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Tsurugisho looked completely away today. Not sure he just wasn't expecting that furious tsuppari from Ryuko, who was already demoted, os just had his mind on the chanko. But he looked awful today. I hope Ura gets the yusho.

I'm happy for Kotosoho, but it would have been so great if Tokushoryu had pulled that one off...

Btw, amazing bout today by former Hattorizakura. He stayed fighting for at least 20 seconds, and for a moment I was hoping he could get his ¿4th? win. But reality struck me hard right after :(

I mean, "needed" xD

I'm sure Kokonoe and his pupils will be able to oshidashi the virus out of their bodies and the heya :)

Well, it looks clear he needs a little shove from his uncle to start fighting properly xD

Really, was that a yorikiri win for Yutakayama? it looks like anything else.

Definitely, it's being a complicated basho for the sanyaku boys. And after beating all of them (let's see what happens with Takanosho), Daieisho is for sure the favourite to catch the Emperor's cup. Not only he's undefeated and fought already the big guys, but he's just fighting like an unstoppable oshi machine. It reminds me of Chiyotaikai. Not so sure now Asanoyama can clear kadoban, he still has some serious bouts to do. It's not the first day Terutsuyoshi holds his arm with a pain expression on his face. I just hope it's nothing too serious.

Agreed. I've always wanted to know more about the different meanings of the shikona.

Selling the tournaments to Eurosport, like ancient times :)

I wouldn't be surprised if Takakeisho goes kyujo soon. No idea what's wrong with him, but he's pushing with 50% power compared to Kyushu. Once the tsuna run and the basho are over for him, I would say he needs to regroup. But maybe this thought doesn't fit in that samurai brain. OTOH, I feel so strange about Takayasu. He loses so many "easy" bouts, and then handles Terunofuji, who terrorizes everyone else, once and once again

Almost anyone in this forum could answer better than me (and in better English too). But I'll give it a try: 1) I guess with "risky", you mean that you have more chances to get injured using it. I'm not sure there's any kind of "official" classification... Using common sense, I guess kimarite that involve falling out the dohyo, for example, are riskier than others. But of course you can get a bad landing with many kimarite, or just tear something doing a yorikiri. 2) About your second question, I would say no. There are yorikiri, oshidashi or even nage specialist in almost every stage. Aiming to the top of the division, you have Ozeki Asanoyama, a mawashi wrestler, or Ozeki Takakeisho, who is an oshi rikishi, and usually gets in trouble if someone gets a hand in his mawashi (although I would say he's improving a bit). Both of them are great with their respective tools. And then you have Hakuko, that can beat anyone using anything, but probably because of that (and other stuff), he's just the best.

I was wondering myself same thing after seeing that picture

Takayasu did well too last sessions before Kyushu, and then he was not so great in the tournament, barely getting his KK (despite some really good performances). I hope he doesn't become the new King of training, now that Takekuma oyakata (ex Goeido) resigned...

Nice bass voice at the end