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Now take them to a football match between Tottenham and Arsenal !

Here we call that style a 3-5 cut (Drei-Fünfer-Schnitt): three fingers broad shaved on the sides, five fingers from the neck . Not that popular, but very practical.

Onosato´s counter was a show of brute force, not many could have pulled that off. I think this is also what sets the two Yokozuna currently apart.

Now that was impressive from Hoshoryu. Onosato caught completely off-guard.

That looked like Takayasu waited for the gyoji to get out of the way before he applied the finishing touch.

I am careful comparing recent people with those from other eras. The 90s are long gone, and everything has evolved a lot. In my opinion there is no way to assess how a rikishi would have done back then, and vice versa. The only thing I know for sure is that competition always gets better over time, in all sports.

One of those cute plastic ones with thin sheet metal strips glued on as blades ?

Having been sat on his butt - I can imagine Hoshoryu felt a little embarassed.

Little of a mixture here as well. Always used my left foot for football. Though (extreme) right-hander, I learned to use my left hand for bow-shooting, because for whatever reason, my left eye is dominant. Oddly in other sports like table tennis or baseball that was an advantage. But when it came to calmly aim at something - no chance using my right as leading hand. But apologies if I veered off-topic here.

Right-hander here. I am from a country where left-handers of my generation (X), particular in backward country regions were still forced to learn to write with their right hand ("use the nice hand"), hold cutlery like a right-hander, etc. Thankfully that had died out by the mid-eighties. Did some of you have had such experience ?

Hakuoho couldn´t do an effective ottsuke defense with his right arm, securing Aonishiki a strong inside grip.

Sure :-). But the only internationally relevant team are the Netherlands, because of their Carribean overseas territories, where it is national pastime. The best of the rest are akin to medium level college ball, and it goes down quickly from there.

Currently the European Championship is ongoing. And I watched something I am pretty sure I will never see in my life again: Belgium-Croatia: 3-2, Bottom 9th, 2 Outs, Bases empty: Smith intentionally walked. (Must be a feared hitter to put the tying run on base.) Smith to 2nd on balk. Smith to 3rd on balk. Smith scores on balk. 3-3. Croatia wins the game in the 10th. IBB, three balks, run. I still can´t believe it. https://www.wbsceurope.org/en/events/eurobaseball2025/schedule-and-results/box-score/168376

Typical for the expected "You do not attract attention" behavior that´s prevalent everywhere.

Just tried it and it fits perfectly to the melody of Pocahontas from Neil Young