SFM’s historian, JK, wraps his two-part article on the greatest of the tsuna wearers
What exactly is it and furthermore, what does it do? The ISF explain themselves and their purpose in existing
Man or myth? Sumo's first yokozuna comes under the spotlight
Tokitsukaze-beya and its famous find themselves the target of Barbara's peek into life inside the heya
Featuring interviews with amateur sumo's European Sumo Union General Secretary and the President of the newly founded Irish Sumo Federation
Would chanko exist without sumo? What is chanko anyway? Find out in Sumo 101
Basho through the eyes of the fans in the seats as SFM gives the mantle of photographer(s) for this basho to Barbara & Gerald Patten. And don't miss our all-Mongolian Bonanza supplied by our Editor, Barbara Ann Klein
Lon gives us his Haru Basho summary, along with the henka sightings results
Mikko Mattila covers the lower division goings on like nobody else around
Mark Buckton glances back to look forward in his ones to look out for come May
Our man Mikko takes us on a tour of his chosen kimarite
Our gaming thread takes a break for April so we can look at the Spanish language book on the sport not long since released
Todd’s bimonthly focus on 3 of the WWW's best sumo sites today
April's man VS monkey debate covers the issue of reducing the number of honbasho
Sit back and enjoy the offerings
made you a sumo fan? Thierry Perran lets us in on his reasons for loving this sport
See what our featured letter is for this issue
Sumo Quiz
The Quizmaster
Answer the Qs and win yourself next basho’s banzuke.
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Linguistically, of course, being in Spanish, Sumo – La lucha de los Dioses will pose something of a problem for non-Spanish speakers, but given the similarity of the European languages, anyone with a solid comprehension of at least one other language on the continent will have no real difficulty – I didn't and my Latin, French and especially Spanish skills are at least as rusty as Chiyonofuji's uwatenage.
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Definitely recommended reading and highly collectible for fans of sumo literature, so don't let linguistic challenges put you off – after all, I don't imagine you'd be following sumo anyway if that were your mindset.
For the latest in sumo – in book form – go Spanish and live a little.
To view the book and its price online go to:
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http://usuarios.lycos.es/ leonishiki/libro.htm and deal with the author, Eduardo, directly.
Alternately, visit and work through his web pages in either Spanish or English at: http://www.cibersumo.com/.
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