The World's Oldest Professional Sport: Sumo

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  @S1apShoes · 2 years ago (edited) · pinned

  A thing to note in case there are some die-hard sumo fans among you: please forgive any pronunciation errors I might have made. I got into Sumo during the pandemic in 2020 and my knowledge is intermediate at best. Also, English is my native language and as a southerner, I don&apos;t even do a good job of speaking that correctly.<br><br>Next tournament is May 12th, 2024! Watch it here: <br>NHK&apos;s website: &nbsp;<a href="https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/sumo/">https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/sumo/ </a><br>NHK&apos;s youtube: &nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/nhkworld">https://www.youtube.com/user/nhkworld</a>

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  @SucceedingDespiteIdiocy · 2 years ago (edited)

  S1ap: &quot;A yokozuna... is more like a sumo god&quot;<br><b>*Hakuho on screen as he says this*</b><br><br>Yeah, S1ap absolutely knows his stuff!

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  @WillHendersonTX · 2 years ago

  RIP Akebono Taro, he passed away at 54 from heart failure, news broke of his passing last night.

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  @Bruh-yy3zb · 2 years ago

  First a video about a smash tournament now a video about Sumo Wrestling. This channel got some of the random good videos of all time

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  @S1apShoes · 2 years ago

  At <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpGTnczFSkw&amp;t=732">12:12</a> if you&apos;re wondering what the seat cushion throwing is for, that&apos;s traditionally done for a Kinboshi or a &quot;gold star win&quot;. It&apos;s when a low ranking guy defeats a yokozuna. Although throwing seat cushions isn&apos;t allowed, everyone does it anyway, but the Osaka arena that holds 1 tourney per year has resorted to chaining the cushions to the ground. Forgot about that in the script and ran across it during editing. I just think it&apos;s funny.

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  @brickhead_07 · 2 years ago

  Smash Bros, SPAM, the AK-74 and now Sumo Wrestling. What a tradition!

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  @Pensfan5919 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Here we go. The usual S1ap April Fools video that goes way harder than it should.<br>Addendum: I&apos;m dismayed you didn&apos;t talk about a huge part of Canadian athletic history. The rikishi with the most wins without a single defeat. Kototenzan, better known as John Tenta, the future Earthquake in pro wrestling.

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  @Estolcles · 2 years ago (edited)

  There is something special about S1apShoes April 1st uploads. Always expecting a joke, and the joke is:<br>You get to learn something fascinating about something that isn&apos;t Nascar on a Nascar channel. Usually, something almost completely foreign to the sport or completely disconnected from the entire idea of Auto Racing.<br><br>The only channel I can think of to use the gimmick of this day right.

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  @KeatonMess · 2 years ago

  I don&apos;t care what anyone says, there is no sight that is as awesome as the audience of Sumo Hall throwing their cushions as a sign of appreciation. It&apos;s the best spectacle of any sport

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  @RugbyRyan · 2 years ago

  As a member of Dallas sumo club here in Texas, thank you S1ap for teaching your audience about this fun sport!

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  @qbreezy2417 · 2 years ago

  As a big sumo fan who&apos;s never visited this channel before, I applaud you. Great introduction to a great sport.

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  @zfilms4858 · 2 years ago

  I really like these April fools day pranks. Instead of a prank like a rick roll, you basically say &quot;Ok, lets do my style of comentary (like nascar) and apply it somewhere else, like Sumo. I think for 2025, i think you should either Do the History of Lacrosse (Both Field and Box), or Speedrunning in video games.

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