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If there was one thing I could have changed about my recent trip to Japan<\/a>,\u00a0it would have to be the date. I say that only for the sole reason that it wasn\u2019t sumo tournament\u00a0season. The ancient form of wrestling holds tournaments at specific times of year<\/a>; specifically,\u00a0not while I’m there.<\/p>\n

Lucky for me, I can get my loin clothed kicks over at Matador<\/a>. The article lines out a top ten list to do in order to become a sumo. I, and most likely you too, rather enjoy clog free arteries and a relatively bruise free breast bone, so I\u2019ll pass on the six whopper a day training regimen.<\/p>\n

Sumo, as I previously saw it, isn\u2019t the train wreck that it seems to the untrained eye. You know, the kind of situation you catch yourself looking at, but don\u2019t really want to be watching. As it turns out, the sport has its specific nuances and traditions, along with its unique athletes.<\/p>\n

Although, I can\u2019t help but think, it\u2019s still a train wreck of sorts — two giant colliding freight trains —\u00a0 I guess I\u2019ll just\u00a0stick to those silly, inflatable costumes<\/a>, for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If there was one thing I could have changed about my recent trip to Japan,\u00a0it would have to be the date. I say that only for the sole reason that it wasn\u2019t sumo tournament\u00a0season. The ancient form of wrestling holds tournaments at specific times of year; specifically,\u00a0not while I’m there. Lucky for me, I can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[20,958,959],"yoast_head":"\n