Sumo wrestle

“These wrestlers weren’t even as big as some of the top competitors in the division, but they were both incredibly strong. They make you feel like you have a chance in these playful bouts, but in reality, the average person stands no chance at all! [...] In my match, the rikishi picked me up by the mawashi and flung me around like a helicopter before setting me down gently outside the ring. Ha!”

“And for whatever reason, whether it’s taking calculus or giving a speech or attending a kegger or apparently “fighting” in a sumo bout, pretty much everything I experience in life is like sensory overload the first time. No matter how much I study, no matter how much I prepare, no matter how much I plan, all of it goes out the window and my mind is an utter blank while I just observe what’s happening around me. So that means that while I write to you today, all of what happened last night is a bit of a hazy blur, with a few still images, brief visual clips, sounds and emotions that will stick with me for a lifetime.”