First Japanese tutoring session

[dorchadas]

And I didn't spontaneously combust or have any of my exaggerated worries come to pass! Overcoming my anxiety like:

Comments

[q99]

A risky tactic! Don't get all the way out of the way and get bowled over.

I really like Sumo, btw. It's an entertaining sport.

[dorchadas]

It is! I went to a couple tournaments in Fukuoka and enjoyed it much more than I expected I would.

Though the match-fixing scandal that came out later, and included some of the rikishi that I had seen in the tournament, did dampen my enthusiasm a bit...

[q99]

Aw, that's no fun.

A thing I really like about Sumo is it's quick, decisive, yet takes clear skill. A lot of sports have periods where action stops and not much is getting done (the boxing clinch, for example). Sumo doesn't have that. It's a short, impressive sport.