Grand Sumo Breakdown

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Grand Sumo Breakdown episodes

November 10, 2022 US Sumo: The Ronin Sumo Tournament
Ahead of this Saturday's Houston Open, Jake and Mak are joined by Brandon and Al to preview the next US sumo event: December 3rd's Ronin Sumo Tournament!

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43 min
November 04, 2022 2022 Kyushu Banzuke Review
Ryan and Jake review the first ever... Christmas Tree banzuke?

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1 hr 10 min
October 31, 2022 US Sumo: The Houston Open with Shogeki's Nick & Paul
Jake sits down with Nick Ton and Paul Gutierrez, two of the founding members of Houston's Shogeki Sumo. Watch for the Houston Open on GSB's YouTube channel Saturday November 12th!

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44 min
October 07, 2022 US Sumo: The Beer City Open with Grand Rapids’ Gabe and Chicago’s Matt
Mak recaps the 2022 Beer City Sumo Open with sumo wrestlers Gabe Unick of Grand Rapids, Matt Shields of Chicago, and…. Jake of Iowa? If you’d like to try wrestling with these folks, make sure to come to Davenport IA on 10/15 for a training seminar! More details on Facebook under the event “Quad Cities Sumo Training.” Feel free to reach out to any of us with questions!

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1 hr 13 min
October 07, 2022 Kyushu 2022 Banzuke Prediction
Ryan walks a very sore Jake through a banzuke that is simultaneously really messed up but somehow also predictable.

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51 min
September 29, 2022 US Sumo: Sumo Dan and the All-American Sumo Classic
Just in time for his All American Sumo Classic, Jake and Mak are joined by Sumo Dan! The event will be held October 8th at the Mr. America Sports Festival, find @SumoDanUSA on Instagram for more info!

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32 min
September 25, 2022 Aki 2022 Recap & The Way of Salt
***Book review at 1:27:28***

A dramatic and chaotic and, dare we say, "wacky" Aki basho is in the books. Hearts were broken, henkas were henka'd, hype trains were derailed.

Stay tuned for Jake's review of Ash Warren's new book, The Way of Salt, a great read on sumo and Japanese culture. Available now!

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1 hr 49 min
September 18, 2022 Aki 2022 Midway
***Spoilers thru day 8***

Settle down, Ryan. Settle down. There's still a whole week to go...

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1 hr 15 min
September 10, 2022 2022 Consulate's Cup Recap with Ben and Justin
Dark Circle Sumo's premier event of the year is in the books! Head coach Justin Kizzart and heavyweight Ben Marquez help us go over the results and talk about about the day.

Check out full event video on Dark Circle's youtube page

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1 hr 36 min
September 07, 2022 Aki 2022 Preview
When the GSB boys don't get to hang out much during an offseason, we tend to go long... Enjoy our epic, rambling preview of the Aki tournament that starts this Sunday.

Special thanks to our musical guest, JWags! Check out the mrjwags channel on youtube

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2 hr 19 min

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This is Grand Sumo Breakdown, a sports talk show about professional sumo. Keep an eye out for our main episodes where we preview and recap each tournament and bonus episodes on other topics specific…