Podcasts – Tachiai (立合い)

Team Tachiai adds Liam to the podcast to discuss the year is sumo, our Genki Report, and our always regrettable predictions for 2019.  Bonus feature, Liam and Josh take us through some favorites and new packs from BBM’s sumo sports card line. It’s an hour of wall-to-wall sumo fandom.  Video version coming to YouTube shortly!

Published as audio to our iTunes / audio podcast subscribers. Our man in exotic lands, Josh, has checked in following two days in Fukuoka attending the basho. We talk about the town, the food, the basho, and the moment Josh was ambushed by a TV film crew.

For sumo fans who want to listen to us on the go, the audio from this past weekend’s Kyushu basho discussion.

With the Banzuke published, team Tachiai took to Skype to discuss the upcoming Aki basho. Top wrestlers, genki report, ones to watch and the always regrettable predictions – this podcast has it all. Audio one is up first, with the video on to follow Thursday once we get YouTube to behave.

Surprise! Team Tachiai has been well motivated by Herouth’s fantastic jungyo coverage, so Andy, Josh and Bruce took to Skype to discuss the jungyo, Mitakeumi’s yusho, “Sumo Lite” at Nagoya, the health of the kadoban rikishi, and a quick run through our “ones to watch” list. Take a listen to the audio, we will have … Continue reading Tachiai Summer Podcast

Delayed, but not denied – the 2018 Haru audio podcast is available.  Andy and Bruce discuss what is probably going to be a chaotic and surprising tournament, and sumo fans around the world can watch. So put on some headphones and grab a drink as Andy and Bruce bring you their thoughts on Haru.

Andy and Bruce dive into the banzuke for the fall tournament in Kyushu. We discuss who is healthy and who is hurt, who we like to outperform, and we cover some of the nice surprises found in the ranks. Note: This is the audio version of the video podcast.

Sadly, Audio Only… I must confess that your humble associate editor fouled up the podcast recording, and failed to set the system to capture Andy’s lovely face.  So you would have had 43 minutes of my mug, reacting to everything you could not see Andy saying. So the podcast for the Aki banzuke is audio … Continue reading Aki Banzuke Podcast

Apologies for the late update to bring the audio-only version of this to the site.  As noted elsewhere, I have been grappling with a new sumo fan in the house.