Churaumi

You know, in Korean.

Yeah, there's a big difference between "got wasted and woke up and don't know why my head was shaven" (never did find out which one of us did that) and what this is. This is the kind of stuff that usually escalates if left unchecked, who knows what hasn't been reported on. Hopefully it is just a case of a bunch of drunk dudes blowing off steam, but even if it was all consenting and in good fun it's just too easy to cross that line. Hopefully whatever punishment gets meted out is targeted and effective to keep the guys safe.

Wasn't there a similar element with some mop or broom handles with Hokuseiho's scandal?

It's been done before, but it didn't work out in large part because of who they promoted rather than his sumo. Still, his sumo was good but not good enough to win. Hopefully that lesson doesn't get forgotten, but lessons do tend to vanish from collective memories over time.

Every day I've been to the Kokugikan the sold out banners were flying, and I was there all day, and there were entire sections in the upper level that never had a soul even walk through them to get to another section. Off topic, but anyone know what's up with that? Back on topic, kind of. Has anyone ever heard of Abema doing copyright strikes?

They do that on their main NHK World site, as well. I watch a lot of their programs and it seems random how long things stay up and how many episodes they keep up. I'm sure it's a contract thing, but it's strange. At least Lunch On! gets on there now. Some shows don't get video at all. Watch it in real time or not at all.

I know, right? This is a lot of time and money spent on something that could just be fixed by an intern with basic video editing software.

Haven't found his stuff this basho, please no one ruin it by saying where to find it, I'll get there on my own

This basho? Last basho was NHK. Had the transition bumpers from NHK BS to main NHK and everything.

But the problem is NHK. The NSK is surprisingly liberal about filming wrestlers. I've been to the Kokugikan several times and each time people had set up camcorders on tripods (I love Japan; still using camcorders in 2019). You can even put that footage on YouTube. Several sumo accounts do. The problem is people that use the NHK footage, which is most, if not all, of our favorite posters. The content strikes are from NHK, and as far as I know they and Abema are the only sources for legal footage outside those who post their own that they personally took at the Kokugikan.

I don't really have 2 hours ago day to dedicate to sumo watching. I have tried having it on while doing other things but it didn't really work for me. I end up missing matches and rewinding a lot. Just gets annoying. So, that made sumo a weekends-only activity which isn't enough sumo for me. I do enjoy the prebout rituals but just don't have time. I'll check out that link...I have used a vpn with Abema but that's really not any better.

NHK, if you're lurking here. Let's have a moment of real talk. Quite frankly, if you just do what the pirates do, problem solved. Your coverage for people outside Japan is...poor. The NHK World digest is appreciated, but it isn't complete and comes out too late to be relevant in a world where results get spoiled by Twitter or Instagram. It may be easy for me to say, but do what Natto or Kintamayama do and make it accessible to foreigners and the audience will come. After all, the reason you are having to constantly squash pirates is because there is demand. I know the return on your investment is going to be small but we don't need much in terms of production. I know there's probably contracts and all, we can wait patiently for that to get worked out. Love, Churaumi

Makes some sense to me, Shiden was three ranks behind Kayo, had a two-win advantage in record, and now is one rank behind. Quite frankly part of me wishes all the banzuke choices were so explainable, but that would rob us of the bi-monthly wonder of the banzuke.

4, 1, and 1. I think the current ozeki crop will dominate the year as they push for their ropes. January usually gives a bizarre result and Wacky Aki is sometimes a thing.

It's more like not being able to get up at all. Wins by strikes usually come by knocking someone out cold, beating on them until they stop resisting and the referee stops it, or doing such damage that the doctor stops the fight (bad cuts, eyes swollen shut, etc.) It's not unusual for top fighters to fight through broken facial bones and crushed noses. And yet, they still have better ring injury protocols than sumo does. They just hardly ever use them.