MrGrumpyGills

I agree with Rainoyama 100 %! I've been watching live coverage now and then but I always watch your daily digest, every day of each basho (been doing that since 2013).

Surely, this thread will be entirely different than this one: http://www.sumoforum.net/forums/topic/38684-trump-on-senshuraku/ /ironyoff Welp, at least I'll be able to expand my ignore list.

I'm really looking forward to the day this thread dies. So much bullshit XD

Yesterday evening I couldn't see them either, but now it's ok. Temporary outage at the image host seems to be a logical explanation.

I don't really know why, but this "yawning" irritates me to no end XD Aside from that I don't particularly care for pre-bout routines. Sometimes I think to myself "jeez, finish your bobbing or stomping or whatever and get on with it, guys". Although I kind of miss Kotoyuki's hoot and the fierce handclap Takayasu used to do quite a while ago when he crouched down at the tachiai :P

Jeez, Ikioi's right eye is almost swollen shut

Oh wow, Chiyomaru beat Takayasu Aww yes, congratz Tochinoshin

Chiyomaru beats Mitakeumi in a belt match. Now I've seen everything XD (For some reason I've got a soft spot for the Chiyo bros, so it's nice to see him doing fairly well at his highest rank)

Alright!! Congratulations, Tochinoshin! :D

If I remember correctly (I apologize in advance if I'm not) Hakuhō only started using the "slap and grab" tachiai sometime last year - around Nagoya, I think - because of injuries, I seem to recall. Before that he usually met his opponents "head on".

I think I know which footage you're talking about - I saw it too quite a while ago. Until then I used to like Takayasu because of the fierceness he displayed. Watching his behaviour changed my mind pretty thoroughly.

Mitakeumi wears that mouthguard all the time, I'm pretty sure I've never seen him without it (EDIT: on the dohyo, I mean ;)). Last year there was a discussion about this: http://www.sumoforum.net/forums/topic/35496-basho-talk-nagoya-basho-2016-spoiler-alert/?do=findComment&comment=310377

Omg XD Thanks for answering my question, though :)

I've got a really stupid question XD Why do some rikishi open their mouths during the pre-bout thingy (today I've seen Chiyomaru and Hokutofuji do it)? In one of his vids one or two bashos ago, Kintamayama called it "yawning". Is it to loosen their jaw muscles or to pop their ears?

Haha, very cool :D