Not that really matters

[Terao 6]

Ok I am really bad in writing, but i'll try. I'll never forget my first sumo experience. Never. It was the Paris jungyo. Wakanohana beating Akebono! What a match. The little guy crushing the giant. I was in awe. What a great sport this is!  I know now, it was just a theater, but then it was great spectacle for me. And I was hooked. And like that 25 years passed. Was it a normal sport for me - no. Was it two meatballs beating each other for my friends - yes. But I didn't care.  I knew sumotori are like samurai.  It was much more than two meatballs beating each other. It was two warriors fighting. Strength, technique and MIND. Like a samurai. But what I see now? My samurai wearing masks. They are afraid to challenge the narrative. My samurai punished for trying to live normally and they obey. They are not samurai for me anymore. Just two meatballs fighting each other. 

 

Edited May 13, 2021 by Terao

[Joaoiyama 308]

[Godango 996]

[Yamanashi 3,860]

Samurai, not kamikaze.

[Shinobi Steve 146]

Sounds like an obscure American anime title...."Samurai Meatballs."

[Churaumi 743]

I think we need to give users wide berth with their use of English on this forum. We are a global community with a wide variety of capabilities with the English language. I am a native English speaker with an English minor degree from my university and am still learning new things about my own language weekly.

I am also an American who believes all people around the globe deserve the right to decide what is best for their own health...

So I'm torn when it comes to OP's post.

[Karasukurai 166]

9 hours ago, Terao said:

But what I see now? My samurai wearing masks. ..... They are not samurai for me anymore.

Samurai wore masks as part of their armour to protect themselves.

[Benihana 1,929]

1 hour ago, Karasukurai said:

Samurai wore masks as part of their armour to protect themselves.

And as we all know, the mask of the world's most beloved superhero was inspired by a samurai mask. Even the sound effects fit perfectly to todays situation.

Spoiler

 

 

 

[Eikokurai 3,437]

5 hours ago, Churaumi said:

I think we need to give users wide berth with their use of English on this forum. We are a global community with a wide variety of capabilities with the English language. I am a native English speaker with an English minor degree from my university and am still learning new things about my own language weekly.

I am also an American who believes all people around the globe deserve the right to decide what is best for their own health...

So I'm torn when it comes to OP's post.

In British English, giving sb a wide berth means avoiding them. Hehe.

[ryafuji 815]

1 hour ago, Eikokurai said:

In British English, giving sb a wide berth means avoiding them. Hehe.

"Wide latitude" maybe? 

[Morning 83]

7 hours ago, Shinobi Steve said:

Sounds like an obscure American anime title...."Samurai Meatballs."

Samurai Pizza Cats. An anime that arrived in America without its script, so the dub studio made something up.

Edited May 13, 2021 by Morning

[Tsuchinoninjin 1,274]

What's next, people getting upset others are wearing sunglasses? 

[Churaumi 743]

5 hours ago, Eikokurai said:

In British English, giving sb a wide berth means avoiding them. Hehe.

Two peoples, divided by a common language, I think is the quote.

Pretty sure it's a phrase my dialect misuses, but meh.

[Seiyashi 4,097]

1 hour ago, Churaumi said:

Two peoples, divided by a common language, I think is the quote.

Pretty sure it's a phrase my dialect misuses, but meh.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeparatedByACommonLanguage

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/74737/what-is-the-origin-of-the-phrase-two-nations-divided-by-a-common-language

While I share your opinion regarding not jumping to assumptions regarding poor English, really not sure what point the OP was trying to make either.

[fwuzzle23 66]

18 hours ago, Terao said:

Ok I am really bad in writing, but i'll try. I'll never forget my first sumo experience. Never. It was the Paris jungyo. Wakanohana beating Akebono! What a match. The little guy crushing the giant. I was in awe. What a great sport this is!  I know now, it was just a theater, but then it was great spectacle for me. And I was hooked. And like that 25 years passed. Was it a normal sport for me - no. Was it two meatballs beating each other for my friends - yes. But I didn't care.  I knew sumotori are like samurai.  It was much more than two meatballs beating each other. It was two warriors fighting. Strength, technique and MIND. Like a samurai. But what I see now? My samurai wearing masks. They are afraid to challenge the narrative. My samurai punished for trying to live normally and they obey. They are not samurai for me anymore. Just two meatballs fighting each other. 

 

[orandashoho 720]

Is that P.D.Q. Bach?

[nagora 88]

44 minutes ago, orandashoho said:

Is that P.D.Q. Bach?

No, it's Samuel Johnson looking at his dictionary and thinking "I recognise all these words, yet somehow the meaning remains obscure".

I think the OP is expressing the opinion that training to do sumo should make you immune to diseases and that acting as if it didn't is a sign of weakness. The English term for this is "folly".

[Rocks 1,809]

On 12/05/2021 at 19:56, Terao said:

Ok I am really bad in writing, but i'll try. I'll never forget my first sumo experience. Never. It was the Paris jungyo. Wakanohana beating Akebono! What a match. The little guy crushing the giant. I was in awe. What a great sport this is!  I know now, it was just a theater, but then it was great spectacle for me. And I was hooked. And like that 25 years passed. Was it a normal sport for me - no. Was it two meatballs beating each other for my friends - yes. But I didn't care.  I knew sumotori are like samurai.  It was much more than two meatballs beating each other. It was two warriors fighting. Strength, technique and MIND. Like a samurai. But what I see now? My samurai wearing masks. They are afraid to challenge the narrative. My samurai punished for trying to live normally and they obey. They are not samurai for me anymore. Just two meatballs fighting each other. 

 

It's already been pointed out that masks were a common part of samurai armor. And as far as challenging the narrative I think you are confusing samurai with ronin which no samurai aspired to be. They just ended up that way. A real samurai prided himself on following orders and maintaining the honor of his masters, to the point of falling on his sword if need be. Sumo rikishi are part of an organization and have masters. They represent Japan and it's honor in a real way.  If wearing masks and forgoing some pleasures temporarily  honors their masters and Japan, even if it were silly, then so be it. Rikishi, like loyal samurai,  above all should be doing it and be proud to be. 

[cyclonicleo 19]

Not all of us grasp the English language as well as others, even when a native speaker. I'll take this as just..some playful imagination.

[Godango 996]

I mean my reaction wasn't even slightly about the language, I respect the heck out of anyone who is even remotely multi-lingual. I just completely disagree with the narrative and find it odd. Rikishi life is brutal, they're arguably as tough as ever. 

 

 

[Asashosakari 19,403]

The OP must be Asanoyama's new biggest fan. Doesn't get much more narrative-challenging.

Edited May 19, 2021 by Asashosakari

[neonbelly 226]

I thought the whole idea of being a samurai (servant) was doing whatever your master told you to do.