Aki 2026 Midway

Then, real quick, I'm going to not delay on this one and know that it is me who needs to talk next for the amateur sumo update.

The most important one is, of course, we have Worlds coming up next month in October.

That'll be the weekend of the 17th, which also is the weekend that Iowa Sumo and GSB will be at Flick's Brewhouse debuting our new beer and doing a sumo demo.

I guess we can probably just put Worlds on the TV.

That would be pretty cool.

Didn't think about that.

But the U.S. has sent a great team.

I got high hopes, and I think we're going to have a great Worlds tournament.

For all other club and amateur events, go to ussumo.org.

In particular, September 26th has three different tournaments in three different...

Time zones, like all over the place.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Houston, Texas.

All three of those happening on September 26th, next week.

A lot

of cool stuff out there.

As president of the United States Sumo Federation, you are in the enviable position of being in the Chairman Hakaku seat for the U.S. Sumo Federation.

Are there any...

Of our amateur wrestlers heading over to Worlds, I just want to absolutely throw under the bus and say that you don't believe in wholeheartedly.

I like to think of myself as a better leader than Chairman Hikaku.

No, I have nothing but good things to say about our team.

I think if I can shout out a couple people, Kellyanne Ball is the most decorated wrestler in the history of American sumo since Emmanuel Yarbrough, who is like literally the only gold medal that the United States has ever won at Worlds.

But Kellyanne is going to be representing the U.S. in heavyweight again.

I think she's got a solid chance for yet another world-level medal.

Um, and also I want to shout out for the third year in a row.

We have Edibo Kaniyia representing us in the lightweight division.