I was lucky enough to see Chiyonofuji, one of the greatest Yokozunas ever, may his soul R.I.P., wrestle Konishki, the immense Hawaiian Ozeki back in 1985 in Tokyo. Sumo is AWESOME.
At 50 years of age I watched a streaming show about SUMO, a sport that has been around for 1500 years that I never thought about watching. The rules are simple and the honor amongst contestants is absolute. Such a joy to watch.
Greetings from Central Ohio USA. I agree in that at 60+ I Began Watching Sumo a couple of years ago now that I'm retired seemed to find the time to watch the RUclips here. 🇺🇸
Wow, what a difference from western competitions. All of them being around the ring together, as one unit. And also, simultaneously, all of them having their own unique perspective.
Ah, the enigmatic "waving of the bendy fishing pole"! I appreciate your curiosity, and let me clarify this intriguing tradition for you. What you witnessed at the end of the sumo basho video is known as Yumitori-shiki (弓取式). During this ceremony, a designated wrestler, typically from the makushita division and often associated with a yokozuna's stable, performs a ritual with a flexible bamboo bow. It's a graceful way to mark the end of the day's sumo matches and showcase the wrestler's dexterity.
tellement magnétique, j'ai aimé regarder ça, pourquoi votre chaîne a-t-elle si peu de followers, votre contenu est sain et varié. vous êtes tous les deux des chats sympas.
@16:58 - Can anyone explain these rituals? They seem to be signaling to each other in someway that they are not quite ready to wrestle, and want to start again, exit the ring, and prepare again. Throw salt, come back in, repeat a few times. Once, I noticed that one of the wrestlers went to the crouching position with open hands on his knees, and it seemed that the other sumo understood that they were gonna stand up again. Also a couple times they both put their hands on the ground and didn't fight, but instead got up. I tried searching around for these traditions/rules/ceremonies, but I think I just don't know the right wording to search for. You see them sometimes, and then other matches it's just GO!!!!. So I don't understand the significance, or how the signaling is working. Also, the crowd seems to love it, so I would like some insight on that as well. One other thing: "Sanctuary", a Netflix TV show about sumo, is pretty awesome. It's what's has led me down the path to start learning more about sumo wrestling. I cannot wait for the next season! Thanks in advance for any information that could be provided!
So, we are pretty sure that it's just a g-up, like the stare down before boxing, or the smack talking in other sports. They're seemingly hyping each other up, as-well as the crowd. This happened every single match, I just edited it out sometimes to keep it interesting and shorter. But they did this at least once or twice each before actually wrestling. I guess another part of it that it could be about is that they often fight for only a couple of seconds, so the time spent here helps you remember who's who, and allows the audience to be a part of it all before the match actually begins. As for the signals that they use, I've got no idea, what I did notice was that when it's go time, they both have both knuckles on the ground before the match actually begins. When they're still warming up, their knuckles don't touch the ground. Glad you've become a fan, if you ever get the chance to see it with your own eyes, please treat yourself to it, it was a highlight of our trip in Japan.
@twostraycats is correct; the repeated face-offs and retreats to the corners before a bout are meant to hype up the crowd, psych up each wrestler, and attempt to intimidate opponents. I wrote a further explanation, but it was kind of a mess, so I'm going to borrow a reddit comment that it explains it more clearly: "There are several components. All of the stare downs and going back and forth they do prior to the initial charge (tachiai) is called shikiri naoshi. These pre-bout rituals aren't just for honor and ritual, nor for showing off to the crowd. It's part of the psyching up that both wrestlers do for themselves and toward each other to prepare to slam into each other with such force. Ideally, they're not just psyching themselves up but also synchronizing with each other to start. There's a real mind-game in this part and it takes a fair amount of sumo-watching to really start noticing the subtle body language shifts. The stoic faces that wrestlers put on for the crowd aren't just to demonstrate grace under fire. It's a poker face. This part used to last much longer, but it has now been shortened to prevent matches from going on and on and on. To the trained eye, this part can have a lot of suspensful excitement. This is why you'll often hear clapping and approval from the crowd after a staredown that leads to a trip back to the salt." The lowest 4 divisions out of 6 (the bottom ~89% of pro sumo wrestlers) have a much shorter shikiri naoshi period with no salt-throwing or repeated trips to their corners. This is for scheduling reasons - they need to get through the lower ranked matches pretty quickly each day. This video only shows the top division wrestlers, who are the top 42 guys out of 600+ in pro sumo. The guys in div 2 get about 3 minutes of pre-bout rituals before each match, and the guys in div 1 get about 4 minutes. This is controlled by the designated timekeeper of the 5 ringside judges. The timekeeper signals the referee ("gyoji") when the time is up and the match must start. Before sumo was broadcast on TV (and had to end at a reliable time each day to fit into NHK's programming schedule), they'd sometimes allow the shikiri naoshi to go on far longer, especially for big and/or crucial bouts.
@@twostraycats Been a sumo fan since 2016. Thanks for this. Good fix for The Between Bashos Blues😊. Not familiar with your channel. Are you ALL sumo? this 🇺🇸 👵 ❤ 🇯🇵 💪.
Hello Joanna! We aren't all Sumo, but we are definitely also big Sumo fans! This channel is our documentation of our travels over the next few years where we will be visiting 40+ countries. Welcome! These; 🇦🇺🇿🇦🐈🐱❤️🚂🎒📹🗺️
@@twostraycats Okeedokee. Travel on!! Like you showing up ever so briefly in your vids 😀. I'm Dutch and hope you guys get to The Netherlands. I've subscribed. Thanks and happy traveling.
*I used to watch sumo a lot back around a decade ago, I don't think I see Hakuho perhaps he retired? I know very little Japanese so following the sport was difficult once my English source disappeared. 😅 Nice to see again, would be amazing to see in person*
@@tdillpickleh4684 No, Hakuho's right knee was badly damaged by the end of his career. He tried multiple surgeries, but by his final basho, he required a doctor to painfully drain the fluid from it each day just so he could stand and walk. There were certain political forces in the JSA that worked against him (like the decision to deny him ichidai-toshiyori), but I don't think they had any part in his decision to retire.
The envelopes are called "kensho", and as previously stated, they are full of prize money given to the winner of a bout. The prize money comes from corporate sponsors, who create advertising banners and pay for them to be paraded around the ring before each match they choose to sponsor. Each banner = one envelope, and each envelope has about 30,000 yen in cash (~$210 USD currently, though the yen is rather weak right now). In addition, for each envelope won, another ~30,000 yen is deposited into a sort of retirement account for the winning wrestler.
The envelopes are called "kensho", and as previously stated, they are full of prize money given to the winner of a bout. The prize money comes from corporate sponsors, who create advertising banners and pay for them to be paraded around the ring before each match they choose to sponsor. Each banner = one envelope, and each envelope has about 30,000 yen in cash (~$210 USD currently, though the yen is rather weak right now). In addition, for each envelope won, another ~30,000 yen is deposited into a sort of retirement account for the winning wrestler.
If you're referring to the leg lifts/stomps they do before each match, that's called "shiko." It's both a ritual and a warmup. Shiko is one of the fundamental training exercises that wrestlers do every day, often hundreds a day, to build up stronger legs and hips and to improve core strength and balance. When performed before a match, it is thought that the stomps "lock up" or "drive away" any bad spirits that might be inhabiting the ring.
@@jamessmith4455 30,000 yen per envelope. The number of envelopes awarded varies by match, but it can be a very thick stack sometimes. For really high stakes matches, you see huge bundles of envelopes.
@@jamessmith4455 As @kochiyama said, it's about 30k yen per envelope, but another 30k yen per envelope is deposited into a sort of retirement account for the winning wrestler.
The grand sumo guys make TONS of money. One of the Mongolian Yokozuna after he retired has buildings buildings and lots of homes and stuff. Brutal way to earn a living but they love it.
The envelopes are called "kensho", and as previously stated, they are full of prize money given to the winner of a bout. The prize money comes from corporate sponsors, who create advertising banners and pay for them to be paraded around the ring before each match they choose to sponsor. Each banner = one envelope, and each envelope has about 30,000 yen in cash (~$210 USD currently, though the yen is rather weak right now). In addition, for each envelope won, another ~30,000 yen is deposited into a sort of retirement account for the winning wrestler.
There are wrestlers in the “good shape” you’re talking about but they don’t last long. They get hurt quickly and hurt or not they have to fight. If they don’t they get demoted.
Wow, seen thatt for the first time now! So, basically the Rule is to get the Opponent out of the Ring or down on the Ground and then you get a new Opponent? Here in Switzerland, the traditional Grappling (the so-called "Schwingen") also uses a specially made Garment to fight with, basically a Leather reinforced Boxershort made out of hessian, worn over full Clothing.
I recently learned that on average, sumo wrestlers live 10-15 years shorter than the average Japanese person, typically dying in their late 60s or early 70s.
Nhờ ơn Chúa Thánh Thần nên trong năm 2016 ở Việt Nam giống Xuất hành chương 7 câu 14 đến chương 10 câu 29 và thế giới từ 2016 đến 2023 Rồi một đêm tôi nằm mơ thấy những nấm mồ mầu trắng ở đó có hình Thánh Giá mầu trắng chung quanh là tím than. Rồi có tiếng hét: Chết hết cả rồi ! Tôi giật mình thức giấc:12 giờ đêm ở Mỹ (1 giờ đêm). Ở Việt Nam Là 15 giờ cùng ngày Rồi một đêm khác tôi nằm mơ thấy hai con chim nhạn bị bắn chết. Tôi nghe nó nói: Nó là anh em sinh đôi. Tôi liền nghĩ là…. và Tận thế Vậy…. rồi tận thế lúc 12 giờ đêm ở Mỹ (1 giờ đêm). Ở Việt Nam là 15 giờ cùng ngày
The envelopes are called "kensho", and as previously stated, they are full of prize money given to the winner of a bout. The prize money comes from corporate sponsors, who create advertising banners and pay for them to be paraded around the ring before each match they choose to sponsor. Each banner = one envelope, and each envelope has about 30,000 yen in cash (~$210 USD currently, though the yen is rather weak right now). In addition, for each envelope won, another ~30,000 yen is deposited into a sort of retirement account for the winning wrestler.
I was lucky enough to see Chiyonofuji, one of the greatest Yokozunas ever, may his soul R.I.P., wrestle Konishki, the immense Hawaiian Ozeki back in 1985 in Tokyo. Sumo is AWESOME.
Ahhh Chiyonofuji..an awesome fighter, his tachai glare and skill, much missed.
R.I.P.
Dh😊
whoa 1985 😮
At 50 years of age I watched a streaming show about SUMO, a sport that has been around for 1500 years that I never thought about watching. The rules are simple and the honor amongst contestants is absolute. Such a joy to watch.
Greetings from Central Ohio USA. I agree in that at 60+ I Began Watching Sumo a couple of years ago now that I'm retired seemed to find the time to watch the RUclips here. 🇺🇸
ever since i saw sumo as a child, i have been fascinated by it. an extraordinary sport.
Greetings from Central Ohio USA .
Thank you for sharing this with the World. 🌍
Thanks for tuning in! Glad you enjoyed.
This is great. Im in love with the deep history and present sumo. Thank you for posting this. God bless you and your family.
Thanks for this, so glad this video blew up for you because sumo is awesome! The July 2023 basho just started!
Thanks Dephire! We are glad too, it's truly a spectacle worth witnessing. Will you be able to see the July Basho with your own eyes?
The fight at 6:20 was epic. So closely matched
Thanks for the great sumo video. They are very talented sportsmen.
Absolutelly! Thanks for watching our video. x
I would love to attend such a spectacle. Great video! Happy travels.
You should! Thanks dN.
Perfect highlight reel. Thanks!
Thanks for the video! I love wakamotoharu
Thanks for uploading this guys! My wife and I enjoyed it very much. Cheers from NYC
Welcome to our channel, very glad to hear you both enjoyed it. Go see it for yourself if you ever get the chance, it was completely awesome.
This was thrilling to watch!
Amazing, please make more Sumo content
@13:18 - Sumo sportsmanship.
Örülök, hogy megnézhettem, nagyon izgalmas volt. Köszönöm
Öröm! Örülünk, hogy tetszett!
Vielen Dank, sehr inspirierend...
this is awesome, yall deserve more subs!
Fantastic! SO miss seeing this live...
Wow, what a difference from western competitions. All of them being around the ring together, as one unit. And also, simultaneously, all of them having their own unique perspective.
That’s how you do an intro to a sporting event!
Thank you SaltyChip.
Takakeisho's knees were badly injured, thus the loss when the grappling is on :)
Pretty nice overview you have here ! CHeers !
20:40 Can anyone tell me significance of the 'Waving about of the big bendy golden fishing pole'?
Ah, the enigmatic "waving of the bendy fishing pole"! I appreciate your curiosity, and let me clarify this intriguing tradition for you.
What you witnessed at the end of the sumo basho video is known as Yumitori-shiki (弓取式). During this ceremony, a designated wrestler, typically from the makushita division and often associated with a yokozuna's stable, performs a ritual with a flexible bamboo bow.
It's a graceful way to mark the end of the day's sumo matches and showcase the wrestler's dexterity.
Thanks for posting!
great footage
Thank you kindly!
Big head knock at 15:45 surprised they were both still up
Very nica. Thanks for sharing the experience.
Thanks for watching!
素晴らしい😊
Sumo is cool. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for watching!
tellement magnétique, j'ai aimé regarder ça, pourquoi votre chaîne a-t-elle si peu de followers, votre contenu est sain et varié. vous êtes tous les deux des chats sympas.
@16:58 - Can anyone explain these rituals? They seem to be signaling to each other in someway that they are not quite ready to wrestle, and want to start again, exit the ring, and prepare again. Throw salt, come back in, repeat a few times. Once, I noticed that one of the wrestlers went to the crouching position with open hands on his knees, and it seemed that the other sumo understood that they were gonna stand up again.
Also a couple times they both put their hands on the ground and didn't fight, but instead got up. I tried searching around for these traditions/rules/ceremonies, but I think I just don't know the right wording to search for. You see them sometimes, and then other matches it's just GO!!!!. So I don't understand the significance, or how the signaling is working.
Also, the crowd seems to love it, so I would like some insight on that as well.
One other thing: "Sanctuary", a Netflix TV show about sumo, is pretty awesome. It's what's has led me down the path to start learning more about sumo wrestling. I cannot wait for the next season!
Thanks in advance for any information that could be provided!
So, we are pretty sure that it's just a g-up, like the stare down before boxing, or the smack talking in other sports.
They're seemingly hyping each other up, as-well as the crowd.
This happened every single match, I just edited it out sometimes to keep it interesting and shorter. But they did this at least once or twice each before actually wrestling.
I guess another part of it that it could be about is that they often fight for only a couple of seconds, so the time spent here helps you remember who's who, and allows the audience to be a part of it all before the match actually begins.
As for the signals that they use, I've got no idea, what I did notice was that when it's go time, they both have both knuckles on the ground before the match actually begins. When they're still warming up, their knuckles don't touch the ground.
Glad you've become a fan, if you ever get the chance to see it with your own eyes, please treat yourself to it, it was a highlight of our trip in Japan.
@twostraycats is correct; the repeated face-offs and retreats to the corners before a bout are meant to hype up the crowd, psych up each wrestler, and attempt to intimidate opponents. I wrote a further explanation, but it was kind of a mess, so I'm going to borrow a reddit comment that it explains it more clearly:
"There are several components. All of the stare downs and going back and forth they do prior to the initial charge (tachiai) is called shikiri naoshi. These pre-bout rituals aren't just for honor and ritual, nor for showing off to the crowd. It's part of the psyching up that both wrestlers do for themselves and toward each other to prepare to slam into each other with such force.
Ideally, they're not just psyching themselves up but also synchronizing with each other to start. There's a real mind-game in this part and it takes a fair amount of sumo-watching to really start noticing the subtle body language shifts. The stoic faces that wrestlers put on for the crowd aren't just to demonstrate grace under fire. It's a poker face.
This part used to last much longer, but it has now been shortened to prevent matches from going on and on and on. To the trained eye, this part can have a lot of suspensful excitement. This is why you'll often hear clapping and approval from the crowd after a staredown that leads to a trip back to the salt."
The lowest 4 divisions out of 6 (the bottom ~89% of pro sumo wrestlers) have a much shorter shikiri naoshi period with no salt-throwing or repeated trips to their corners. This is for scheduling reasons - they need to get through the lower ranked matches pretty quickly each day. This video only shows the top division wrestlers, who are the top 42 guys out of 600+ in pro sumo. The guys in div 2 get about 3 minutes of pre-bout rituals before each match, and the guys in div 1 get about 4 minutes. This is controlled by the designated timekeeper of the 5 ringside judges. The timekeeper signals the referee ("gyoji") when the time is up and the match must start. Before sumo was broadcast on TV (and had to end at a reliable time each day to fit into NHK's programming schedule), they'd sometimes allow the shikiri naoshi to go on far longer, especially for big and/or crucial bouts.
Thanks for the video.
You are welcome!
@@twostraycats
Been a sumo fan since 2016. Thanks for this. Good fix for The Between Bashos Blues😊.
Not familiar with your channel. Are you ALL sumo?
this 🇺🇸 👵 ❤ 🇯🇵 💪.
Hello Joanna!
We aren't all Sumo, but we are definitely also big Sumo fans! This channel is our documentation of our travels over the next few years where we will be visiting 40+ countries. Welcome!
These; 🇦🇺🇿🇦🐈🐱❤️🚂🎒📹🗺️
@@twostraycats
Okeedokee. Travel on!! Like you showing up ever so briefly in your vids 😀.
I'm Dutch and hope you guys get to The Netherlands.
I've subscribed. Thanks and happy traveling.
Excellent! :)
Alguien sabe cómo se llama ese sonido que hacen con dos palos?
i hope i can get tickets for november in fukuoka. love to be able to attend if only for a day
Enjoy, it's an absolute marvel to witness.
Now this is a spectator sport!
なかなか観れない角度です！国技館に行ったみたいですが､
取り組みの順番がおかしい🤔編集してますね
朝乃山が結び前なので
My favorite is the woman in the green against the man at around 9:45
*I used to watch sumo a lot back around a decade ago, I don't think I see Hakuho perhaps he retired? I know very little Japanese so following the sport was difficult once my English source disappeared. 😅 Nice to see again, would be amazing to see in person*
He retired due knee injury
@@martinnovillo7482 Unfortunate, thanks for the information
I think it was more political that he retired more than anything else.
@@tdillpickleh4684 No, Hakuho's right knee was badly damaged by the end of his career. He tried multiple surgeries, but by his final basho, he required a doctor to painfully drain the fluid from it each day just so he could stand and walk. There were certain political forces in the JSA that worked against him (like the decision to deny him ichidai-toshiyori), but I don't think they had any part in his decision to retire.
When does the iron chef part begin?
what are they given after the match? ty
They're given a cash prize.
@@twostraycats ty
Welcome MrCoyote xx
The envelopes are called "kensho", and as previously stated, they are full of prize money given to the winner of a bout. The prize money comes from corporate sponsors, who create advertising banners and pay for them to be paraded around the ring before each match they choose to sponsor. Each banner = one envelope, and each envelope has about 30,000 yen in cash (~$210 USD currently, though the yen is rather weak right now). In addition, for each envelope won, another ~30,000 yen is deposited into a sort of retirement account for the winning wrestler.
cant believe these guys are fighting
Brilliant
What a cool fucking experience.
Arigato gozaimasu ❤
so strong
Could someone explain to me what the white papers/packet of papers is that the winner receives from the person at the end?
Prize money! They're stuffed with cash from sponsors.
@@twostraycats oh okay thank you for the info.
Vouchers for MacDonald s
The envelopes are called "kensho", and as previously stated, they are full of prize money given to the winner of a bout. The prize money comes from corporate sponsors, who create advertising banners and pay for them to be paraded around the ring before each match they choose to sponsor. Each banner = one envelope, and each envelope has about 30,000 yen in cash (~$210 USD currently, though the yen is rather weak right now). In addition, for each envelope won, another ~30,000 yen is deposited into a sort of retirement account for the winning wrestler.
классно🙂❤
What's with the lateral movement of the legs? A ritual or a warmup?
If you're referring to the leg lifts/stomps they do before each match, that's called "shiko." It's both a ritual and a warmup. Shiko is one of the fundamental training exercises that wrestlers do every day, often hundreds a day, to build up stronger legs and hips and to improve core strength and balance. When performed before a match, it is thought that the stomps "lock up" or "drive away" any bad spirits that might be inhabiting the ring.
@@SAArete Thank you!
When they first enter their stable the new guys only do that. All day long. Over 1000 per side some sumo have said.
Love seeing this old tradition still kept up ,,, pS I just looked it up they get handed roughly 30,000 yen by the referee on winning ,
So like $210?! That sounds so little
@@jamessmith4455 30,000 yen per envelope. The number of envelopes awarded varies by match, but it can be a very thick stack sometimes. For really high stakes matches, you see huge bundles of envelopes.
@@jamessmith4455 As @kochiyama said, it's about 30k yen per envelope, but another 30k yen per envelope is deposited into a sort of retirement account for the winning wrestler.
Each sponser's envelope contains roughly $400 American dollars. Usually there are FOUR OR MORE sponsors so THAT is quite a lot of money.
What do they hand the winner
Prize money!
The grand sumo guys make TONS of money. One of the Mongolian Yokozuna after he retired has buildings buildings and lots of homes and stuff. Brutal way to earn a living but they love it.
The envelopes are called "kensho", and as previously stated, they are full of prize money given to the winner of a bout. The prize money comes from corporate sponsors, who create advertising banners and pay for them to be paraded around the ring before each match they choose to sponsor. Each banner = one envelope, and each envelope has about 30,000 yen in cash (~$210 USD currently, though the yen is rather weak right now). In addition, for each envelope won, another ~30,000 yen is deposited into a sort of retirement account for the winning wrestler.
i guess you gotta be there
At the end - Winner needs to work on that golf swing
굿잡
Kinboshi for Meisei ?
Correct! Thanks for watching Joanna.
@@twostraycats
❤ 🇯🇵 💪 !!
So that's where E Honda gets it from 🤔
That's a lot of mass moving.
How do they never have one single huge guy actually in respectable shape…?
Huge amount of muscle mass under there
Because of the lack of weight classes, sumo wrestlers need to be as heavy and strong as possible so they can be explosive even at 200kg
There are wrestlers in the “good shape” you’re talking about but they don’t last long. They get hurt quickly and hurt or not they have to fight. If they don’t they get demoted.
Wow, seen thatt for the first time now! So, basically the Rule is to get the Opponent out of the Ring or down on the Ground and then you get a new Opponent?
Here in Switzerland, the traditional Grappling (the so-called "Schwingen") also uses a specially made Garment to fight with, basically a Leather reinforced Boxershort made out of hessian, worn over full Clothing.
You don’t get a new opponent. One match per person per day.
I recently learned that on average, sumo wrestlers live 10-15 years shorter than the average Japanese person, typically dying in their late 60s or early 70s.
Not too suprising!
Multiple accidents of Two Trucks 😊
Is everything in Japan made into a ritual? Can't imagine what they do before brushing their teeth, reading a newspaper, lighting a cigarette!
Bizarre!
Did they use Sumo wrestlers as Zero pilots.
There should be weight classes. Some wrestlers are waaaaaay bigger than others
Что даёт судья победителю, пачку денег, или что-то другое? 🤔
Пачка денег - это правильно, Владимир!
Sponsor's envelopes. About $400 in dollars.
from iran . wow wow wow . what is thaaaat 🙄
Rest hold
oki dashi
Americans are still wondering where the invisible burger joint is.
🤩🇺🇸👍🤩🇺🇸👍🇯🇵🇯🇵👍
Summoners
so much for tradition "plaza hotel" shame
💸
ЭТО интересно ?
This is a very slow sport. 😬
Ma deve sempre passare qualcuno a chi sta riprendendo? Basta
My moneys on the big guy
Nhờ ơn Chúa Thánh Thần nên trong năm 2016 ở Việt Nam giống Xuất hành chương 7 câu 14 đến chương 10 câu 29 và thế giới từ 2016 đến 2023
Rồi một đêm tôi nằm mơ thấy những nấm mồ mầu trắng ở đó có hình Thánh Giá mầu trắng chung quanh là tím than. Rồi có tiếng hét: Chết hết cả rồi ! Tôi giật mình thức giấc:12 giờ đêm ở Mỹ (1 giờ đêm). Ở Việt Nam Là 15 giờ cùng ngày
Rồi một đêm khác tôi nằm mơ thấy hai con chim nhạn bị bắn chết. Tôi nghe nó nói: Nó là anh em sinh đôi. Tôi liền nghĩ là…. và Tận thế
Vậy…. rồi tận thế lúc 12 giờ đêm ở Mỹ (1 giờ đêm). Ở Việt Nam là 15 giờ cùng ngày
Japan really has to put an end to the all-you-can-eat sushi places.
At least it's for real - unlike the obviously faked Western pro wrestling.
Kind of weird, the size of their bodies and the way they dress. The future, family, children, and their health?
esto si que es calzón chino... : /
Just pushing sport😅
You don't understand what is going on if you think that.
What is the white stack of paper at the end the winner gets from the I guess referee. They grab it and hand it off to the guy in the corner!
Prize money, I feel like chewy would have a chance at winning. Go for it.
The envelopes are called "kensho", and as previously stated, they are full of prize money given to the winner of a bout. The prize money comes from corporate sponsors, who create advertising banners and pay for them to be paraded around the ring before each match they choose to sponsor. Each banner = one envelope, and each envelope has about 30,000 yen in cash (~$210 USD currently, though the yen is rather weak right now). In addition, for each envelope won, another ~30,000 yen is deposited into a sort of retirement account for the winning wrestler.
@@SAAretethanks for the explanation. That’s a great idea for retirement!
Yugoslavia..
tlusciochy bez majtek,ciekawy z tradycjami Narodowy Japonski Sport