Sumo
A Thinking Fan's Guide to Japan's National Sport
Published on 3. May 2011
272 pages
978-1-4629-0027-5 (ISBN)
Description
Sumo is a fresh and funny introduction to the fascinating world of sumo, Japan's national sport. Author David Benjamin peels away the veneer of sumo as a cultural treasure and reveals it as an action-packed sport populated by superb athletes who employ numerous strategies and techniques to overcome their gargantuan opponents. Sumo provides an engaging, witty, behind-the-scenes look at sumo today.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 THE PIT
- 2 BIG AL, MAD DOG, TOKYO ROSE and the Silver Spoons
- 3 THE "GROUPING URGE" Blubberbutts and Thoroughbreds
- 4 BACKSTAGE Choking Up in the Church
- 5 THE SUMOTORI RAG Pose-striking, Time-killing and the Eight Forms of Screwing Around
- 6 TACHIAI Hookers, Bulldozers, Boxers, Stranglers, Matadors and Low-down Yankee Liars
- 7 THE FISTFIGHT at the Malamute Saloon and Other Japanese Cultural Treasures
- 8 THE RIPSNORTER in Nagoya
- 9 AFTERWARD "Keep Up Appearances Whatever You Do"
- 10 THE BASHO BEAT "Give that rhythm everything you've got"
- 11 TANK THIS ONE for the Gipper
- 12 THE STATISTICAL IMPERATIVE
- 13 WHITHER SUMO.Especially with all these gaijin?
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- Index
