Bernd
11/05/2025 (Wed) 19:46
No.54803
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Kyushu basho starts on Sunday.
If the kamis are kind Natto will provide with videos and we're gonna watch the stream in usual time. In this case at 18:30 CET. The usual place. Slovbudy knows.
There was an exhibition tournament in London last month. It was... interesting in a way, I watched the highlights, they are on youtube.
Albeit most of them battered none of them wore their usual protective gear and tapes and bandages. No cupping marks either.
There were no effort in the bouts, and some might have been practiced beforehand. Some mandatory moves, like Tobizaru running out of the dohyo when needed or not. It also went for five days only.
The whole thing is understandable, they performed not contended. They also did not want injuries before an official basho.
So while it did not compare to the real deal it was a new thing.