What Will Become of the Dynasty? Brian Lewin The Hanada Dynasty – past or present? Rikishi of Old Joe Kuroda A look at a rikishi of yesteryear with Tenryu our man for August. Heya Peek John Gunning John attends a chanko session at Chiganoura Beya. Photo Bonanza For a glimpse at some of the sights you won't see on TV.     July Basho Review Lon Howard & John Gunning Lon gives us his Nagoya 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 takes a break and Eric Blair covers the lower divisions in his own ‘unique’ way. Aki Basho Forecast Pierre Wohlleben & Mark Buckton Pierre predicts the Aki Basho banzuke while Mark previews the ones to watch next time out. Sumo 101 Barbara Ann Klein Gyoji goings on and several things you never knew about the ones officiating. Kimarite Focus Mikko Mattila Mikko walks us through his 2 chosen kimarite. Minusha John McTague John's unique view of news from outside the dohyo. Boletín de Sumo en Español Eduardo de Paz Gútiez An article on sumo’s very first fan mag – Boletin de Sumo en Espanol Online Gaming Jezz Sterling Hear from the founder of Bench Sumo of one of sumo's most popular games. Kokugi Connections Todd Lambert Todd’s focus on 3 of the most interesting online sumo sites today. Fan Debate Henka – good, bad or ugly? See what our debaters think. Let’s Hear From You What was it that made you a sumo fan – the Petros Zachos story. Ngozi on the Road Ngozi T. Robinson NTR visits an amasumo event in the north-east U.S. and tells us what it was like. Sumo Quiz The Quizmaster Answer the Qs and win yourself next basho's banzuke.			or you can walk north from Asakusa on the Tobu or Ginza lines and reach the stable in about 20 mins. One of the members of our club is friendly with Tochinoyama, who is the highest ranking wrestler in the stable. As a result, both he and Onami (sandanme), and the oyakata himself have come to our club for asageiko. The dinner invitation was an extension of this friendship. I visited the heya with about 20 members of my club, mostly the kids and their parents. Like most stables, Chiganoura is tucked away on a small street and you could easily walk past and not notice it. There is, of course, the usual wooden sign outside with the heya name. Once inside the main door, you are in a hallway that leads directly into the kitchen straight ahead. On the left of the hallway is a small tatami room which is the viewing area for the dohyo. This room has the usual sumo decorations, but the one that catches the eye is a large framed picture of yokozuna Tochinishiki. Opposite this room is the stairway that leads up to the living area. Masutoo was there. I hadn’t actually met him before and he was busy helping to serve our				Ready for the off – sumo’s only Hungarian rikishi Photograph by Barbara Ann Klein
							rowdy crew at first so I settled down in the kitchen at one of the tables and began chatting with the father of one of the kids. A few minutes later I was ushered by one of the rikishi into the tatami room where Yoshida sensei (the head of our dojo) and the more senior members were seated with Tochinoyama. After enjoying some great chanko and cold beer I finally got a chance to talk to “Attila”. Initially I started with English as our editor had told me that was what was used when they met a few months previously. “I forget English” was as much of that				language as was used, and I was stunned to discover that someone who had entered the country 7 months previously had close on the same grasp of the language that I did after 4 years! I guess the story I heard about him learning hiragana after just four days in Japan could have been true after all. Despite the fact he was being sent on errands every few minutes, we chatted quite a bit over the next hour or so. He told Next Home