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Just wondering...i'm quite keen on sumo-wrestling, it's the only sports i can stomach actually. The thing is, this one sumo-wrestler, Takamisakari, has apparently written a book, and he has quite an interesting outlook on things (and you can see immediately that he has a differing attitude from other wrestler), says he wants to be the Miyamoto Musashi of sumo-wrestling.

Anyway, this is a far chance, but anyone here know about this book? Has it been translated to english? Where can i get it? How can i find it?
Sumo-sites are generally in language and characters i can't understand

Haha, i don't seriously expect replies...but there's always the unexpected...

I'd rather stare at clouds than watch sumo

And i like them both Hmm..

What about a cloud that looks a bit like a sumo wrestler?

Sumo wrestlers have sort of cloud-like shapes, too, do they not?

Well, they kinda look more natural than american fatsoes

define natural

Not tainted by something humanely conjectured.

i s'pose in this case it means they don't look fat in the way that people who stare at tv and feed themselves with cheese-paste do.

I thought sumo's had a very strict intake?

They do have a vast outlet..
Damn, EB's theory again..

i've no idea what they eat :/

Cheesy Wotsits?

itnAklipse wrote:i've no idea what they eat :/

Food. A LOT

James Blast wrote:I thought sumo's had a very strict intake?

You're right, they usually follow a high-protein dietary regimen specifically designed to gain weight.

Example.

Trust you to know, Steven!

boudicca wrote: Trust you to know, Steven!

Thanks smis.

boudiccah (btw, i spell it like that cause i like the way it'd rhyme with 'qabbalah') : Even poor humble me could've figured that out if i had used enough time for it...unfortnately i probably didn't.

itnAklipse wrote:Thanks smis.

boudiccah (btw, i spell it like that cause i like the way it'd rhyme with 'qabbalah') : Even poor humble me could've figured that out if i had used enough time for it...unfortnately i probably didn't.

A few years ago they used to show Sumo on TV here (Channel 4, I think). The presenter (whose name I don't recall) was one of the foremost western experts on the sport, so I really found out a lot about it just from watching and listening to his commentaries.

smis: Maybe its the same guy on Eurosport now...he seems literate in japanese and in sumo, and he's the only source i've had so far And yet i know more about it than i bet 99% of westerners.

itnAklipse wrote:Thanks smis.

boudiccah (btw, i spell it like that cause i like the way it'd rhyme with 'qabbalah') : Even poor humble me could've figured that out if i had used enough time for it...unfortnately i probably didn't.

Hey, there's a good few tens of thousands of morbidly obese Americans waddling about insisting there's no connection between their massive arses and the vast quanities of burgers they eat

Steven, I couldn't help but be reminded of "Inner City Sumo"...

Yeah but i bet they can't lift anymore than i can...and i'm as small as ol' Eldo.

James Blast wrote:Cheesy Wotsits?

Probably not, actually - aren't most Asians lactose intolerant?

itnAklipse wrote:Yeah but i bet they can't lift anymore than i can...and i'm as small as ol' Eldo.

It's not really about lifting, though.

Hey, they really are not like hippoes, as lovely as hippoes are...

SINsister wrote:

James Blast wrote:Cheesy Wotsits?

Probably not, actually - aren't most Asians lactose intolerant?

That would be assuming there's anything even remotely resembling real cheese in a Cheesy Wotsit.