We are almost at the end of a tournament that has already given us a number of twists and turns, often involving some of the biggest names in the sport.
I’ll be very careful not to tip anything off here and instead just ask you to seek out all the matches or, if you’re short on time, check out my results and analysis on BE. That’s available here (link).
Some of my favourite matches from Day 14 were Onosho vs. Wakamotoharu, Daieisho vs. Kirishima and, of course, Hoshoryu vs. Takakeisho.
Bonus gif today takes us all the way back to Day 1 and a top down view of Meisei’s henka on Daieisho.
Announcement:
We at Bloody Elbow recently formed a partnership with RevGear, a California based company that makes martial arts/combat sports training gear and apparel. For next few months RevGear is giving Bloody Elbow (and, by extension, Sumo Stomp!) readers a store-wide 20% discount. If you’d like to pick something up you can use this link to get your discount (link).
Taking advantage of the discount helps generate income for Bloody Elbow and makes our sponsor feel great about working with us. So if you need training gear, or want a cool hoodie, please consider picking something up with that discount code.
RevGear are also working on some special Bloody Elbow merchandise. Maybe I can get some Sumo Stomp! gear, too…
(I’ll be copying and pasting this into each daily newsletter during the basho, sorry if that’s annoying — but it’s something that can help BE/Sumo Stomp!)