Sumo's Foreign Invasion
Mark Buckton
Sumo - still Japanese or truly International?

Rikishi of Old
Joe Kuroda
A look at a rikishi of yesteryear with Umegatani II our man for June

Heya Peek
John Gunning
John attends asageiko at Takasago-beya to give us the first of his bimonthly looks at sumo's stables

Photo Bonanza
Kurt Easterwood & Quinlan Faris
Kurt & Quin treat us to some of the best sumo pics around - and seen nowhere else

May Basho Review
Lon Howard & John Gunning
Lon gives us his Natsu Basho summary and his take on upset of the tournament while John chips in with his 'gem' of the basho

Lower Division Rikishi
Mikko Mattila
Mikko provides his round up of the boys in Makushita and below at the Natsu Basho

July Basho Forecast
Pierre Wohlleben & Mark Buckton
Pierre predicts the Nagoya Basho banzuke while Mark previews the ones to watch next time ou

Sumo 101
Barbara Ann Klein
Rhyme and reason behind the pre-tachiai rituals that mystified us all as beginners

Kimarite Focus
Mikko Mattila
Mikko walks us through A, B & C

Minusha
John McTague
John's unique view of news from outside the dohyo

Las Vegas Jungyo Teaser
Ngozi Robinson
Months away but like kids at Christmas we are still too excited not to mention it

Online Gaming
Moti Dichne
Hear from the founder of Guess the Banzuke (GTB) on exactly what makes it tick

Sumo Mouse
Todd Lambert
Heya Links Galore and a focus on 3

Fan Debate
JR & EB square off: Right or Left - which should Asashoryu use when receiving kensho?

Let's Hear from You
What was it that made you a sumo fan?

Ngozi Asks
Question of the month - What is Sumo?
Sumo Quiz
The Quizmaster
Answer the Qs and win yourself next basho's banzuke

rules such as refraining from using flash photography, talking out loud, or stretching and pointing their feet at the dohyo.

The oyakata entered around 9AM, but seemed more interested in the baseball results in the newspaper than what was going on in front of him. His purple mawashi was left by his side and he remained in just a pair of shorts. After an hour or so he left while telling Asasekiryu to take over “supervising” the keiko session. This, the Mongolian maegashira did with relish, choosing one of the lower-ranked rikishi and applying some “sumo love ” with the shinai (bamboo rod) several times. There were plenty of shocked and horrified faces among the first time visitors when they saw the deep cuts left on the back of his legs.

Asasekiryu then gave his victim the shinai and ordered him to use it on higher-ranked, but non-sekitori, rikishi. This was almost worse for the poor guy as he couldn’t disobey
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