Download or read book The Essential Guide to Sumo written by Dorothea N. Buckingham and published by Bess PressInc. This book was released on 1994 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes cross-referenced and defined Japanese and English terms.
Download or read book Sumo a Pocket Guide written by David Shapiro and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the finest compact books on sumo today."—Sumo World Completely updated by the well known sumo authority David Shapiro, Sumo: A Pocket Guide describes the history, rules, rituals and techniques of sumo, the wrestlers' training and even their diets. Covering such topics as "life in the stables," "psychological warfare," and the "spoils of victory,” this compact sumo guide brings to life this cultural pastime that is so much more than a sport. This volume also includes a list of stables and some of the best chanko–nabe restaurants in Tokyo. Shapiro brings to the updated edition many years of Japanese language, sumo research, and coverage. The result is a handy, up–to–date, and authoritative guide to sumo that provides everything one needs to understand, appreciate, and enjoy this fascinating sport.
Download or read book Don t Try This at Home written by Hunter S. Fulghum and published by Crown Archetype. This book was released on 2008-12-10 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A step-by-step guide to performing the death-defying stunts you thought were only possible in the movies. For the millions of armchair daredevils who made Worst Case Scenario a mega bestzseller, Hunter Fulghum offers an even more hair-raising handbook. The result of persistent probing, diligent research, and outrageous phone calls to institutions like Fort Knox and the Pentagon, Don't Try This at Home gives thrill seekers everywhere the insider information they crave to show them how to perform feats such as: *Conduct a SWAT Team hostage *Rappel off the Eiffel Tower *Borrow the Mona Lisa *Form an independent nation *Break into Buckingham Palace *Catch a great white shark *Meet aliens at Area 51 Filled with step-by-step instructions, including lists of necessary tools, timing tips, and helpful illustrations, Don't Try This at Home provides the ultimate guide to doing the impossible.
Download or read book Sumo written by David Benjamin and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sumo is a fresh and funny introduction to the fascinating world of sumo, Japan's national sport. Author David Benjamin peels away the veneer of sumo as a cultural treasure and reveals it as an action-packed sport populated by superb athletes who employ numerous strategies and techniques to overcome their gargantuan opponents. Sumo provides an engaging, witty, behind-the-scenes look at sumo today.
Download or read book Sumo written by Walter Long and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sumo written by Walter Long and published by Tuttle Pub. This book was released on 1989 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gaijin Yokozuna written by Mark Panek and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2006-05-31 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of eighteen, Chad Rowan left his home in rural Hawai'i for Tokyo with visions of becoming a star athlete in Japan's national sport, sumo. But upon his arrival he was shocked less by the city crowds and the winter cold than by having to scrub toilets and answer to fifteen-year-olds who had preceded him at the sumo beya. Rowan spoke no Japanese. Of Japanese culture, he knew only what little his father, a former tour bus driver in Hawai'i, had been able to tell him as they drove to the airport. And he had never before set foot in a sumo ring. Five years later, against the backdrop of rising U.S.–Japan economic tension, Rowan became the first gaijin (non-Japanese) to advance to sumo's top rank, yokozuna. His historic promotion was more a cultural accomplishment than an athletic one, since yokozuna are expected to embody highly prized Japanese values such as hard work, patience, strength, and hinkaku, a special kind of dignity thought to be available only to Japanese. He was promoted ahead of his two main rivals, the brothers Koji and Masaru Hanada, who had been raised in the sumo beya run by their father, the former sumo great Takanohana I. Perhaps the defining moment of the gaijin's unique success occurred at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, when Rowan, chosen to personify "Japanese" to one of the largest television audiences in history, performed a sacred sumo ritual at the opening ceremony. Gaijin Yokozuna chronicles the events leading to that improbable scene at Nagano and beyond, tracing Rowan's life from his Hawai'i upbringing to his 2001 retirement ceremony. Along the way it briefly examines the careers of two Hawai'i-born sumotori who paved the way for Rowan, Jesse Kuhaulua (Takamiyama) and Salevaa Atisanoe (Konishiki). The author shares stories from family members, coaches, friends, fellow sumo competitors, and of course Rowan himself, whom he accompanied on three Japan-wide exhibition tours. The work is further informed by volumes of secondary source material on sumo, Japanese culture, and local Hawai'i culture.
Download or read book Competitive MINDSTORMS written by David J. Perdue and published by Apress. This book was released on 2004-07-30 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * This is the first book to discuss competitive battling robots using MINDSTORMS. * This is written by an experienced robot builder, who is very active in the community. * Will contain the most thorough, realistic, and highest quality set of LEGO® instructions available. * Mass popularity for robot building is growing: robot clubs are appearing in schools and universities, competitions are becoming more widespread. *The technology is very consumer-friendly.
Download or read book Sumo Skills written by Thomas Zabel and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first English-language training guide for Sumo wrestling! The Japanese cornered the market in producing the best athletes in the sport of amateur sumo until an American, Emmanuel Yarborough, won the GOLD in the open-weight division at the 4th World Sumo Championships in 1995. Since then, sumo is one of the fastest growing sports in the United States, Europe, Asia, South America, and around the world. A sumo match can be over in a fraction of a second. It's amazingly explosive! The burst of energy and adrenaline makes sumo as physically and mentally intense as any sport can be. This instructional handbook gives you the basic fundamental skills to train and succeed in competitive amateur sumo. It begins with a short history, covers how to tie a mawashi, and goes on to detail the commands and responsibilities of the referee (gyoji) and judges (shinpan). This ultimate manual gives step-by-step examples of the most common techniques used by both amateur and professional sumo rikishi, and breaks down various training methods such as shiko, suriashi, butsukari, etc. so that anyone, with enough motivation, training, and preparation, can become proficient at sumo.
Download or read book The Essential Guide to Training Global Audiences written by LuAnn Irwin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-06-06 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essential Guide to Training Global Audiences is a groundbreaking book that offers a much-needed guide for anyone who must design and deliver excellent learning experiences for people from a culture other than their own. The book is filled with proven guidelines for multicultural training, solid techniques for training international adult learners, and advice for the preparation of culturally sensitive presentations. The book represents material from more than 65 contributors who have made presentations for some of the leading organizations worldwide.
Download or read book SUMO Shut Up Move On written by Paul McGee and published by John Wiley and Sons. This book was released on 2010-02-04 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: S.U.M.O. stands for Shut Up, Move On. It's a phrase to say to ourselves (and sometimes others) when we are acting or thinking in a way that is hindering our ability to succeed. It doesn't necessarily mean 'get over it' or 'pull yourself together' (although there may be occasions when both responses are necessary). 'Shut Up' means stop what you're doing, take time out to reflect, let go of baggage and beliefs that hinder your potential. 'Move On' means tomorrow can be different from today, look for new possibilities, don't just think about it, take action. There are six S.U.M.O. principles that are designed to help you create and enjoy a brilliant life. If you are wrestling with life's challenges, these principles will help you do so more successfully. 1. Change Your T-Shirt - take responsibility for your own life and don't be a victim. 2. Develop Fruity Thinking - change your thinking and change your results. 3. Hippo Time is OK - understand how setbacks affect you and how to recover from them. 4. Remember the Beachball - increase your understanding and awareness of other people's world. 5. Learn Latin - change comes through action not intention. Overcome the tendency to put things off. 6. Ditch Doris Day - create your own future rather than leave it to chance. Forget the attitude 'que sera, sera, whatever will be, will be.' "A superb book. It combines honesty, humour and inspiration to help people move ahead in life." —Allan and Barbara Pease, authors of Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps "Powerful, simple and effective. A highly engaging and thought provoking book. Anyone who reads it is sure to look at themselves and the world differently as a result." —Octavius Black and Sebastian Bailey, The Mind Gym The S.U.M.O. guy is Paul McGee, an international speaker and author. He has been developing the S.U.M.O. principles over the last five years.
Download or read book Xenophobe s Guide to the Japanese written by Sahoko Kaji and published by Oval Projects Ltd. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The quintessence of unspoken mutual understanding is to be found in the word yoroshiku: 'You have understood what I want you to do. I have understood that you have understood what I want you to do. Therefore I leave it up to you to finish the task and I expect it to be done in the way I want it to be done. And I thank you for understanding me and agreeing to take the trouble to do the task.' All this in four syllables." "For all the apparent worship of the way of the warrior, being yasashii, which means being gentle, tender, caring, yielding and considerate, is very important in Japan. Asked what a Japanese values most in a potential spouse, both sexes tend to put being being yasashii at the top of their list of desirable virtues. The concept is even applied to the inanimate. For instance, a car or shampoo can be yasashii to you, to the eye, and to the environment."
Download or read book Sumo written by James Alexander Sargeant and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story Of Japanese Wrestling And Wrestlers.
Download or read book The Essential Guide written by Anne Prince and published by Mike Murach & Associates. This book was released on 1994 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers can learn to use Excel for Windows with a minimum of time and study with this efficient guide. By reading less than 100 pages readers can acquire the basic skills needed to use Excel. More advanced skills and shortcuts such as formulas, functions, and sorting and graphing capabilities are presented for more experienced users.
Download or read book Sumo Wrestling for Novices written by Huerta C Hudson and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-03-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unleash Your Inner Warrior! Dive into the world of SUMO WRESTLING and transform yourself into a formidable force. "SUMO WRESTLING FOR NOVICES" is your ultimate guide to mastering the ancient art of strength, discipline, and strategy. This isn't just a book; it's your ticket to a life-changing journey! Table of Contents: Introduction to Sumo: Explore the rich history and cultural significance of Sumo wrestling. Building Your Sumo Foundation: Discover the essential techniques and exercises to enhance your strength and balance. Mastering the Ring: Learn the intricate footwork, stances, and strategies to dominate your opponent. Nutrition for Sumo Warriors: Unlock the secrets to fueling your body for peak performance. Mental Resilience: Develop the mental toughness needed to triumph in the ring. Training Regimen: Craft a personalized training plan tailored to your unique strengths and weaknesses. Sumo Etiquette: Navigate the customs and traditions of the Sumo world with grace and respect. Why You Need This Book: Embark on a transformative journey that goes beyond physical strength. "SUMO WRESTLING FOR NOVICES" empowers you with the knowledge to excel not only in the ring but also in life. Gain a competitive edge, boost your confidence, and unleash the warrior within. Whether you're a novice or seasoned athlete, this comprehensive guide is your key to unlocking unparalleled strength and strategy. Your Sumo Transformation Awaits! This isn't just a book; it's a roadmap to a stronger, more resilient you. Embrace the power of Sumo wrestling and revolutionize your approach to fitness and life. Don't miss out on the opportunity to be part of a select group of individuals who redefine their limits. Grab your copy of "SUMO WRESTLING FOR NOVICES" now and embark on a journey of self-discovery, strength, and mastery. Transform your life both inside and outside the ring. The power to become a Sumo warrior is within your grasp - seize it today! Don't just read about greatness; experience it firsthand. The ring awaits; are you ready to step in?
Download or read book The Street of a Thousand Blossoms written by Gail Tsukiyama and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2007-09-04 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gail Tsukiyama's The Street of a Thousand Blossoms is a powerfully moving masterpiece about tradition and change, loss and renewal, and love and family from a glorious storyteller at the height of her powers. It is Tokyo in 1939. On the Street of a Thousand Blossoms, two orphaned brothers dream of a future firmly rooted in tradition. The older boy, Hiroshi, shows early signs of promise at the national obsession of sumo wrestling, while Kenji is fascinated by the art of Noh theater masks. But as the ripples of war spread to their quiet neighborhood, the brothers must put their dreams on hold—and forge their own paths in a new Japan. Meanwhile, the two young daughters of a renowned sumo master find their lives increasingly intertwined with the fortunes of their father's star pupil, Hiroshi.
