Wife: “Do I need to grab more magic powder while I’m at the store?”
Me: “Magic powder?”
“The stuff we take everyday?”
“Do you mean the creatine?”
“Yeah that stuff.”
States I've done sumo wrestling in within the past 12 months:
- Georgia
- South Carolina
- North Carolina
- Alabama
- Florida (tournament)
- Tennessee (tournament)
- Virginia
- Michigan (tournament)
- Nevada (tournament)
- New York (tournament)
You can do things.
BONUS CLIP!
Going to cap off the Natsu Basho with one last highlight. Kirishima beats Ura with a sweet leg hook and nodowa (neck grab). Looking forward to the next basho!
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The final day of the 2026 Natsu Basho…
Kirishima and Wakatakakage both win their 15th bouts and face each other in a playoff for the basho title. The latter is fearless in the tachiai and Wakatakakage wins by oshidashi (frontal push out)!
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Day 14 of the 2026 Natsu Basho…
Hakunofuji takes out Kirishima with a tenacious foot sweep to yoritaoshi (frontal crush out)! Heading into the final day Kirishima and Wakatakakage both hold 11 wins, while 5 other fighters have 10 wins each. A wide open field…
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Day 13 of the 2026 Natsu Basho…
Kirishima gives us the highlight of the basho with a beautiful utchari (backward pivot throw) to defeat Kotoeiho. With two days left Kirishima leads the field with 11 wins.
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Day 12 of the 2026 Natsu Basho…
Wakatakakake commits to a hard tachiai and quickly transitions to defeat Gonoyama with tsukiotoshi (thrust down). A dominant two second bout. He collects his ninth victory with three days to go…
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Day 11 of the 2026 Natsu Basho…
Possibly the most important match of the basho. Kirishima defeats Wakatakakage with good fundamentals to finish by yorikiri (frontal force out). Four days remain and he is one of three rikishi with nine wins.