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Sumo: Ama versus Pro
How strong ARE these people?
That is the question journalist Chris Gould set out to answer when journeying to the US Sumo Open and interviewed real sumo wrestlers.
What he saw and heard took him aback! Far from witnessing mere overweight darts players, he was confronted with German judo champions, Norwegian soccer players, LAPD, Hollywood writers and university lecturers - all vying with a Bulgarian wrestling champion, an ex-pro sumo wrestler, and a Japanese World Amateur champion for gold medals.
Chris then travelled to Japan to compare amateur sumo with the professional version. This book thus lays bare the mystery, ceremony, grace, elegance, and sheer strength of top professional sumo wrestlers, from the closest possible quarters.
More than 20 pictures included!
That is the question journalist Chris Gould set out to answer when journeying to the US Sumo Open and interviewed real sumo wrestlers.
What he saw and heard took him aback! Far from witnessing mere overweight darts players, he was confronted with German judo champions, Norwegian soccer players, LAPD, Hollywood writers and university lecturers - all vying with a Bulgarian wrestling champion, an ex-pro sumo wrestler, and a Japanese World Amateur champion for gold medals.
Chris then travelled to Japan to compare amateur sumo with the professional version. This book thus lays bare the mystery, ceremony, grace, elegance, and sheer strength of top professional sumo wrestlers, from the closest possible quarters.
More than 20 pictures included!
325 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 29, 2011
2 people want to read
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Chris Gould
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Author of the first - and hopefully definitive - ebook guide to the 1966 Batman TV series.
I've loved writing since childhood - especially adventure stories. At 14, I joined my local paper for work experience and loved it, even getting invited back. At 20, I did work experience at a number of national and local newspapers, being employed as a weekend football reporter for the UK's Daily Telegraph while still at university. Having moved to Japan in 2008, I now write on Japanese, French and popular culture for a number of publications, and love releasing ebooks / as well as reviewing books on Goodreads!
There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name
Author of the first - and hopefully definitive - ebook guide to the 1966 Batman TV series.
I've loved writing since childhood - especially adventure stories. At 14, I joined my local paper for work experience and loved it, even getting invited back. At 20, I did work experience at a number of national and local newspapers, being employed as a weekend football reporter for the UK's Daily Telegraph while still at university. Having moved to Japan in 2008, I now write on Japanese, French and popular culture for a number of publications, and love releasing ebooks / as well as reviewing books on Goodreads!
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