Comments on: Sumo Wrestler Accused of Being Too "Podgy" http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/ The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:43:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Sofar http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/comment-page-1/#comment-1814630 Sofar Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:49:37 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/#comment-1814630 The enormous guts are a byproduct of the enormous amounts of food you have to eat day to day to grow the kind of muscles those guys have. The wrestlers of the occident usually aren't super-trim neither, though they tend not to grow to such proportions (possibly they would if we didn't have weight classes in our leagues) The enormous guts are a byproduct of the enormous amounts of food you have to eat day to day to grow the kind of muscles those guys have. The wrestlers of the occident usually aren't super-trim neither, though they tend not to grow to such proportions (possibly they would if we didn't have weight classes in our leagues)

]]> By: verloren http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/comment-page-1/#comment-1814166 verloren Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:53:49 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/#comment-1814166 Well the point of Sumo is to win by forcing your opponent to the floor or out of the ring; you get no points for being the chubbiest. But generally no, sumo wrestlers aren't *just* fat; underneath the fat, which is used as a tactical advantage, there is generally someone built like Chiyonofuji. I certainly wouldn't wish to call him fat to his face, even now. Well the point of Sumo is to win by forcing your opponent to the floor or out of the ring; you get no points for being the chubbiest. But generally no, sumo wrestlers aren't *just* fat; underneath the fat, which is used as a tactical advantage, there is generally someone built like Chiyonofuji. I certainly wouldn't wish to call him fat to his face, even now.

]]> By: Sue Dunham http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/comment-page-1/#comment-1814047 Sue Dunham Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:46:06 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/#comment-1814047 I think this is plain old Japanese xenophbia/racism. I think this is plain old Japanese xenophbia/racism.

]]> By: Capt8ball http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/comment-page-1/#comment-1813870 Capt8ball Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:26:27 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/#comment-1813870 Sumo wrestlers are in fact both mountains of muscle and bit fatties. It is the latter OVER the former. It's the training and the diet that result in this dichotomy. Fashions come and go in Sumo. Once it was the simply enormous who were preferred and then the very cut looking wrestlers found preference. The Typhoon was a really big guy but not a fat guy. In fact it was his trouncing of both the Dump Truck and the Sea Slug that showed the weakness of the simply vast sumo, once they were moving they couldn't stop themselves. Sumo wrestlers are in fact both mountains of muscle and bit fatties. It is the latter OVER the former.

It's the training and the diet that result in this dichotomy.

Fashions come and go in Sumo. Once it was the simply enormous who were preferred and then the very cut looking wrestlers found preference.

The Typhoon was a really big guy but not a fat guy. In fact it was his trouncing of both the Dump Truck and the Sea Slug that showed the weakness of the simply vast sumo, once they were moving they couldn't stop themselves.

]]> By: fun games for kids http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/comment-page-1/#comment-1813345 fun games for kids Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:34:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/#comment-1813345 Somehow I think it's hard to please everyone - especially after you gain a bad reputation for yourself. Even after you've moved on from the previous mistake, there will be others who will somehow pick on something, no matter how small it may be. Somehow I think it's hard to please everyone - especially after you gain a bad reputation for yourself. Even after you've moved on from the previous mistake, there will be others who will somehow pick on something, no matter how small it may be.

]]> By: Vonskippy http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/comment-page-1/#comment-1813302 Vonskippy Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:40:32 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/#comment-1813302 If they're "mountains of muscles" they camouflage it well under their layers and layers and layers of drooping fat. If they're "mountains of muscles" they camouflage it well under their layers and layers and layers of drooping fat.

]]> By: ashedf http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/comment-page-1/#comment-1813176 ashedf Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:16:33 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/#comment-1813176 like E.Honda. like E.Honda.

]]> By: Mouserz http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/comment-page-1/#comment-1812951 Mouserz Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:14:08 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/#comment-1812951 Sumo wrestlers are FFFFFing muscular, two of them could probably lift a car. Sumo wrestlers are FFFFFing muscular, two of them could probably lift a car.

]]> By: redphone http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/comment-page-1/#comment-1812947 redphone Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:07:01 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/#comment-1812947 Sumo wrestlers aren't mountains of fat. They're mountains of muscle. Sumo wrestlers aren't mountains of fat. They're mountains of muscle.

]]> By: Kalel http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/comment-page-1/#comment-1812924 Kalel Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:50:17 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/#comment-1812924 Seems to me his behaviour is a more weighty issue than his being 'podgy'... nobody likes a pushy Sumo wrestler. Seems to me his behaviour is a more weighty issue than his being 'podgy'... nobody likes a pushy Sumo wrestler.

]]> By: Skipweasel http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/comment-page-1/#comment-1812901 Skipweasel Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:41:22 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/#comment-1812901 It isn't all about sheer mass. There was a truly vast Samoan a few years ago - he just couldn't cut the mustard - smaller chaps chucked him all over the place. It isn't all about sheer mass. There was a truly vast Samoan a few years ago - he just couldn't cut the mustard - smaller chaps chucked him all over the place.

]]>