Want to know about getting kids involved in sumo? This is your episode! We talk with Jake Book of Ohayo Sumo about his sumo training and how he's building a program for kids. Then we switch gears and discuss the Hakuho Cup, a youth sumo tournament that happens in Japan. And, because we are who we are, we also discuss Dorothy Hamill, Wham!, Gene Kelly, Scott Hamilton, and Mark Hamill.
Time Codes:
:38 Terunofuji bench presses
1:48 "Ha-ripped"
2:18 Newsflash
2:25 Terunofuji becomes an Ozeki
4:53 Nagoya basho in July
5:26 Araiso diploma
5:58 Intro to Jake Book
6:24 Jake Book Interview start
6:40 How Jake got into sumo
9:58 Jake starts an adult sumo club
11:33 Jake starts a youth sumo club
14:12 US sumo future is the kids
16:12 Possible kids USA tournament
20:00 How to find Jake Book
21:00 Garden Hose Dohyo
22:08 Hakuho Cup intro
22:41 Asashoryu Cup
23:50 Hakuho takeover in 2011
26:50 Hakuho speech for kids
27:22 Dorothy Hamill
28:00 Wham! & Gene Kelly
29:30 Mark Hamill Jedi Training
30:00 Leslie's Hamill confusion
30:35 John Gunning article
31:25 International Team
34:10 Jake Book
37:05 Ko-fi donations
Research:
https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/202103310000873.html?cx_testId=66&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=4#cxrecs_s
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2021/03/03/sumo/hakuho-cup-legacy/
https://www.daily.co.jp/general/2020/02/02/0013082955.shtml
https://hakuho-cup.com
http://www.sumoforum.net/forums/topic/39653-10th-hakuho-cup-2020/
HAKUHO CUP 2019
Hakuho Cup 2020: Team Final
https://www.ussumo.org/hakuho-cup
https://tachiai.org/tag/hakuho-cup/
Music
"Advanced Japanese Folk" by Audiotoolz
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Audiotoolz/Progressive_Folk/02_-_audiotoolz_-_advanced_japanese_folk
Under creative commons license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
News Theme by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Intro/Outtro music by MARiAN - Tokyo Trap.