Sumo Showdown: The Hawaiian Challenge

By Philip Sandoz

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804818959
• ISBN13: 9780804818957
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Tuttle Pub
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.5" x 0.5" x 9.3"

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Story of a A Traditional Eastern Sport Thriving in the West (w/photos)

From Front Jacket: "Sumo, Japan's most traditional sport, has survived its rites, rituals, and excitement virtually intact through centuries of popularity interspersed with periods of decline. 'Sumo Showdown: The Hawaiian Challenge' is the first book to graphically chart the rise and rise of the Hawaiians, from the sumo debut of Takamiyama in 1964 to the current day. Lavishly illustrated with 110 full-color photographs, the book studies the lives and problems of Westerners in a quintessentially Japanese sport, looks at the resistance to Hawaiian dominance now being led by Takahanda, and ultimately questions the likelihood of sumo ever becoming a truly international sport. " ******* Contents Include: * Takamiyama: The Pathfinder Arrives * Azumazeki Oyakata: Training the Forces * Konishiki: The Giant Threat * Akebono: Vying for Supremacy * Musashimaru: The People's Choice * The Waka-Taka Brothers: The Resistance Regroups * Internationalism vs. Nationalism * Sumo Background * Useful Sumo Words and Phrases