Sumo Fan Magazine

Amateur Sumo – the sport as it should be Mark Buckton Sakai World Sumo Champs – not all about winning Las Vegas Koen Joe Kuroda Our man reports from the fight capital of the world Rikishi of Old Joe Kuroda A look at a rikishi of yesterday with Kotozakura – our man for October Heya Peek John Gunning John’s early morning dash to Azumazeki-beya & report on TKOTU SFM Interview Katrina Watts sits down with SFM’s Mark Buckton to discuss amateur sumo Photo Bonanza SFM’s best yet – Aki Basho/ Las Vegas / Amateur World Champs / Azumazeki-beya visit – seen nowhere else Aki Basho Review Lon Howard Lon gives us his Aki Basho summary, along with the henka sightings results, and his take on the tournament while ‘gem’ of the basho takes a break Lower Division Rikishi Mikko Mattila Mikko Mattila returns to cover lower division ups and downs Kyushu Basho Forecast Pierre Wohlleben & Mark Buckton Pierre predicts the Kyushu Basho banzuke while Mark previews the ones to watch next time out Sumo 101 Barbara Ann Klein Discovers and explains amasumo & ozumo variations Kimarite Focus Mikko Mattila Mikko once again walks us through his chosen kimarite Minusha John McTague John’s unique bimonthly view of news from outside the dohyo Online Gaming Zenjimoto of ‘game fame’ covers some of the very best sumo games around – his own! Kokugi Connections Todd Lambert Todd’s focus on 3 of the most interesting online sumo sites today Fan Debate Is the limit on foreign rikishi fair? See what our debaters had to say SFM Cartoons Benny Loh In the first of our cartoon bonanzas, sit back and chuckle at Benny Loh’s offerings Let’s Hear From You What was it that made you a sumo fan? Gernobono tells all Readers’ Letters See what SFM readers had to say since our last issue Sumo Quiz The Quizmaster Answer the Qs and win yourself next basho’s banzuke.	presence of the amateurs who were giving their all in their bouts against the sekitori, with whom they would not normally have a chance to practice. Ushiomaru was particularly impressive and used his considerable size to just drive out each man in turn. Takamisakari was also often able to win by pure strength alone, but he also showed good speed and footwork to put his opponents off balance or turn	them around before forcing them out. Around 10:30 the oyakata got up, said “thanks” – and left. The smells coming from the kitchen were making my stomach rumble, and when a little later the Chiganoura rikishi started making shapes to go, I went outside and had a brief chat with Tochinoyama. I gave him the magazines for Masutoo and wished him well in the	upcoming tournament. Naturally I took the wrong road again on the way back to the station but found myself in front of Kokugikan about 30 minutes later where the banners for Aki basho were up and flapping in the wind. The anticipation of that tournament put me in a good enough mood heading to work that I almost considered not plotting my revenge on Mark…… almost. Home