Back to the index

Name ShiroiKuma Shikona ShiroiKuma Residence Prague, Czech Republic E-mail ShiroiKuma@bigfoot.com Web page http://come.to/CzechSumo http://come.to/EuroSumo http://come.to/SumoNews Place of Birth Jablonec n./N., Czech Republic Birthdate 12-Jul-73 Work Chief, The Economic Daily Favorite Rikishi Tochigiyama - all-out attack strategy, no chance for the opponent to touch his mawashi Dejima - great charge, stays low, powerful tachiai Chiyotaikai - forceful tachiai, good tsupari Kirishima - active sumo, always on the offensive Konishiki - his idea of sumo is same as mine, coordinated offense, powerful blast, great man Akebono - great man in spirit, powerful tsupari, good charge Just mentioning a few... SML games played real life sumo (amateur) Sumo fan because... I first saw sumo as a small child on video. The spirit of sumo immediately struck me. It's a struggle as pure as can be and yet as brutal as anything. It is not about body but mental, just like life. Sumo is about beating your opponent, before he makes a move - mentally - like life. The spirit of sumo is to do your best and then accept victory or defeat with grace, no emotion. You must do what you have to do and then accept life. It is about overcoming yourself. Be a man at all times and do your best. This revelation came instantly in a flash. Later on, in college, I did powerlifting and a friend of mine, an exchange student from Japan was somehow afiliated with a heya (sumo stable). I think his uncle was an Oyakata (heya master). So for a year he talked to me, trying to get me to go to Japan to do sumo. (I didn't know much about pro sumo then though.) In the end, I decided no, and returned to Czecho. However, I decided to find out if sumo was anywhere else but Japan. And after looking around I found that there was sumo in Europe (amateur). So contacted the European Sumo Union and started the Czech Sumo Union. This was in 1997 and we got on our way. Since then, I have made spreading sumo my mission. I do everything I can to make sumo grow in Europe and the world, because to me it's a heart affair, sumo shows me the key to life. Via becoming a better rikishi, I strive to become a better man. This is sumo and this is why I love it.