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SOS - Shinjinrui on Sumo |
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Chris Gould
Chris sinks his teeth deeper into how sumo can go about pulling in the younger fans in part two of a three-part series.
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Azumazeki up close and personal |
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Steven Pascal-Joiner / William Titus
A wiz with a pen and a wiz with a lens get together with SFM to share
their time with Azumazeki Oyakata - Takamiyama as was - with the wider
sumo following world.
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Rikishi of Old |
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Joe Kuroda
Joe Kuroda takes a detailed look at the life and times of a former yokozuna forgotten by many - Maedayama.
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Eric Evaluates |
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Eric Blair
Eric calls the musubi-no-ichiban kimarite call on nakabi in Kyushu as perhaps only he could.
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Heya Peek |
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Jeff Kennel
First time heya visitor Jeff Kennel wrote about, photographed and even
made a video of his time spent at Arashio Beya prior to the Kyushu
Basho. All to be found within.
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SFM Interview |
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Mark Buckton
Mark interviews Russian up and comer Wakanoho of Magaki Beya.
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Photo Bonanzas |
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See behind the scenes at the Kyushu Basho, morning training in Arashio
Beya through the eyes of an artist and exactly what the Azumazeki lads
had to eat halfway though the July Nagoya Basho. All originals, all
seen here and nowhere else, and all for you.
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Kyushu Basho Summary |
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Lon Howard
Lon wraps the Kyushu Basho in Fukuoka and throws in some henka sighting results for good measure.
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Lower Division Rikishi |
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Mikko Mattila
The lower divisions, their members and results get the once over thanks
to Mikko's eyeing of life down below the salaried ranks.
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Hatsu Ones To Watch |
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Carolyn Todd
Carolyn ponders and puts fingers to keys on the ones to watch come January and the Hatsu Basho.
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Kimarite Focus |
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Mikko Mattila
Mikko's latest clarification of a handful of sumo's kimarite offers unequalled analysis and in depth explanations.
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Amateur Angles |
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Howard Gilbert
Howard looks at makushita tsukedashi and what it means in real terms.
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Kokugi Konnections |
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Todd Lambert
Click on Todd's bimonthly focus on three of the best sumo sites online.
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Fan Debate |
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Facilitators - Lon Howard / Carolyn Todd
Two SFMers talk over the yokozuna benefiting from weak opposition - or not as the case may be.
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SFM Cartoons |
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Benny Loh & Stephen Thompson
In this issue's cartoon bonanza, sit back and sample Stephen's artistic offerings.
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Sumo Odds ’n’ Ends |
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SFM's interactive elements including Henka Sightings, Elevator Rikishi and Eternal Banzuke!
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Lets Hear From You |
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What was it that made you a sumo fan? Starting with issue #10, the SFM
staff will reveal a little of their own routes into sumo fandom -
starting with Benny Loh.
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Readers' Letters |
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See what our readers had to say since we last hit your screens.
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Sumo Quiz |
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The Quizmaster
Answer the Qs and win yourself next basho’s banzuke.
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deux
ont obtenu leur kachi-koshi, Goeido accrochant un petit 8-7 ; mais bon,
c’était son premier basho en juryo et c’était de toute
façon meilleur que les 17des 26 rikishi de juryo qui ont
été make-koshi. En ce qui concerne Tochiozan, il s’est
classé quatrième, remportant cinq de ses sept derniers
combats.
Hakuba – Le Mongol
de la Michinoku-beya sera un des nouveaux arrivants en juryo. La
montée dans le banzuke, parsemée de blessures, n’a pas
été facile pour lui, et il lui a fallu sept ans pour
atteindre les juryo. Il semblait destiné à demeurer en
makushita, mais les quelques derniers basho l’ont vu renaître de
ses cendres, pour finir avec un yusho à Kyushu. La
Michinoku-beya s’est attribué à la fois les yusho de
juryo (Jumonji) et de makushita et ils auront désormais deux
sekitori en makuuchi et deux en juryo.
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L’éclosion
du jeune Hakuba devrait procurer une dose de motivation
supplémentaire car les autres sekitori de la heya sont
trentenaires et ne semblent pas pouvoir atteindre le royaume des
sanyaku.
Kazafuzan –
Depuis ses débuts au Kyushu 2003, Kazafuzan s’est construit un
palmarès de 75-50-1 et est pensionnaire de makushita depuis mars
2006, ayant atteint le milieu de cette division à Kyushu. En
dépit des ornières il fait de grands progrès, et
la raison pour laquelle je l’inclus dans cette page est qu’il est
vraiment très convaincant ; confiant, puissant et
déterminé sur le dohyo. Sans véritable concurrence
à la Nikishido, il doit aller en degeiko pour avoir
l’opportunité de s’entraîner avec des rikishi haut
classés, ce qui ne fera que contribuer à ses
progrès. Sauf blessure, il n’y a pas de limite à ce qu’il
peut réussir.
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Kazafuzan
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