Are you a new wrestler looking to compete at your first nationals? Are you a veteran looking to get an idea who your competition is? Kyle and Ryan fill us in on all the details for Orlando.
More info and signups here: Smoothcomp Link
Event will stream live on the Grand Sumo Breakdown YouTube channel March 11.
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As Midwesterners, there’s no place GSB would rather be in February than Southern California, and though we can’t make it there in person, Honu Sumo’s Justin “JJ” Jones and Mengkin Ragan give us the next best thing: a US sumo tournament! The SoCal Open takes place February 25th in San Diego, so find Honu Sumo on Instagram or go to bit.ly/socalopensd for more info! Streaming will be on the Maximum Effort Studios YouTube channel.
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Tom Zabel and Caleb Baccus join us to talk about the next US sumo event: February 11th’s Mighty Eagle Team Tournament in San Antonio. Go to mightyeaglesumo.com for more info and make sure to watch the stream at noon central on the Lonestar Sumo YouTube channel!
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With 2022 coming to a close, all of us US sumo enthusiasts should look back with pride on one of the biggest growth years our sport has ever seen. Mak and Jake are joined by Caleb Baccus – sumo black belt and Sake & Sumo podcast host – as well as the SUMO PUNX! Congratulations to all our award winners and thank you to everybody who helped make 2022 a great year for sumo!
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Sometimes an event feels cursed, like the whole universe is conspiring to keep a good thing from happening. The Houston Open was one such event, but the sumo way is to keep moving forward! Nick Ton and Shogeki Sumo powered through to make the tournament a great one no matter what. First-time competitor Nate Hudson joins us to talk about how it went.
Also, since Jake fumbled it so bad, here are the special prize winners he was trying to remember:
Outstanding Performance: Madison Guinn
Technique: Jared Tadlock
Fighting Spirit: Khalil Collins
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Ahead of this Saturday’s Houston Open, Jake and Mak are joined by Brandon and Al to preview the next US sumo event: December 3rd’s Ronin Sumo Tournament!
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Jake sits down with Nick Ton and Paul Gutierrez, two of the founding members of Houston’s Shogeki Sumo. Watch for the Houston Open on GSB’s YouTube channel Saturday November 12th!
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Mak recaps the 2022 Beer City Sumo Open with sumo wrestlers Gabe Unick of Grand Rapids, Matt Shields of Chicago, and…. Jake of Iowa? If you’d like to try wrestling with these folks, make sure to come to Davenport IA on 10/15 for a training seminar! More details on Facebook under the event “Quad Cities Sumo Training.” Feel free to reach out to any of us with questions!
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Just in time for his All American Sumo Classic, Jake and Mak are joined by Sumo Dan! The event will be held October 8th at the Mr. America Sports Festival, find @SumoDanUSA on Instagram for more info!
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Dark Circle Sumo’s premier event of the year is in the books! Head coach Justin Kizzart and heavyweight Ben Marquez help us go over the results and talk about about the day.
Check out full event video on Dark Circle’s youtube page.
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