I had been hearing rumblings about the start of a new sumo club in Austin, Texas, but I am finally happy to report that these rumblings have now become a reality! One of the best lightweight sumo wrestlers in America, Justin Kizzart, has just started Dark Circle Sumo. Justin teamed up with South Austin Aikido... Continue Reading →
Several weeks ago, I posted a recap of the Fitcon2019 Sumo Cup. It was a wonderful tournament, and I was blessed to have Casey Burns and Cornelius Booker provide so much video from the event. I mentioned in my prior post that I would make a second post featuring more footage from the event. Unfortunately,... Continue Reading →
For those following our upcoming events page, you know that Welcome Mat Sumo New Orleans is hosting a sumo clinic on July 12th as well as a tournament on July 13th. WM NOLA holds THE BEST sumo events. Anyone can learn a lot of skills from their clinic, and their tournament will certainly be a... Continue Reading →
I just saw in a series of tweets by Inside Sport Japan (@InsideSportJP) that the Sumo World Championships 2019 are moving from Hawaii, USA to Osaka, Japan. I still don't know the reason, but I am sure that more information will come out in the near future. Tweets here: https://twitter.com/InsideSportJP/status/1135409021316243456 https://twitter.com/InsideSportJP/status/1135458546135343104
Every basho, I create a chart that tracks the popularity of the basho on Reddit.com/r/sumo, as measured by the number of daily discussion thread comments. Since becoming a moderator for the subreddit, I can now see the number of unique visitors and page views for the subreddit. Below are five charts that illustrate the popularity... Continue Reading →
I assumed that NorthAmericanSumo.com would get a little extra traffic with President Donald Trump attending the final day of the Natsu Basho 2019, but I saw a very large and sudden spike this morning. I looked at the search terms that drew people to the website and, to my surprise, noticed that almost all of... Continue Reading →
We are almost halfway through the Nastu Basho 2019! In the makuuchi division, the top competitors have certainly been Kakuryu and Tochinoshin, but the biggest story has probably been Enho. Can the mighty mini-rikishi continue his hot streak to complete his first basho in the top division? Or has it only been beginner's luck? In... Continue Reading →
The Natsu Basho 2019 is now up in the air! After Hakuho announced that he would be sitting this one out, it is anyone's game to get the yusho. It seems that the favorites are the other yokozuna, Kakuryu, as well as the current ozeki, Goeido, Takayasu, and Takakeisho; however, it seems that a lot... Continue Reading →
For weeks beforehand, I had been hearing rumblings that Kelly Gneiting was organizing a sumo tournament to gather some of the best amateur sumo wrestlers from around America - and even the world - to take place sometime between the US Sumo Open and the World Sumo Championships. I got to say, it seems that... Continue Reading →
One of the best - if not the best - amateur sumo wrestlers in America, Ed Suczewski, will be hosting a sumo camp on May 25th and 26th in Madison, NJ. For those who don't know Ed, he is a multi-time gold medalist at the US Sumo Nationals, he has medaled multiple times at the... Continue Reading →
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