebin yet? Sign Up, it unlocks many cool features!
text 6.46 KB | None | 0 0
raw download clone embed print report
  1. WHY SHOULD I WATCH SUMO?
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLFYuyJTxGI
  3. Bouts are extremely fast and the rules are extremely simple, leading to exciting technique heavy bouts that anyone can enjoy. Watching only the fights each day will only cost you 10 minutes per day for 15 days, every second month.
  4. ------
  5. HOW CAN I WATCH?
  6. Follow Kintamayama on youtube:
  7. https://www.youtube.com/user/Kintamayama
  8. Posts daily digests of just the Makuuchi fights with all the ritual and downtime cut out, minor text commentary
  9. Quick guide to notations he uses: https://i.imgur.com/SRgSnFO.jpg
  10.  
  11. Sumo App: No commentary, spoils fights, $5 a month fee, very fast uploads
  12. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.dwango.sumo&hl=en
  13. https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/id775745258
  14.  
  15. TV-Japan, NHK World, $15-30 in most of North America, from your cable provider
  16. 2 hours everyday, with english play by play, pretty good quality, make sure you set your cable box audio language to English
  17.  
  18. Mongolian UBS.tv, Mongolian only, I have no idea how to navigate this website, free
  19. http://tv.onair.mn/watch/ubs
  20.  
  21. Niji.tv, Japanese only, may require sketchy russian patches to get working, unreliable as shit, free
  22. http://www.myniji.tv/
  23.  
  24. ----------
  25.  
  26. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SUMO
  27. http://www.sumo.or.jp/pdf/en/sumo_introduction2014.pdf
  28.  
  29. WHAT ARE THE RULES
  30. Step outside the ring or touch the ground with anything other than the bottoms of your feet and you lose, there are no weight classes and a short list of Kinjite:
  31.  
  32. Striking the opponent with a closed fist.
  33. Grabbing the opponent’s hair.
  34. Jabbing at the opponent’s eyes or solar plexus.
  35. Simultaneously striking both of the opponent’s ears with the palms.
  36. Grabbing or pulling the opponent’s groin.
  37. Grabbing the opponent’s throat.
  38. Kicking at the opponent’s chest or waist.
  39. Bending back one or more of the opponent’s fingers.
  40.  
  41. HOW DO TOURNAMENTS WORK?:
  42. There are 6 grand tournaments per year, or Honbasho, each lasting for 15 days. Each rikishi will fight once per day for the duration of the tournament.
  43.  
  44. A winning record, or Kachi-Koshi, requires 8 or more wins over the course of the tournament, achieving this or better will generally get the rikishi promoted.
  45.  
  46. A losing record, or Make-koshi, 7 or less wins will generally lead to a demotion.
  47.  
  48. --------
  49.  
  50. TELL ME ABOUT THE DIVISIONS AND RANKS
  51. There are six divisions in professional Sumo, ranked from top to bottom:
  52.  
  53. Makuuchi
  54. Juryo
  55. Makushita
  56. Sandanme
  57. Jonidan
  58. Jonokuchi
  59.  
  60. Most Sumo discussion will stick to the top two divisions, Makuuchi and Juryo, which are the only salaried divisions.
  61.  
  62. Within the Makuuchi, the ranks are as follows from top to bottom:
  63.  
  64. YOKOZUNA:
  65. The highest and most prestigious rank, this is the only rank you cannot be demoted from, you are expected to retire if you show a poor performance
  66. Promotion to Yokozuna requires a minimum of two tournament wins in a row while at the rank of Ozeki
  67.  
  68. OZEKI:
  69. The second highest rank, still carries quite a bit of prestige, expected to get infrequently get tournament wins and carry at minimum a winning record
  70.  
  71. Special demotion rules: An Ozeki that achieves a losing record, or Make-koshi will be considered Kadoban, if he achieves a losing record while Kadoban he will be demoted
  72.  
  73. SEKIWAKE:
  74. The third highest rank, follows normal promotion and demotion
  75.  
  76. A convincing winning record will often get rikishi placed here, but at any one time there must be a mininmum of two wresters in this position, sometimes leading to luck based promotions.
  77.  
  78. KOMUSUBI:
  79. The fourth highest rank, follows normal promotion and demotion
  80.  
  81. A minimum of two rikishi must be ranked Komusubi at any one time, this rank is often called “The Meat Grinder” as it is the first time many most rikishi will be required to fight such a large number of high ranking rikishi. In the first week of bouts this rank traditionally faces all the Yokozuna as well as the Ozeki. A Yokozuna is always their first bout of the tournament.
  82.  
  83. MAEGASHIRA 1-X(Typically from 15-17), follows normal promotion and demotion
  84.  
  85. Ranks below Mageashira 5 are unlikely to fight any San'yaku ranked rikishi, getting a winning record gets you promoted, getting a losing record gets you demoted
  86.  
  87. ______
  88.  
  89.  
  90. WHO IS THAT GUY IN THE DRESS AND WHAT IS HE SCREAMING ALL THE TIME:
  91. The Gyoji are the referees for each match in Sumo, they have their own ranking system which is indicated by the colours of their tassles. There is only one Gyoji on the doyho at any one time, his decisions may be called into question by the head judges whom you can see sitting around the outside of the dohyo.
  92.  
  93. If any of the head judges(Shimpan) decide the gyoji has made an incorrect call, he will call a Mono-ii, the 5 head judges sitting around the dohyo will then discuss what they each saw as well as discuss over radio with 2 judges watching a high speed camera.
  94.  
  95. Over the course of the match you wil commonly hear the Gyoji screaming “Nokotta, Nokotta, Nokotta”, which translates roughly to “You're still in it”. He is keeping the rikishi informed that they have not stepped outside the ring or otherwise lost the match by accident and to keep applying their full effort.
  96.  
  97. TELL ME ABOUT TECHNIQUES/KIMARITE
  98. Every bout is decided by a winning technique, called kimarite, there are officially 82, though many have never been recorded as a winning technique in the modern era, or are extremely rare to see.
  99.  
  100. Text list of kamirite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimarite
  101. Video playlist of the majority of Kimarite: https://youtu.be/CWhQ9CoJhHI?list=PLm0byuxS3wiPY5V4_80d4j_snKvHYbD6V
  102.  
  103. --------
  104.  
  105. COMMON TERMINOLOGY:
  106. Rikishi: a wrestler
  107. Kachi-Koshi: a winning record, 8 wins or better
  108. Make-koshi: a losing record 8 losses or worse
  109. Gyoji: referees
  110. Dohyo: The ring
  111. Shimpan: Head judges
  112. Dohyo-iri: the ring enterance ceremony
  113. Honbasho: the grand tournament
  114. Banzuke: The official list and ranking of participating rikishi
  115. Henka: a controversial move where a wrester sidesteps his opponent during the initial charge
  116. Tachi-ai: the initial charge
  117. Heya: A sumo stable
  118. Harite: Open palm slapping in the face
  119. Mono-ii: When the head judges intervene in a Gyoji's decision
  120. Kimarite: Winning techniques
  121.  
  122. USEFUL LINKS:
  123. Sumo DB: http://sumodb.sumogames.de/ , searchable records for every rikishi, make sure to check hide spoilers if required
  124. Official Kyokai: http://sumo.or.jp/en/ , contains lots of basic sumo info as well as news
  125. Sumo Forum: http://sumoforum.net , the only active english speaking community for Sumo discussions
Advertisement
Add Comment
Please, Sign In to add comment
Advertisement
Public Pastes
Advertisement
We use cookies for various purposes including analytics. By continuing to use Pastebin, you agree to our use of cookies as described in the Cookies Policy.  OK, I Understand
Not a member of Pastebin yet?
Sign Up, it unlocks many cool features!