Introduction |
The Pit / Chapter 1: |
"Death Valley" |
Rhythm and Recognition |
Big Al, Mad Dog, Tokyo Rose and the Silver Spoons / Chapter 2: |
Nomenclature: Proper and Improper |
The "Grouping Urge" Blubberbutts and Thoroughbreds / Chapter 3: |
Left/Right/Up/Down and All That |
Genus and Species |
Backstage: Choking Up in the Church / Chapter 4: |
Napoleon and Konishiki |
The Locker Room |
Aprons and Ads |
The Meditations of the Beast |
The Sumotori Rag: Pose-striking, Time-killing and the Eight Forms of Screwing Around / Chapter 5: |
The Importance of the Overture |
"Kokoro" and KITSH |
The KITSH Pecking Order |
Eight Ways to Screw Around |
Tachiai: Hookers, Bulldozers, Boxers, Stranglers, Matadors and Low-down Yankee Liars / Chapter 6: |
Jumpers and Receivers |
Bohr's Constant vs. The Human Factor |
"Fast Is Good, Heavy Is Better" |
The Five Styles of Tachiai |
To Live and Die at Tachiai |
The Fistfight at the Malamute Saloon and Other Japanese Cultural Treasures / Chapter 7: |
The Expert |
Hands, Feet and Angle |
The Guy in the Pajamas |
The Finish |
Extra Terms |
The Ripsnorter in Nagoya / Chapter 8: |
Chiyonofuji's Ghosts |
Asahifuji's Jinx |
The Match |
Afterward: "Keep Up Appearances Whatever You Do" / Chapter 9: |
The Membrane of Sportsmanship |
The Rite of Withdrawal |
The Interview |
The Basho Beat:"Give That Rhythm Everything You've Got" / Chapter 10: |
Banzuke: Confucian Confusion |
The Real Ranks: Upper Echelon |
The Real Ranks: Down Below |
The Weight of Concentration |
Good Basho, Bad Basho |
Tank This One for the Gipper / Chapter 11: |
Little Spoon, Tamaryu, and the Politics of Mono-ii |
A Sense of Honor |
"Yaocho Doesn't Exist" |
The Last-Day Blues |
How to Take a Dive |
The Rite of Passage |
The Statistical Imperative / Chapter 12: |
The Data Deficit |
Rating the Rikishi |
Whither Sumo Especially With All These Gatjin / Chapter 13: |
The Mongol Hordes |
Cracks in the Façade |
An American Solutio |
Jusc a Game |
Acknowledgments |
Glossary |
Index |
Introduction |
The Pit / Chapter 1: |
"Death Valley" |
Rhythm and Recognition |
Big Al, Mad Dog, Tokyo Rose and the Silver Spoons / Chapter 2: |
Nomenclature: Proper and Improper |