"mr.sumo.snr" <mr_sumo@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bodomm$1d4k5b$1@ID-141600.news.uni-berlin.de...
> "Dave Fossett" <reply@via.newsgroup> wrote in message
> news:Teoqb.2605$l63.762@news1.dion.ne.jp...
> > Is he hard up for money or what?
> > http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=6&id=278090
> >
>
> Could have knocked me off my rather substantial arse when the missus told
me
> the news this afternoon before evening classes.  Totally bored all my
> students with the news.
>
> I can't help but wonder what the Nihon Sumo Kyokai 'didn't' offer him by
way
> of an incentive to remain in the fold.  The guy was an obvious future
> candidate for the chairman's position.  And as for the kyokai's commitment
> to making sumo a truly worldwide sport - that idea's just taken a huge
step
> backwards.  I think I'll just follow my standard line - one that usually
> gets me in trouble over at rec.sport.sumo - that it's a conspiracy to do
> with the Takanohana.
>
> On a technical point - something the larger of the Kanagawa fappers can
> probably answer - don't K-1 fighters have to be a bit more nimble on their
> feet?  Sumo is all about taking small steps to control your balance and
keep
> your center of gravity as fixed as possible.
>
> --
> jonathan
> --
> "never give a free penalty kick to Jonny Wilkinson"
> Welsh Proverb
>
>

I have to agree that he won't be quick enough. He'll get his butt kicked
pretty good. He knows side stepping, thrusting and bitch slapping. Unless he
gets into some type of submission or "finish it" art, he's got an uphill
climb. "But wait! I just knocked him down. You mean I don't win?" (as he's
getting punched across his face)