Sumo Confidential - Japan

[ozekiozeki1]

I wonder if Murray Johnson is predicting Baruto to become a Yokozuna.

[ozekiozeki1]

Baruto was a bit harsh at 21:10 - the kid could do simple choirs, grocery shopping, cleaning, cooking, I know the young rikishi fled but don't degraded him so badly.

[ozekiozeki1]

19:55 "Once a sumo wrestler joins a stable, he stays in it for life."

Oh yeah? Baruto moved from another stable to his, rikishis transfer from stable to stable all the time when they are at a higher rank...

[12valvepower1]

i like baruto

[MrFFSMAN]

what a dick that Estonian guy is

[hadashi05]

I dislike how they refer to a wrestler as 'a sumo'. The proper term is rikishi.

[oharafactor]

@hadashi05 Ten thumbs up. I couldn't believe my ears.

[koisumaz2000]

Sumo is for real men. Who can't take it, don't do it.

[12valvepower1]

sumo is life

[Durkie52]

How much info do you think they could put into a 1 minute/37 sec. If you just jump onto a video just to see it fine. But perhaps you should take your ignorant self and look at more videos and find out what is behind the little you saw?

WWE & WWF are what they are. Most people outside the square circle are just jealous so they put it down. It takes stamina, technique and discipline to just perform...real or not! I wish I had the money they have made from this idea!

[ericclaptonismygod31]

the Estonian guy comes off as quite a cunt. he should remember that his size and blond good looks have given him immense advantages and helped him be where he is. should some compassion, dip shit!

[johncenafan112]

they should play lineman in football

[davidthefat]

Just remember: the road to the top is always uphill.

[Midasthe2nd]

this is a good documentary. thumbs up.

[dokuojapan]

把瑠都や白鴎や琴欧州を見てもわかるとおり体格や運動センスの問­題なんであって。そうではない人を人格まで否定するように精神的­に追い詰めたり、死ぬまで体罰を与えるのは絶対に止めるべき。そ­んなことで心や相撲が強くなわけではないでしょう。強くなれば自­信がついてプライドや誇りがつくから心が強くなる。いじめたら自­信を根こそぎ奪うだけ

[mobspeak]

@dokuojapan wtf does that mean LOL!

[bbjagaa]

They should let the youngsters go if they don't have desire or gave up on it.

[ifrit1780]

I didnt know it was so difficult to be a sumo.

[yellowman88]

wifes hot

[MrTyronneD]

Lived in Japan 20 years & Asashoryu resigning means Japan Sumo is dead. Only because of Asashoryu did I any interest in Sumo & believe me a few hundred thousand will say the same. I blame this outcome on the way Japanese turn trivial things into drama. Yes this is the way of life here. Never ever make any life mistakes no matter, because if you do then that's it. Like a hound of dogs around a rabbit & there's no chance of peace until you're beaten into the ground.

[nepomukpaper]

Well, this video is edited in VERY BIG BIAS. First of all, Baruto is NOT at the top. He is just temporarily No7 or 8 next to Hakuho, Asashoryu (both Mongolian), Kaio (Japanese), Kotooshu, Harumafuji, Chiyotaikai. Then Baruto never beat Asashoryu while he lost to Asashoryu 9 times. Baruto beat hakuho only once while Hakuho beat Baruto 11 times. Baruto is too weak to match the top sumo wrestlers.

[mugendaiuchu]

>>naa73456

So what?

Ugly pig!

Go to hell!

[nepomukpaper]

>>naa73456

HA !! Lower-IQ sand nigger has no nobel prize winner while many asian won them. Japan has many brands in any products like car and plant system and others, which even the U.S depends on, while your sand nigger products were full of shit with lower IQ !! Why you look like Gorilla with cow like nose and shitskin ? I appreciate your "origin" is always in political trouble with crime in poverty and your kids always show begging face with snot in UNI**F ad, while we stay rich, HA !!

[nepomukpaper]

>>naa73456

Hey, lower-IQ sand nigger, what's up ?

[takamizawa546]

wooo Sakaizawa ;)

[whalefish83]

amazing insight by the journeyman

[Fershizzal]

this needs to hit the us soon, because i love sumo as much as i life mma and this deserves a rightful place on american television

[12valvepower1]

cry in the dohyo.. smile in the public eye-sumo.

[12valvepower1]

it would not surprise me.. that assashoryu wife left him. he was not polite or thoughtful in public. damaging the image of sumo.

[vihmaussivenitaja]

"The destructive lure of Estonia's nightclub underworld??!!!" LMAO :D There's really no "underworld" in the tiny Estonia, let alone a specific "nightclub" one :D

[12valvepower1]

ive done aikido.. and TKD.. and greco american wrestling. that is normal for me. i must say.

[joselo900]

interesting discipline

[donatsu8]

Lovely documentary..

[12valvepower1]

hakuho for the win.

[12valvepower1]

eastern europe. sadly. has plenty of poor areas.

[12valvepower1]

assashoruyo has nothing on comrade brauto. his wife is nice too.

[kanyaru1]

wife divorced assashoryo

[12valvepower1]

baruto vs possibly konishki or akebobo... maybe bob sapp. baruto is a big dude. tough too

[nepomukpaper]

>>12valvepower1

The match record; Asashoryu 8 - 0 Baruto,  Hakuho 11 - 1 Baruto.

Baruto is too weak pink-nippled pig to match two mongolian yokozuna, Hakuho and Asashoryu.

[nepomukpaper]

>>12valvepower1

The match record; Hakuho 11 - 1 Baruto, Asashoryu 9 - 0 Baruto. Baruto is a pig with pink nipples. Baruto is too weak to match two mongolian wrestlers, Hakuho and Asashoryu.

[nicholo1234]

Damn, not to be disrespectful but his Mom is a MILF.

[jdmreview]

Awesome documentary! And it just goes to show : you have to be a fighter to be a part of a fighting sport!

[driftingsmoke]

this was great!

[notsukutsu]

The documentary didn't point out one thing: Everyone, including the highest ranking star wrestlers, including the stablemasters (all former wrestlers), who in turn make up the Grand Sumo Council overseeing body, and every sumo wrestler before them for centuries have withstood with the same kind of harsh training and discipline themselves. You have to really want to become great in sumo in order to succeed. This kid joined for his and his parents' wellbeing, which is nice, but not what it takes.

[warmblanket]

@notsukutsu

wow I completely agree, this is a great way to put it! but honestly, i didnt get this sort of negetitive attitude from the documentary everyone else seems to have, I saw sumo as a tough BUT fair sport that teaches a boy to become a man. Honestly

[mulberryl2]

体重別にすれば健康的になると思うけど、

面白くなくなるよね。

また、相撲には文化的側面もあるから、

厳しさは必要と思います。

それによって他のスポーツと違って、

実力に関係なく、尊敬される部分があります。

[FAQED5]

I don't understand you but I think you're totally right :D

[SuperJonny582]

The thing about suffering is it creates empathy and the understanding of what it is like to suffer and as a consequence it makes a better person. I do however feel that they go a little bit to far with the discipline. Suffering for a goal is good. but suffering like this I feel is a bit too much.

[bigkamo]

Excellent documentary! A great look inside the stable- pity the kid couldn't be located.

[moonlightblossom]

I feel sorry for the kid. I guess it would be disrespectful to quit once you start training =/.

[econchick]

just becuase you don't understand the sport and culture, doesn't mean you to make fun of it.

[lunafringe10]

stupid sport, well its not really a sport, i dont know what its supposed to be,

[altiburcio]

wow, this two "westerners" speak japanese pretty well

[sisukas1]

Doesn't take that long to gain a compitence in a laanguage when emerced and you are trying hard. Took me less than a year with English but I was only ten so that helped.

[akeffo]

The Japanese always have to be so anal about everything. But, it was a cool vid about the sport.

[nepomukpaper]

>>akeffo

American Cars were completely defeated by Japanse Cars both in the market and major car races like F1, INDI500, Paris Dakar, LeMan 24, and Moto GP. There are many Japanese Cars and racers that won the champion in these races while american racers are dependent on Japanese Cars to win. So many products even used in US Air Force are made in Japan for its quality much better than american. Your american hero Brock lesnar was fucked by Frank Mir's Japaese Jiujitsu skill of kneebar. HA !!

[notsukutsu]

Sumo wrestlers are fat because in this sport, unlike say long distance running, more bodyweight is generally good up to the point it starts to affect mobility. Excess fat doesn't mean they aren't athletic, fast or flexible underneath. Lifting a 150+ kg opponent out of the ring is a fairly common way to win; every wrestler can do a full split since the first weeks of training, etc. Comparing a sumo newbie to a top wrestler - one's just a fat kid, the other's a bodybuilder with extra 50kg of fat.

[Ashley11021]

oh wow

[kiskidy]

SAY NO TO CRACK!! lmao what is so fun and athletic about grabbing on a naked big fat sweaty man with his crack hanging out? NOTHING!!!!!!

[luke1000123]

Sumo is a silly sport and unhealthy

[cladam81]

i didnt understand it either untill i went to japan.

imagine what the japs must think of cricket, it looks pretty stupid to a lot of the world as well.

[BIHS54]

Good for Iwasaki. His heart wasn't in it.

[Airave]

I can not disagree with the methods

if you want to become a world-class

warrior.

But the fat.... can't be good,

in most cases, for a normal

and healthy Life.

That is just my limited opinion.

But more Power to them!

[Ginji989]

you dont need to be fat to be a sumo muscular will also do.

the problem is japan is loosing its culture from westernazation, multiculuralizm, modernation. and the its a great loss if we lose the best culture of the world

[Airave]

Granted, but I only see fat ones, fat from my experiences. There are many great cultures of the world. And many have also been lost. "Best" is subjective. But I hear you . Like all things muticulturism is something that can be good and or bad. Western Creativity is a Good thing to be exposed to. Fattening fast food isn't. It is a mixed bag and one chosen, or rejected, by the Culture that is exposed to it. The West has also learned from the East. :)

[mozart116]

ROFL 2:46

[lazypuddycat]

No wonder the kid is about to crack. He is too emotionally wound up and it really doesn't look like he gets much rest.

[discoverydavid]

I dislike these eye on the world documentaries...they always have this sensationalist attitude ensuring pious attention...what do we know of Sumo..of course if you take any element out of its context it changes its appearance...but couldn't this subject equally be WWF or Boxing... all equally brutal but lacking one thing the mystery that is the culture from where they issue..I don't claim to know about Japan but that doesn't mean I'm going to believe this documentary either

[rr92890]

I totally agree with you.

[ipts5i]

@discoverydavid I don't know. I personally appreciate these documentaries precisely because they give many a chance to see things one would not normally have time or finances to go and see. Each fighting sport has its own internal troubles and sumo is no exception. It is not like this documentary is maliciously slandering sumo or singing its praises. Besides, the journalist makes careful note that guys like Baruto have all been through it before AND some come from difficult lives.

[12valvepower1]

the ukraine is opening the chernobyl to tourism at 2011

[12valvepower1]

@discoverydavid the wwe and wwf is BS!!

[briansuck]

@discoverydavid: I agree, this is what happen when they assigned feminist to write a documentary review for Sumo. In any sport, everyone tries to go beyond their body limit, through harsh training, failures, and hardworks to learn more about themselves. If the feminist want to see sport with no violent, they need to stick to their own feminist type of sport. It's called "Sleeping". Who slept the longest, win.

[12valvepower1]

i do TKD. and i like sumo alot.

[reprimand33]

If you cannot stand the heat get out of the kitchen

[negkreyol21]

i seen a whole piece on this the fat they have is layered over there muscles unlike americans were the fat is in the muscles which weakens them sumos are physically fit and train themselves to be the way they are a very demanding sport

[peckiledorf]

ya got 2 be tough if your gonna be dumb

[Jolinator]

i aint the sharpest knife in the draw, but i know enough to know,

[apearl420]

such an unpleasant sight.

[ZouZiPai]

Most sumo wrestlers shed their excessive weight after they retire.

And to that moron who says they are all blubber, clearly he has never seen the likes of Asashoryu, Chiyotaikai or Musoyama.

[SourGrey]

lol im soo skinny but i wanted to be a SUMO STAR!

[Brownbuddy]

lol

very funny

[creten69]

these dudes give up their lives,they eat like you wouldnt believe to win,and they die young because of it.Show respect u trash bags

[sergio311]

japanese have no idea how good the herb is ya dig

[ZouZiPai]

Obviously you have never been there.

[MysteryManoLove]

Sumo is rigged too though, they give the wrestlers they see deserving of the title to win. It's not a fair fight but it's still a cool traditional sport.

[skratt]

I had heard about corruption in sumo.. i would not doubt it being a LOT of sports are corrupt.

[MysteryManoLove]

I actually didn't think about for a long time until I read the article by Mark Duggin and Steven Levitt. It makes sense though because when I was a kid, it always seemed odd to me that the champion fights seemed rigged. I mean the champions always seemed to earn the winning streak for a year or two and then retire and never return to glory again. It's not like Mike Tyson where you just constantly win because you are so good. I think if they do rigg it, they do it for keeping people interested.

[sry4gotmyusername]

Those guys are not obese at all. I personally find them very attractive and cute :-p

[sry4gotmyusername]

Very good and interesting documentary!

[quatlen]

EW!

[zambimaru]

I had always herd that Sumo training was tough, but this is brutal.

[undiesinabunch]

No, having to watch fat men in jock straps bump into each other is brutal!

[zlzgrom86]

I wonder how long Baruto and his wife have been in Japan, they seem to know the language very well.

[ZouZiPai]

Baruto's Japanese is good.  His wife's is a bit dodgy.

[undiesinabunch]

Any combative sport that requires obesity is retarded.

Ultimate fighting is the only thing worth watching!

[skratt]

hmmm so why are NFL linemen overweight?? the weight DOES give an advantage

[undiesinabunch]

NFL linemen are not shar pei fat like these ugly pigs with jockstraps. NFL linemen train with weights and run and they don't have more rolls than a bakery. That crap about being the servant of higher ranking fat pigs disgusts me. Hazing is stupid in any culture.

[nepomukpaper]

>>undiesinabunch

Your NFL star Bob Sapp was fucked by kick boxer Mirko's high kick and Japanese wrestler Fujita's tackle and fucked by even the punches of Hong Man Choi !! Sapp loses every time of his bout.

[LaotianPride14]

they're not obese. Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health. They are just over weight. Being big just gives them a better advantage. Look at American football for example. Would you have a team full of skinny people or big muscular men?

I googled it :P

[dayingyang0]

They are in fact obese. Every sumo wrestler has a BMI greater than 30, the definition of obese, go google it :P

[LaotianPride14]

That may be true, but this is what I got from google. Obesity is most commonly caused by a combination of excessive dietary calories, lack of physical activity, and genetic susceptibility, though a limited number of cases are due solely to genetics, medical reasons or psychiatric illness. So technically they aren't obese if they can move like that.

[dayingyang0]

You didn't get that from google, you got that from a link to wikipedia using google. Don't be lazy and actually click the link. Even wikipedia (which is what you cut and pasted from) says they're severely obese.

[LaotianPride14]

XD How is that being lazy? I googled it and wikipedia popped up, then i clicked the link. Besides, sumo wrestlers would take on any non sumo obese person. That's how fit they are.

[dayingyang0]

An obese sumo wrestler would "take on any non sumo obese person" at what? Sumo? What a stupid comparison. They're not fit. You can't have an obese fit person, it's an oxymoron. If you had done a real search you would have found out that sumo wrestlers suffer from diabetes and heart disease at the same rate as non sumo obese people. These aren't opinions, they're facts.

[LaotianPride14]

hmm... lol well nice researches. I still think they are fit... but not the fit that you think fit is. As in I think they are fit enough to do physical activities as wrestling. I wasn't trying to say that sumos are obese in the first place. I still dont think they are obese, unlike most people in america (where i live).

[MysteryManoLove]

Amen

[undiesinabunch]

Google "moron" if you can't find a mirror. These grotesque blobs of blubber are as obese as any humanoid can hope to get! The fat these 'men' carry will kill them with heart attacks, strokes and diabetes. That much fat will also increase estrogen levels to the point of shrinking a wee-wee and producing man boobs.

[LaotianPride14]

aggressive arent ya? Well I googled "moron" and I found you. Obese people aren't able to do any physical ability those sumo wrestlers can do. Obese people can hardly walk. Stop being so ignorant.

[undiesinabunch]

I've known several people informed by their doctors of their obesity (with BMI of 30+) and they could walk just fine but they were not as fat as these Sumo whales.

[LaotianPride14]

Well.... still, even though they can walk well, most obese people can't play sumo as well as these people can. Sumo wrestlers in my opinion are just overweight..... No need to reply back, your opinion is your opinion.

[liljoker123456]

ultimate fighting sucks ass

[undiesinabunch]

What form of non-lethal hand-to-hand combat do you prefer to ultimate fighting? Let me guess ... WWE? HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-­HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-­HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-­HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-­HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-­HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-­HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-­HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-­HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-­HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-­HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-­HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-­HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-­HA-HA!

[liljoker123456]

no i prefer the gentlemens sport boxing

[nepomukpaper]

>>undiesinabunch

There are 7 Japanese single champions of WWE and NWA in the history. I'm sure the top smo wrestlers can beat anybody of WWE.

[strigen]

good documentary.

keep it up journeymanpictures!

[ultimatespider17]

do they have sumo as a sport in high school in japan?

if not they should that way more young people might get more interested in the sport.

[cguevara12]

that was the most hottest video... EVAR!!!

[ZouZiPai]

The lack of undeniably successful homegrown sumo since Takanohana can be looked on as being symbolic of Japan's spiritual drift.

Very sad.

[jaysteinbourg]

One could deem the introduction of E-Honda by Capcom back in 1989 as the beginning of the drifting away from homegrown sumo, as the advancement in technology led to an increase in ability for us all to become Sumo wrestlers not just in Japan but in single mens apartments accross much of the developed world.

[fiendin281]

lol

[grapevinewrath]

Interesting!

[bawokoroma]

I feel your pain, I know what it's like to have a proud tradition slowly fade away.

[kancerzx]

Such a filial son

[Choopmans]

Lol'd at that music OSODUN SO DUN!

[incognito84]

I'm not sure if it says this in the documentary yet (just started it), but Sumo wrestlers have a mean life expectancy of 60-65. Many die younger. It certainly isn't a relenting sport, but then again, neither is American Football, other kinds of Wrestling, boxing, cycling...

[turnbacktime]

wrestlers in america have the same life expectancy as sumo's.

[lobohaybusa]

didn`t know sumo was like this