Gospodin

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  1. Gospodin

    Natsu basho 2021

    Is it just me or did it look like Terunofuji spotted the gyoji and decided to yank Tobizaru out in another direction ?
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    Natsu basho 2021

    Ha ! True, but if it only were against him.
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    Natsu basho 2021

    Uh - today Takayasu relived his high school street fight fighting years - if he had such. Seriously, it happens less frequently than over the last two years, but I am wondering what makes him lose his calm, or not getting it, in such bouts.
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    Natsu basho 2021

    I want the dialing code, please !!
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    Sumo and the Olympics

    Without any foreign tourism and thus less than anticipated foreign interest in the country, the often cited "detour profitability" will not materialize, neither short-term nor long-term. A loss is a given, but it seems chances to recoup it are also dim. On another note: what gradually came along was accelerated by the pandemic: with the exclusion of foreign visitors the games ceased to be, well, games. The Olympics have now completely morphed from an international gathering into mass World Championships, with all competitions carried out at the same place over a small period being the sole difference. Not that much interesting. The future doesn´t look bright for the IOC et al.
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    Living In Japan As a Foreigner

    By no means do I question the quality. It was us being completely unfamiliar with traditional Japanese kitchen (washoku ?). A reverse example would be being treated to sour tripe or beef brain omelette. To locals both are rare, delicious specialities, but most foreigners have a hard time when they try it for the first time. As for the restaurant, my apologies - I don´t speak Japanese and with our hosts literally managing everything for us, I have no idea about the name or location.
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    Living In Japan As a Foreigner

    I figured that was their immediate thought that they did fail, in some aspect. However, and that´s what I don´t get out of my head, since to me such a situation was the ultimate embarassment to honor their efforts: did our fine hosts ultimately consider us "Barbarians", not able to grasp what`s really good food is about, and to deal appropiately with an awkward situation ? Or is that just gai-jin fears ? I can tell you, if the same would have happened in an upper class Viennese restaurant, at least the staff would be (clandestinely) laughing their ass off those stupid foreigners, unable to contain themselves, and not knowing anything about good food (btw I hate that hubris of my renowned, but ultimately-not-so-tourist-friendly-as it-seems home town).
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    Living In Japan As a Foreigner

    Dear #Gaijingai, I have got a question here, regarding foreigners and, well, mishaps. About ten years ago, I worked for one of the top ten pharmaceutical companies in the world. That company had a partnership with a large Japanese company that supplies active ingredients to my former company. My colleague and me were sent to Tokyo, tasked to audit one of their production facilities, as required by law. The social program they undertook with us was completely different from what I have ever have experienced before or after, ever. We were treated like royals. However, on the first evening they took us out to one of the best restaurants in Tokyo, which had the best, and most original Japanese kitchen, as we were told. In short, to us, being from Austria, it tasted terrible to the extreme, but I managed to get through every course we were served. My colleague did not. She spilled back some into her bowl and apologized, and said she is just unfamiliar with that kind of food. Our hosts and the staff did not even blink. The rest of our stay, the professional part as well as the social, went very smooth. But to this day, I am asking myself what our hosts really thought about us after that incidident. I´d really appreciate your opinion about that.
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    Terunofuji’s Knees/Dohyo-Iri

    Compared with many others here I know close to zero about sumo. But I mean, and my apologies if come across as being ignorant, does anybody really think somebody who can wrestle at yokozuna level cannot get up from a crouch, or down into one, a few extra times ? It´s not that he´s suddenly being asked to catch a doubleheader before his bouts.
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    (Takano)Hanada activities

    Just found that...so it is established that Taka is not a genuine biker. If I´d sell the bike of my old man (and he´s in his late 60s), I wouldn´t be around long enough to write about it.
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    Yoshikaze situation

    I assume you are referring to his wife and regarding her dispute with Yoshikaze as the other side, not the issue of the minor who got abused.
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    Yoshikaze situation

    Hopefully the court also issued a restraining order, since attacking a child with a household chemical is not only batshit crazy but dangerous to an extreme degree. Different stuff present in every household would have cost the kid her eyesight.
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    March basho 2021

    If I am not mistaken, Isegahama "inherited" Terunofuji from the shut down Magaki stable.
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    March basho 2021

    You don´t have to be a native speaker to be disturbed, being used to American or English sports commentators is sufficient.
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    March basho 2021

    Sounds similar to elephant bulls in musth
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    March basho 2021

    Takakeisho has used his left paw less frequently this basho. Perhaps he will remember it tomorrow.
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    March basho 2021

    Why has Takayasu such an issue with not getting carried away after his first couple of attacks don´t work ?
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    March basho 2021

    I don´t think those, well, rough finishes are intentional. Just (comparably) crude technique. Other Europeans, particularly a pair of Russian brothers were genuinely disliked for their quite raw-looking styles.
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    March basho 2021

    Aoiyama should be flagged for unnecessary roughness. They should ask his oyakata to teach him proper technique, otherwise he may inadvertently break someone´s neck or crush a larynx.
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    Kakuryu to Retire

    English malapropism of the German word "Rübe" (turnip). In the first half of the the 20th century a common nickname for people originating from the countryside.
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    March basho 2021

    The build of the young sekitori Asashoryu wasn´t that much different from Hoshoryu´s. What sets him apart from his nephew is his superior speed.
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    March basho 2021

    ...And I had my boss on the phone from Daiesho´s until almost exactly the end of the last bout...
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    March basho 2021

    Aoiyama got a right hand thrust in that clearly stung Akiseyama. Couldn´t put up any meaningful resistance afterwards.
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    March basho 2021

    I don´t want to take anything away from Takayasu´s performance, but the moment Terunofuji gave up that insane right inside grip that extended to the left-hand side of the mawashi, the bout was over. Also, if he doesn´t find a way to avoid those constant morozashi, he is going to have a tough time winning four out of the next seven.
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    March basho 2021

    The entire bout looked like Onosho watched Meisei yesterday and decided "I am going to do exactly the same he did, just a tad better."