You should watch Hakuho's last match versus Terunofuji. Teru was the incoming Yokozuna who had to work his way up from a bunch of injuries and was heavily favored by administration. Hakuho, on the other hand, was basically everything the Sumo elite hated in a Yokozuna. On top of being half mongolian and being snubbed for the hall of fame, Hakuho used a rising forearm strike in his initial charge that wasn't technically illegal but subject to a ton of scrutiny. His last match against Teru they were both 14-0, which means they both won every bout that tournament before facing each other one last time. The match is absolutely incredible and frankly the entire situation leading up to it and after would make for an amazing documentary.
@@user-un-known not only that, Terunofuji is also 100% Mongolian; whatever reason the sumo association may have for preferring Terunofuji, it isn't Japanese exclusionism
rest in peace Byamba, I was his co worker at a chicken restaurant for a year. He was a cool dude, HUGE guy. He used to sneak me eggs wrapped in bacon that we'd sell. It was yummy.
Takayasu Akira is my cousin, love watching his bouts. My dad always stays up late to watch it live and he shows me the bout in the morning throughout the whole honbasho
@@criteriumgoat6525 Not really. The mawashi is more than just a loincloth; it is a tool. Many techniques rely on the rikishi grabbing hold of the opponent's mawashi and using it for leverage or to force the other guy out of the ring. Most rikishi tend to favor either oshi-zumo (pushing ang thrusting) or yotsu-zumo (grappling).
Sumo is honestly insanely cool. There is way more technicality to it than most people think, and there's a certain purity to the short match to a single takedown or ringout.
So glad you've done sumo! I think it's such an under appreciated sport, some people just can't get by the mawashi and the rikishi being a little bit fatter but once you do you see a sport that's easy to learn and hard to master filled with skilled, athletic and strong people
the crazy thing about the sumo lifts is that THE OTHER GUY IS PULLING UP ON YOU. so they're not just lifting a huge dude, they're lifting a huge dude while cancelling out all the force they're using trying to lift them.
Got into sumo in December of last year. Been watch it religiously since. It's so much fun. The wrestlers (rikishi) with their personalities and fighting styles. The ceremony and history of it. The GOAT of sumo, Hakuho, retired in December. Mongolian born absolute beast. Give his highlights a watch. Just the best. Up there with Jordan, Ruth and Grestky in terms of impact to their sports.
I've been watching sumo for years now. I'm glad it's finally getting some recognition. It's such a great sport. I wouldn't consider that first clip actual sumo though.
i grew up in Japan in the era of Chiyonofuji and the Dumptruck (Konishki) from Hawaii, and seeing it live - damn the noise of the first impact was palpable!
Ahahah, the editing, ahhh man, so good. And yeah mate, I thought at the start "Hah, that's Seth's sumo instructor, how funny" then, well, yeah, of course you'd already met him ahahah.
I just got into watching Sumo and the reason why is because of watching a clipreel of Enho Akira. You gotta check it out! Incredible to watch the little man work.
Absolutely love sumo wrestling, always have and always will! Tremendous athletes and they practice good movements. Excited to see your shot at it Seth!
Love your videos Sensei Seth!!! Osu! Wish i could try sumo too, sadly not any club/stable in my land :( Love the sports! Will start judo (and karate) most likely first or id have to start my own club but i have 0% experience. Can't wait to watch you try sumo! :D
Yes, that was indeed the infamous "Yama". I was so pleased to see you drop in at the US Sumo 2022. As for the final Sumo match, that was a middle-weight competitor that goes by the nickname "Asian Fabio."
Whoa! Sensei Seth against World Games competitor Eric Hyunh? Seth actually holds his own here! Eric is used to blasting people outta the ring, not backpedalling!
My favorite has always been Akebono. He went from college basketball player to sumo wrestling and the first non Japanese to attain the rank of Yokozuna.
I found Sumo endlessly fascinating and frequently terrifying. The bouts often only last a few wildly intense seconds. I've spent hours watching highlights, great stuff. If I had a place nearby I'd totally give it a shot, only ever played around with the rules with folks that otherwise do other kinds of MA's. Loved the last few videos about sumo, keep it coming yo.
And as for the similarity to Judo - heck yeah it does, precisely b/c Sumo is ancient as all get-out and influenced jujutsu and later judo - and b/c cross-pollination, those things also influence modern Sumo. The circle of life!
Interestingly Japanese Sumo doesn't have weight classes at all so having lots of mass can help. Also going into ramming match against way bigger sumo is bad idea.
I reccomend watching clips of Pavel Bojar, or Takanoyama as he was called in his sumo career. He's a former judoka from Czech republic who spent 14 years in Japan as sumo wrestler, and watching him defeat guys who were over 60+ kg/130+ pounds heavier than him (he was less than 100 kg/220 pounds) is truly sight to behold.
Enho, who is currently active has some truly great wins and managed to get a bit higher up than Takanoyama. He has some wins against wrestlers literally twice his size.
I so glad you did this. Sumo doesn't get the respect it deserves in the United States. The best judo and aikido occurs in sumo. For example, you have a clip of a beautiful judo shoulder throw. I'm surprised that you didn't include a clip of Enho.
We're in the last few days of a tournament right now. I've used several different channels but lately I've been going for NattoSumo. Unfortunately most of the top guys are doing poorly, but that leaves room for a dark horse.
Nice to see your "other half" Seth. She seems cool. Its not easy living with a martial artist or a youtuber, she must be a keeper 😂. Sumo is hectic. I imagine with the really big guys it must be what it's like to get mowed down by an elephant or something.
Sumo is awesome, glad I got to compete in it. Btw I tried looking for this video after watching the other and your main channel doesnt link this one on it in the channels tab
i once had the privilege to train at a stable for a year, im a big guy, im 7'2" and a former competitive strongman, so im about 470lbs and can hold my own pretty well, i put in all the hard work expected of me, and even was lucky enough to be shown respect by an ozeki (second highest rank in sumo) after the ozeki gave me a nickname, and everyone, even the coaches only called me by that nickname afterwards (thats how much respect ozeki get) they gave me the name "dai onio" which translates to "great ogre king" since my height and weight made me about what the oni traditionally look like, to be given such a nickname by such a high ranked sumo is the greatest honour of my life
Very cool... And yeah... I think Ozeki used to be the highest rank possible. But at some stage they introduced even higher Yokozuna rank. This may be completely incorrect... just something I read a while ago. Either way Ozeki is a celebrity in Japan and very respectable position. ps. very cool nickname as well. pss. what rank did you climb to after a year? did you fight professionally?
@@lastmanstanding5423 i didnt fight professionally, i got informed i was "to tall for official matches" apparently, even though tehres no size limits, you can in fact be to tall to sumo
@@bigfrankfraser1391 yeah I can imagine... they do keep to their traditions.... that's a part of the sumo magic, isn't it? must have been hard to train without any hope to ever competing. big respect bro.
@@lastmanstanding5423 i trained simply to improve my physical health, as a result of the balance training and footwork, at my height and weight i can do the 100m dash in 13 seconds, which is a second faster than the average time most people can do it in, im faster on my feet than someone my size should be, because of sumo training, i even sometimes do marathons and finish in the first quarter of runners
If you want some interesting facts about Sumo I suggest Fact Fiend with Karl Smallwood, he has a video on a Sumo wrestler who had a piece of silicone implanted in his skull and then bulked it up to 1 inch thick to meet the height requirement. From what I understand back in the day there was a height requirement but in traditional Sumo there is no weight classes..fairly obvious when you see the size of some of these folks going against each other. The guy in the video was a skilled Sumo who was skilled and won many of his matches by outsmarting and using superior skills over his heavier opponents.
These guys just prove something every martial artist needs to live by: Mass aint nuthin without skill. I am a reasonably big guy (2m and about 120kg) and I always hold back on putting muscle and weight behind moves for that simple reason. I would rather lose to somebody half my size from a well executed technique cuz they got to practice that on me, than always steamrolling my opponents. For one, that aint fun. And two: something every guy there has experienced (and I have had the joy of letting others experience!): at some point someone your size will come along who DID work on technique. Or even worse: someone half your size who has had a dude like me to spar with. Nothing worse for the "big man" in the gym than getting bitchslapped.
We did sumo wrestling once or twice for wrestling practice at my HEMA club. I was surprised by how technical and difficult it truly is. It gave me a lot more respect for rikishis and their art.
@@bigguy7353 dude, you just wrote "try fightwrestling". "kampfringen" is barely a term, and surely not a useful one. Which treatise do you recommend? Liegnitzer? Dürer? And why not train some sumo for fun? The ruleset is close enough to some historical tournament rulesets that training sumo would give some benefits.
Overall, we actually mostly do Fiore. It’s just that our wrestling teacher has practiced multiple martial arts and used this knowledge so that we could understand the basic principles of wrestling (For example, sumo was for practicing stability).
I love sumo. Yeah, they're usually cubbies surprises than either of us, but they train all the time. I've been to several basso when they came to San Jose. Great sport.
