Grand Sumo Breakdown

This week we're checking in with our national champ and lead light-heavyweight representative at the world games, Andrew Roden. Despite having no local team to train with, Andrew has managed to clean house at both major tournaments in 2021 and now has his sights set on winning in Birmingham.

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2021 is done and over with. Join the GSB crew to preview the opening tournament of the first calendar year of the Terunofuji era. Here's to new years and... new podcast rivals?

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We are joined today by Ryan's banzuke oyakata, Leonid of the Tachiai.org blog! Leonid is one of the top banzuke minds out there and it's always great to have him show us how it's done.

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Due to travel/holidays/covid, our last show of the year is a bit shortened, but please join us to review the year that was 2021 in professional sumo and what's to come in 2022.

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***Vegas 2021 spoilers! Go check out the full tournament video on Sumo Kaboom's youtube channel if you want to watch***

To kick off our post-event coverage, we were joined by women's light heavyweight champ Helen Delpopolo. We talk about her first couple trips to Worlds and where sumo can go from here.

(Also shoutout to Lauren Bowser, it was a blast meeting and hanging out with you guys after recording!)

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How deep in the weeds can we get on hypothetical banzuke creation rules? At least a little deeper apparently.

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Our last interview before the big show is none other than Justin Kizzart, the head honcho at Dark Circle Sumo in Austin TX. Please forgive the occasional audio issues, it just wasn't our day technology-wise...

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We're joined by Cornelius Booker for his thoughts on training for Vegas and the matchup he's looking forward to the most.

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Our next guest is Marky of Appalachian Sumo Club. We talk about injuries, pro sumo, and the absolute joy of traveling by air as a sumo wrestler.

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It's time for the Kyushu Review-shu! Mak may or may not be on the verge of death tonight by the sounds of things, but we've never let that bring our podcast down.

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