Life After Sumo
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- Sumo wrestlers enter training stables, or beyas, as young teens and dedicate their lives to the sport until they retire. Training involves incredible food intake, heavy beer consumption as a means of weight gain and daily full-contact sparring. Along with the health impacts, most wrestlers leave the sport with little education and less money. In this VICE Sports exclusive, we visit with two retired rikishis to get their take on life after sumo.
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"Its not an end. It was a shift, a change in momentum" Wow....Love this line!
RideSmoothTV they are wise af
Yeah, the chef had a fantastic attitude.
WOW, it was at 999 likes when I liked it! First time! Achieving that is probably harder than getting 1,000 likes yourself!
Of course they do. They also love kicking people to the curb. White Americans are especially good at that.
i don't know if its a good thing though
This deserves a full length docu
+Timmyboy505 absolutely
+Timmyboy505 Totally agree...it may exist.
+Timmyboy505 Was hoping there was.
+Timmyboy505 Yeah, this is way too short.
Yup
I love how they view everything so positively. The restaurant owner doesn't have regret that he wasn't able to become a yokozuna and the one who became a truck driver looks back on it with fondness yet still finds happiness in what he does now. More people need attitudes like this, maybe you don't get what you want, but it could just be a call to a different path
yes true
That's true but most people dont end life on the path they started. Some come out bitter others like these gentleman
It is not customary for Japanese to complain.
The Japanese have such a respect and love for whatever craft they do. Always striving to be the best.
Attest411 i wanna be the best, like no one ever was.
Attest411 That is the way of the Samurai; Bushido. To spend every day honing their skill... I adapted a form of this to my own life about 7 years ago and it has been very beneficial for me.
Too bad they cant win at sumo :)
Please Stop the Pain Friend too bad America will be destroyed in a few years
Japanese make this mistake too much, they don't want to be the best out of sheer love for what they are doing.
They want to be better than others and therefore the best by default......
there's a difference.
Being better than others is not the goal. It's being YOUR best.
It should be longer then 4 minutes. This theme deserves full length documentary!!
+010bit010 I absolutely agree... the quality of this video is quite impressive and should definitely feature a full lenght documentary with a comprehensible conclusion.
+010bit010 I was thinking the exact same thing!!!
To be fair it nearly hit 5 minutes.. seriously though I agree these documentaries are way too short :/
خیلی خوب بود ممنون
BUT I DO NOT HAVE THE ATTENTION SPAN TO WATCH A FULL LENGTH DOCUMENTARY. I have Attention Deficit Disorder from being a sumo wrestler earlier in life.
"I changed my outfit. I changed my path."
great quote.
BHammer so deep .
BHammer Yep, loved that quote.
+SuperDungeonBoy Pretty shallow.
Przemyslaw Kowalczyk Your words mean nothing to me . Try again .
I've been training to be a sumo without knowing it
Ethan Porter lol
Suicide by words
Ethan Porter same lmao
Except for the "training" part?
Painis Cupcake , training his jaw and stomach
it's funny they got skinny after retired. football players get fat in an off season.
Jokes aside, once you go from eating 10000-20000 calories to just eating 2000-4000, there's no way you can maintain all that bulk.
when big football players retire (think a lineman) they usually slim down and by alot
unless they start hanging out with Joe 6-pack lmao
Well in japan they are kinda more restricted to culture food , less junk .
howo357 true dat
0:55 Iwatefuji Yuichi (Yuichi Suzuki )sadly died at only 57 years of age, 5½ years after this video. Like many retired rikishi, he suffered from health problems linked to the unhealthy lifestyle sumo wrestlers conduct.
May he rest in peace.
just when I get really into it the video is over.
Well fuck you then
+SuperJuvexxx Who,pissed in your Cheerios?
Thant's probably how it's supposed to work. Definitely better than when you feel bored and tired at the end. :-)
kind of a clip bate teaser. they made 2-3 grand. And im sure did not compensate the two men.
When the sumo chef restaurants owner said changing his life is just like having to simply adjust and put on rain boots when it's raining.... that just made a profound lightbulb trigger in my head to make the best of my life. I really appreciate that
It's been 5 years since you've made this comment, would you say that you've embraced this philosophy since then?
I have been training as an amateur sumo wrestler for 3 years now, under my master, a retired Mongolian rikishi. I know I will never be a true rikishi, and I know I will never achieve the fame and recognition of an ozumo. And, as a Korean, I face constant difficulty with both my own people and Japanese folks, there is no other path I'd walk.
Sumo is more then just a sport, more then a martial art, more then a rite within shinto. Its a test, against yourself, challanging your own insecurity and fears, putting all you are into every moment, whether doing shiko at training or fighting in the dohyo.
Maybe I will be forgotten, but sumo had made me who I am today.
"It's not an end. It's a shift, a change in momentum." So much respect for this guys outlook on life.
I actually don't think that the point of this video is 'never giving up'. I think the point of this video is not to force things. It's a taoist philosophy that's underneath it all. They all seem to be clear-minded in their pursuits, and when they encounter immovable objects, they don't push against them, they turn and find something new. Finding a new path.
Just like riding the wave eh instead of just embracing it :/
I feel like the main point of this video is bouncing back when you pushed in all the chips and it didn't work out. And I love that about this video. Because this is a point in life that doesn't get much attention. In those moments were you make large sacrifices for something that doesn't end up how you intended it, what do you do? That is the reality of most of those types of decisions. Business owners face these types of decisions all the time. And for those moments of life, I love his perspective. The words at the end I feel are really beautiful. It isn't over. You have just changed your direction
Can we just appreciate that transition at 00:52 seconds? So good!
10 years less than the average Japanese citizen = 90 years old
I'm Japanese and I'm 102 and I feel great!
Space Ghost lmao no you’re not you like 12
Iam 9-years-old and already in a certain army...
9 yr old army vs tseries
@ATL 1 sumo wrestlers average life span is 60 to 65
Translation error at 3:31. Akujunkan is vicious cycle not bad circulation...
I'll also add that they imply that all the wrestlers do is eat, spar, drink, and sleep. Their training is mostly stretching, skill based exercises, training (with weights, striking column, etc.), and finally sparring. They're not just fat. They're very muscular and the fat is just a consequence of optimizing themselves for the rules and skills of the sport (low center of gravity, heavy weight to avoid being knocked over or lifted easily). This is like the "center" (the guy who pitches/passes the ball back at the start of every play) in American football favors a big, heavy yet strong body type... Except the sumo wrestler always has to make initial, significant and often sustained contact in every encounter.
paytontech Too bad sumo wrestler cannot sell shoes like Jordan does after his retirement.
Nah they're just fat. :)
@@schadenfreude6274 and you're just racist :D
DIABETES......??????
Dafuq are these comments. Guy calls sumo wrestlers fat and then gets called racist. 😂
when I went to sumo rehabilitation they taught me to deadlift like a true man, now I go conventional. haven't looked back, my life after sumo is brilliant.
Sumo is cheating IMO.
Why the sad tone music while these men are telling their story's? It should be uplifting music, their story's are extremely motivational, they both tried to take on a dream and made progress then things got bad for them and they bounced back and continued to live while finding new dreams!
well they wasted their body and were left without anything...
grey hound shut up
The guy owns a restaurant, and now he strives to be the best chanko chef. That is not nothing
While the other guy is a truck driver... they're both making the most of their situations, but are left with few options.
but they're not whining like little western hipster bitches if something goes wrong in their life
The transition from sports to normal life routine can be extremely challenging. I believe many other athletes and sports people are going through that after the end of their sporting careers.
In my country some athletes retire after just 1 or 2 Olympics as they end up too busy as they often juggle regular academic studies simultaneously too (probably due to concerns over limited career opportunities otherwise after retiring from sport) e.g. 1 of our divers was still working on his university's final-year/capstone project on the day of his Olympic competition & also had to request to be excused from his project's presentation
I really love documentaries about Japan their culture and views in life is completely different from where I am.
Jarred Frost They won the award of top whiskey in 2014
From Scotland?
yes from Scotland?
+Looncan I meant is he from Scotland
not sure but i am
"To make the best and not to waste everything in the past."
mohammedzoh3 and here we are.....
It was about a year ago that I came across this video by accident. I was in bed sick with lots of time on my hands and just clicking through random videos. After watching this, I clicked on the next sumo video, and the next one, and here I am a year later, an unlikely (European female) but very enthusiastic sumo fan. If you found this video interesting, by all means, give sumo a try, it is loads of fun to watch (and very easy to follow here on CZcams). Can't wait for the next tournament :)
Even a Japanese cook is so inspirational and focussed on excellence.
I feel bad for that first guy. To go from having a pretty grand, nice life with strangers praising you and giving you gifts, to a mediocre, boring life, with no praise, reward, or fulfillment. But I do feel happy for the second guy, he's still living a good life.
When my son was about 11 years old he entered a Jaycee Relay Race. He’d never ran track before and didn’t know everybody wore shorts. He came in jeans, to everyone’s amusement. He ran the last leg for his team - and came away the fastest runner of the day, and made up considerable distance to win. This video made me think of that day. How I wish I had been able to see it, instead of only hear and read about it. I was a single mom and had to work. My son was an amazing athlete. ❤️
Chanko is SO GOOD!! I learned it from a Sumo and made my own twist to it.. I love it!
Do one of life after ballet, in Russia, or China.
Life after professional sports is difficult... :( Thank you, VICE, for this video. This video is over 6 years old, but I hope these two men are doing well today under the pandemic.
Admirable
to be able to dedicate your life to something is unreal. i respect these guys and their will to live.
*"To make the best and not to waste everything in the past"* I need to learn this so much
Same
I love the colour grading in these shots, such good tonnes in the sunset scenes
"Eating is part of the job" literally my dream job
NO that should be a job involving eating and eating only.
lucy jones you'll probably die if you eat the amount of food they eat:)
wake up, stupid girl, he said A PART of the job.
also they have to force themselves to eat cos it's too much for a human.
Here comes another obese american obsessed wiv junk food....
you will get anorexia if you eat that much of food
Wonderful, short and punchy video. Many Thanks.
" it's not an end. It's a shift,
a change in momentum"
I really like that
omg, the ending is so beautiful.
Training involves incredible food intake, heavy beer consumption as a means of weight gain and daily full-contact sparring. Shit, I'm 2/3 there.
Now you just have to be athletic enough to compete against the best of them.
Sumo should be popular internationally. It's an awesome sport and discipline.
when i was in Japan i got a chance to meet a former sumo wrestler who is actually quite popular in Japan and it's crazy how little I knew. it was so interesting learning not only how important they are to the Japanese people but the details of a sumo wrestler's life.
It's good to see people getting the motivation of the retired Sumos even after VICE making portraying them as failure.
Big respect for these guys
There's nothing but respect for people who work hard for their lives.
it's a sad world when vice is putting out better pieces of journalism than any of the mainstream media outlets.
4:28 dude in the right cornenr looks fishy af
this could have bin a really good documentary or short film, but ye...
The level of profundity that chef expressed with his life-adapting analysis was unexpected.
It's admirable that's these men found life after sumo. With age, I try to eat healthy and I still am gaining weight and it doesn't feel good. You know deep down that you're not healthy. Loosing weight whether from natural gain or from sumo training is so hard. It is a small miracle I think that these former sumo wrestlers didn't succumb to mental psychopathy, many would lash out against themselves or people around them. This is a good story to tell
i have to say the music is really off point . they're both strong fighter in live and didn't give up because the difficulty they faced. yet the music is freaking sad . wtf? it's like the person who add the music never watch the video and choose the music based on topic because he/she thinks it will be sad
wheres ehonda at.
You...you da real mvp
ㄗㄚ尺ＫＫㄚ Seriously dude.They need to bring E Honda,Sagat and Cody.
@@theauspiciousone27 :)
This needs to be longer! You should do another video, perhaps following this guy to see how his restaurant is doing years after quitting sumo, find a wrestler who is just a couple of years out to see how he is doing and then find another who is still active but considering quitting. I think it would be quite a compelling video.
The most respectful people in the world
Eating is part of the job. I like that job
I played serious rugby for a bit, and eating was part of that job. Really you don’t want that job. I remember my first French fry as an adult was on July 1 2006, just as I was giving it up.
acchaladka I play hs rugby. I’m 17. How come you didn’t like eating to get strong? Did you really never have a French fry until then, or are you saying you are sick of eating so much?
Love the respect for the game..even after knowing the downsides
I think its cool he wants his son to. Become one as well. The passion is crazy. Respect
What has been seen cannot be unseen.
Their is no life after sumo...sumo is life.
tradition and honour is more important than just living a simple live without sacrifices.
I love how candid that guy was about his job.
i guess it is the same for athletes in most sports.
unless you are the rare few who ever make it to the top, a sporting career will never bring you far. but with sports, one learns many life lessons during the process and it is very important in personal development
much better than WWE
+-itsianlaquincy - Even WWE once had on their roster a guy named Rodney Anoai who was scripted to pretend that he's a Sumo star. He dressed the part, he acted the part, and, unfortunately, he also ate "accordingly" to play the part. In the end, he bulked himself up into an early grave, weighing somewhere between 600-800 lbs at the time of his fatal heart attack. PS: Thankfully I've never seen a real Sumo wrestler in a tournament do to a competitor what Rodney Anoai did to his fake-wrestling opponents: climbing the second rope and coming down on the guy, ass-first. (Anyone who had ever wrestled on any show with him must've later had nightmares of that coming down on them: kind of like dreaming you're walking past a tall New York skyscraper, looking up, and seeing a grand piano falling on top of you.)
lets be honest. its not much better than wwe dude
Alexei Cogan Are you referring to Yokozuna who wrestled in the WWF from 1993-1996?
Sean Powell yes it is Yoko
There was a WWE wrestler called Earthquake who had previously been a pretty successful sumo wrestler going by the name Kototenzan. He had to quit sumo because he had tatoos on his arms and that is verboten at top level sumo. His real name was John Anthony Tenta Jr. (June 22, 1963 - June 7, 2006)
*Beer!* am i training to be sumo?
have so much respect for these men, and love their outlook on life after sumo, quite positive. loved the documentary, is there a longer version of this, ? it was way too short, just starting to get interested in it.😕☺
that guy had a fantastic perception on his life. "it was not the end, just a change in momentum; a different path"
Sumo is such an underrated martial art/sport. The current Yokozuna Hakuho is debatably the greatest grappler of all time.
The first thought I had after I saw the title "Life After Sumo" was type 1 & 2 diabetes
really though, the food they eat as a sumo wrestler is still really healthy! it's just the portion and lifestyle of being a rikishi. once they stop, they don't have to live like a rikishi, so they slim down and lose a lot of weight.
Please do your research on Type 1 Diabetes. You cannot get it by eating too much or by being overweight. It's different than Type 2 diabetes.
This was a sweet little video, thank you.
THAT`S WHAT I`M CRAVING...... a big bowl of Chanko!
Nice, but needs more air flute...
Japanese people are full of etiquettes and determination. They are way smarter than almost the rest of the world.
Definitivamente una excelente filosofía de vida. Me encantó mucho las sabias palabras en casi ya los finales del video.
Siempre me gustó ver Sumo.
Mis respetos para ellos.
Saludos desde Lima, Perú.
It's a very bealtiful, respectful and entertaining sport to watch, respect for these guys.
interesting but too danm short!
Why is all the sumo footage from the 1990s?
Love how much respect they have for sumo
You are not forgotten.
that chef sumo guy seems like Naruto trying to get hokage
Sakthi S but he hokage thoo
These ex-Sumo wrestlers throwing deep quotes left and right like they on some higher philosophical shit.
I love the thought process of Japanese people 😊
Lovely interview with the cook. Yes, more Sumo subjects or other Japanese blue collar life please💚
These documentaries need to be longer, they should explore not only after sumo, but sumo as a whole career itself. I feel like the Vice Sports channel only previews the basic information of the sport or player other than going into full detail.
damn i love japanese people and their culture and how important honor is to them
at least they dont bulk on junk food eh
Yep, that junk food would actually kill them, but the healthy food they eat is the only reason why they even get passed 40 years.
Is Sumo Wrestler is the most wanted job on the planet?
For someone who has a great passion for Wrestling, it is truly heaven.
‘Eating is part of the job’ WHATTTT, SIGN ME UP BITCH😂
Pause at 2:17 and look at those two sumo wrestlers.
Beautiful. The whole scene really.
those chicken wings looked good
There is a minor error in the translation, it should have been 90% instead of 10% of people that quit by year two.
It says it shrinks to 10% of that number by year 2. That's the same as saying 90% quit by year 2.
Ole dumbass lol
I love this sumo wrestling, started watching it back in March of last year and watched it ever since.......
Where's E-honda though?
he is not retired yet. ; )
"Competitors have a life expectancy of about 10 years less than the average Japanese citizen"
When you consider that Japan has the no.1 life expectancy in the world, that statement carries a lot less impact, that's still about 70 or so years, only 6 years less than the overall male life expectancy of America.
I get what you mean, but tbh so what ? They're still actively shortening their life span by choosing this profession.
@@minniem526 at least they're risking their life for their dream. Not some regular man who shorten their life just because they cannot control their desire towards junk foods, cigarettes, drugs and alchohol.
Very good documentary, thank you.
These men look content with life. Nothing sad or unfortunate here. Just life, that shows highs and lows. These men seem to have adjusted very well.
I'm training camp they learn how to dab?
Lmfao
they too keep up with the trends....u shouldve seen them doing the whip...
you need to go to grammar camp. I did not understand a word you wrote.
Phillipe Steele auto correct bruh.
OnlyTheBest 1 Wtf did you write?
I just love Japan , I don't know fully why , I like the tradition the culture , ugghh I just like be it I wanna go on Holliday for at least a month to Japan
This is "bomb diffuser" level of commitment...
The cook has an amazing mentality.
0:19 DAB ON 'EM
dat strict intense dab training
was thinking the same thing 😂
PPPHUHUHAHAHAHAHA.......THAT WAS CREATIVE OF U
This was awesome. The presenter was short and confined. The ex-sumos were working-class people who had to readjust to a much different lifestyle. Very inspiring and likable people. Makes me wanna go to a Sumo restaurant and get fucked up with them while eating a ton of food!!! :)
Too bad at least someone on youtube will down-vote it. For shame.
This video gives chilled vibes....
“I changed my outfit, changed my path” 🙏🏾