From the Podcast
Over the last month or so, we’ve discussed:
why people threw so much effing salt on Okinoumi when he retired
the extra special “sumo wrestler-only” meaning of the word kubinage :0
Musashimaru and which he thinks is more difficult - being a yokozuna or an oyakata
how a bunch of sumo wrestlers tried to organize a sumo union
butts, farts, and nut placement in a mawashi. Our classiest ep so far.
some of the new faces in the top division (see below)
You never know where an interest in sumo might lead you!
“Sumo KaBoom Harbor in my stormy week Wholesome Texas friends”
haiku from Carl, written before the episode on butts, farts and nuts obviusly
Video channel suggestion
Here’s a video of one of our newest fellas in the top division, ROGA. This video comes from his heya’s YouTube channel, which offers lots of interesting videos about sumo life and food. Subscribe if you haven’t already.
In this one, Roga looks amazing, with a fantastic top knot, and speaks with his supporters at 10:10.
“Wow! I can’t believe I’m first. Quite a few rikishi had kachi-koshi when I got BINGO.” - BINGO winner in September
BINGO
BINGO CARDS ARE AVAILABLE for the November sumo tournament. Rules and reminders about HOW to play are below.
If you’ve never joined us for BINGO, welcome!
How to PLAY SUMO BINGO with Sumo Kaboom:
CLAIM YOUR CARD. (1 per person please)
Watch the November sumo tournament and mark a wrestler when he gets 8 wins (kachi-koshi) and/or 8 losses (make-koshi).
5 across/down/diagonal of the same type is a BINGO (all kachi-koshi or all make-koshi).
When you get a BINGO, email us a photo/screen shot of your completed winning card sumokaboom@gmail.com ASAP. We’ll let you know if you were the first BINGO.
The biggest prizes go to the 1st kachi-koshi and make-koshi BINGO winners, so speed is of the essence. Send in your BINGO fast if you think you might be the winner. But, if you BINGO later, your name goes into a drawing for additional prizes at the end of the basho. SO KEEP PLAYING.
Feel free to share your good fortune with the world over social media, too. Go ahead - share your win!
Reminders
***IMPORTANT*** Your BINGO card is filled with wrestlers who are on the current banzuke. If a wrestler never wrestles in this tournament, it's NOT a make-koshi or kachi-koshi. It's a dead square.
Have fun! A sense of humor is appreciated and will earn you special sumo points and admiration from us. And sometimes a prize!
Play to the end of the basho! Every BINGO enters your name into the drawing for prizes at the end of the basho. We give away 2-4 prizes to folks who BINGO late.
If your wrestler wrestles at least 1 day, his record counts. He might be make-koshi, but he could be JUST the loser you need to win BINGO.
Stay true to your style of sumo bingo! Ganbatte!
“We are so happy to happy to have won the gift card! We look forward to spending it. We will continue to do our brand of bingo.
We hope that Wakatakakage will join the November basho - but only if he is healed enough ... Wakamotoharu is waiting for him to join in the BrOzeki run!”
- one of our winners from September’s Sumo BINGO game
BINGO SPONSORS
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Sumo Kaboom
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Stay true to YOUR BRAND of SUMO BINGO.
I’m super psyched about playing Sumo Kaboom Bingo!!
How do i watch the Basho day of, instead of relying on the day after Grand Sumo highlights on NHK?