Sumo : a thinking fan's guide to Japan's national sport / by David Benjamin ; illustrated by Greg Holfeld.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Benjamin, David, 1949-

Series:

• Tuttle classics Sumo

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Sumo.
• Sumo--Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

Rev. and updated ed.

Place of Publication:

North Clarendon, Vt. : Tuttle Pub., c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

• 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 Gipper12 THE STATISTICAL IMPERATIVE; 13 WHITHER SUMO...Especially with all these gaijin?; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Index

Notes:

• Includes index.
• Prev. ed. published 1991.

ISBN:

• 1-283-13824-7
• 9786613138248
• 1-4629-0027-5

OCLC:

730151936