Ellsworth Toohey Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 What the heck was the All Japan ring announcer saying back in the 1990s during his introductions when he would say the phrases "iponcho mas drivas" and he would also say a word that sounded like "lao kona"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Well I know the second one you are thinking of aoi kona, which means "blue corner". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert S Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 and "akai kona" means "red corner"; the first phrase probably means something like "for one fall" (ippon = full point) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRV Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 red corner is aka konaa, the i is removed to connect the adjective aka to the Japanified noun corner (nyuuturaru konaa is neutral corner, har har har) when they put yori behind ao konaa or aka konaa, that's "from" (or literally something like "(coming) from (the direction of)" I think) ipponshobu o konaimasu is, like.. this match is set for one fall X-bun/fun is the time limit - jyuugofun is 15, sanjyuubun is 30, rokujyuubun 60, etc (also nice to know that when the announcer says something like "jyuugofun kenka" during a match, that's the amount of time fought at that point) bla bla X-kyuu senshuken jiai means it's a bla bla X-weight title match 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkySan Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 This is all really cool! I've always wanted to know what exactly they say when they are announcing before the match. Thanks everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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