Displaying Episode 121 - 130 of 141 in total of Sumo Kaboom with the tag “japan”.
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The Dohyo, COVID-19, and Staying in Sumo Shape
July 1st, 2020 | 36 mins 59 secs
abi, basho, comedy, covid, covid 19, dohyo, grand sumo, grand sumo highlights, improv comedy, japan, july basho, nhk, sumo, sumo wrestling, tournament
What kind of prep goes into a professional sumo tournament? And, what's happens differently when we're in a pandemic? How are the wrestlers staying in sumo shape?
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Akebono, Cellulitis, and Tochinoshin's Bandaids
June 24th, 2020 | 44 mins 16 secs
akebono, cellulitis, comedy, grand sumo, grand sumo highlights, improv comedy, japan, nhk, skin infections, sumo, sumo wrestling, tochinoshin, tournament, yokozuna
Leslie focuses on the great American yokozuna, Akebono while Laurie focuses on sumo and skin infections.
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The Banzuke. What's a banzuke??
June 17th, 2020 | 34 mins 40 secs
banzuke, comedy, grand sumo, grand sumo highlights, improv comedy, japan, nhk, sumo, sumo wrestling, tournament
What the heck is a banzuke? We help you make sense of it, from the way it's created to how a wrestler moves up or down within it.
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Injury, Healing, and Singing
June 10th, 2020 | 48 mins 54 secs
comedy, grand sumo, grand sumo highlights, improv comedy, japan, nhk, sumo, sumo folk singing, sumo folk song, sumo wrestling, tournament
Sumo and injury. We talk about the prevalence of injury in the sport and what it takes to heal after one. We also manage to talk about John Gunning, Mariah Holmes, Tamawashi's baking prowess and sumo folk singing.
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Shikona, Sumo Ring Names
June 3rd, 2020 | 33 mins 33 secs
comedy, grand sumo, grand sumo highlights, improv comedy, japan, nhk, ring names, shikona, sumo, sumo wrestling, tournament, wrestlers
What's in a name? A LOT, it turns out.
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Wonder Woman of US Sumo, Mariah Holmes
May 27th, 2020 | 49 mins 36 secs
comedy, female wrestling, find a friend, grand sumo, grand sumo highlights, improv comedy, japan, mariah holmes, mawashi, nhk, sumo, sumo wrestling, tournament, training, women sumo
Let's talk female trailblazers and hear from one of America's most badass sumo athletes and advocates, Mariah Holmes.
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Sumo and Comedy
May 20th, 2020 | 30 mins 28 secs
byamba, comedy, grand sumo, grand sumo highlights, improv comedy, japan, nhk, shobushi, shokkiri, sumo, sumo wrestling, tournament
Sumo and comedy are a good match. This is the perfect week to honor two wrestlers who excelled at them both, Shobushi and Byamba. Also, we explain the comedy sumo routine - shokkiri.
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Yokozuna in the Shadows
May 13th, 2020 | 47 mins 31 secs
comedy, google translate, google translator, grand sumo, grand sumo highlights, improv comedy, japan, kakuryu, nhk, sumo, sumo wrestling, tournament, yokozuna
This week, Laurie and Leslie talk about yokozunas in the shadows (insert echo effect here). We talk about great and not so great yokozunas throughout history who have been overshadowed by other great yokozunas. We take a deep dive into the awesomeness that is Kakuryu and TRY to pronounce his real Mongolian name. Ya'll, we are terrible at pronouncing Mongolian.
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US Sumo, Justin Kizzart
May 6th, 2020 | 42 mins 19 secs
comedy, dark circle sumo, grand sumo, grand sumo highlights, improv comedy, japan, justin kizzart, nhk, shiko, sumo, sumo training, sumo wrestling, tournament, us sumo federation, us sumo nationals
We talk with a US National Sumo gold medalist about training and the state of sumo in Texas and beyond.
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The Tachiai
April 29th, 2020 | 47 mins 45 secs
banzuke, comedy, covid, grand sumo, grand sumo highlights, improv comedy, japan, kabuki, nhk, sumo, sumo wrestling, tachiai, tournament
The tachiai- what it is and how it's changed. Along with the latest news and questions about sumo wrestling, of course!