| Nagoya Nears Eric Blair |
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| Rikishi of Old Joe Kuroda |
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| Heya Peek Barbara Ann Klein |
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| SFM Interview Mark Buckton |
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| Sumo 101 Barbara Ann Klein |
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| Photo Bonanza See the Natsu |
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| Natsu Basho Summary Lon Howard |
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| Lower Division Rikishi Mikko Mattila |
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| Nagoya Ones to Watch Mark Buckton |
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| Kimarite Focus Mikko Mattila |
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| Amateur Angles Howard Gilbert |
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| Sumo Game Bruce Rae |
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| Sumo in Print Barbara Ann Klein |
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| Kokugi Connections Todd Lambert |
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| Fan Debate Facilitator – Lon Howard |
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| SFM Cartoons Benny Loh & Stephen Thompson |
| Let’s Hear From You What was it that |
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| Readers’ Letters |
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Sumo Quiz
The Quizmaster
Answer the Qs and win yourself next basho’s banzuke.
Making the Tsuna
As I mentioned above, the dohyo area was totally empty save for the blue tarp covering the corner where the teppo pole is located and which radiated diagonally
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Have you ever wondered how it's made? I never really had until I happened to meet the yokozuna as he was stopped at a corner in his (then) Hummer. “Doko?” he asked me. “Where are you going?” I said for a walk. “Come to my heya. Tsunauchi.” I said “huh?”. “Heya, heya. Itte.” Ookaaay……so I went around the corner to Takasago-beya fully thinking I was going to watch asageiko before the start of the Aki basho. But what greeted me was an empty keikoba, partially covered with a blue tarp. Several reporters and photographers were readying their equipment. I asked one of the English-
speaking reporters what they were there for and he explained that the Takasago boys and others from the Takasago
Needless to say, I was thrilled and have since been to three such ceremonies two with and
