The Culture that's Destroying Japan's Sumo Champions

A re-mastered look into how injuries are treated in the world of Grand Sumo Wrestling, the national sport of Japan. With insider knowledge from John Traill, the vice president of the International Sumo Federation and Former Ozeki Sumo Wrestler Konishiki, we learn about the different aspects of why sumo wrestlers choose to fight even with an active injury. Special thanks to: John Traill, Konishiki, Ryo Harada, D. Archer, & the Bailey Family 📢I'm very excited to introduce to you my Patreon page -   / sumostewyt   where I share a more personal side to my journey in discovering sumo! As a patron you'll gain access to bonus sumo content like: ✅lengthy discussions about the basho, banzuke, and other sumo news ✅conversations and full interviews with sumo wrestlers, sumo content-creators and sumo insiders ✅sumo wrestler biography deep dives ✅my video-making process on SumoStew ✅Video blogs about my travels to Japan and all kinds of personal stories about my sumo journey! 👉Watch more videos on Grand Sumo: Sumo Wrestlers:    • What's Happening to Shodai? | Sumo Wrestle...   👉Sumo Trivia & Other Information:    • What's the Big Deal about Henka? | Sumo Wr...   👉Sumo Memes:    • ura's salt toss curing my depression..