For those of you somehow sick of GSB taking themselves too seriously, check out our live coverage of Juryo on day 1 of the Haru basho. Mak couldn’t make it all the way to “Osaka” with us, so we brought along Jake’s wife/returning GSB guest star, Katie! Join us for a thoroughly irreverent and silly hangout and direct all complaints to 805-613-SUMO (7866).
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In light of his recent passing in October 2018, we are covering the career and life of the 54th yokozuna: Wajima Hiroshi. Join us for a short historical bonus episode where we discuss his rise and fall through the ranks of sumo through his death last year at age 70, and all his wacky hi-jinx in between. As we mention in the episode, there is a fun thread on the Sumo Forums website with an insane amount of pictures of Wajima. We’ve linked it below with some of the ones we mention in the episode. As always, give us a call at 805-613-SUMO (7816) or find us on Twitter/Facebook!
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We hope everyone enjoyed the holidays, but now that December is almost over, it’s time to get back to the very serious business of giving out fake awards for sumo wrestling. Join us for an hour or so of reviewing 2018 before the January basho kicks off in 2 weeks. Find us on social media or leave us a message with any questions at 805-613-SUMO (7866).
As with a previous episode, we ran into a couple audio hiccups in this one, but they are rare after the first couple minutes. We apologize and our New Year’s resolution will be to recommit ourselves to flogging those responsible.
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Enough serious analysis, let’s get some screwing around in. We ran out of time to answer all the Twitter questions we got from our fans last month, so we got together again to make sure we covered everybody. Find us on social media or leave us a message at 805-613-SUMO (7866) if you have more questions you’d like us to look into.
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From being recruited as a teenager in Mongolia, to retiring in scandal from the peak of his sport, Harumafuji has had about as up-and-down of a career as anyone could. In honor of his recent retirement ceremony last month at the Kokugikan, we take a look at the career of the 3rd Mongolian yokozuna, in and outside the ring. As always, give a call to 805-613-SUMO (7866) or find us on Twitter.
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It’s been a full year since we started our podcast and we thought we should celebrate the occasion. For our last bonus episode of this off-season, we reminisce about our favorite segments and the hurdles we’ve come across. Also, in a GSB first, we have a real live actual advertisement (no, seriously)! You can head over to the Tachiai.org merch store and use code “GrandSumoBreakdown” for a 10% discount all this week! As always, feel free to call us at 805-613-SUMO (7866).
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Have you ever wondered what the GSB guys are like off the podcast? We didn’t think so, but it’s between bashos so don’t pretend you don’t have the time. We interview each other in this special bonus episode that really has little to do with sumo. Address all complaints to 805-613-SUMO (7866).
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As promised in our bonus episode about Americans in sumo, here is our research project on the most notable two of the bunch. We go in depth on the careers of Akebono and Musashimaru. Let us know what you think and drop us a line at 805-613-SUMO (7866)!
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For our latest history project, we delve into some of the Americans who have had success on the dohyo. We decided that since American yokozuna Akebono and Musashimaru totally deserve their own episode, we’d take care of everyone else here. Enjoy, and feel free to send us your questions or leave us a message at 805-613-SUMO (7866).
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For most of our listeners, sumo is too far away to ever see live. So what about sumo happening closer to home? Luckily there is a huge yearly tournament right here in the US of A. We interview USA Sumo’s Andrew Freund to learn more. Check out usasumo.com for more details on May 12th’s USA Sumo Open, streaming on YouTube.
*Sorry for the occasional quality issues, Skype isn’t perfect*
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