Kintamayama 47,171 Posted November 2, 2003 (edited) Takamisakari now has a bodyguard. "From now on, either Ushiomaru or Akebono Oyakata will be going with Takamisakari to degeiko. Sending him alone is not good. Can't allow it!", explained Azumazeki Oyakata. This, after Sakari was manhandled and injured on October 30th at degeiko by Asashouryuu. Yesterday, he did not do any "real" keiko again, just some suriashi. He will not be doing any degeiko anymore before this basho, as Oyakata announced yesterday, but before the next one, he will be going with a "bodyguard". On the thirtieth, Takamisakari was supposed to go to Isenoumi-beya for degeiko. In the morning, upon hearing that all the "action" was at Kokonoe, he decided on his own to change the destination. All that ensued has prompted Azumazeki Oyakata to take this course of action. He feels the need for someone on the spot to see to it that the "hazing" doesn't go overboard as it did at Kokonoe a few days ago. "Did you read the book I gave you? ", asked Naruto Oyakata, out of the blue, during asageiko. "Yes, I did!!", answered Wakanosato. "Once is not enough! You gotta read it, 2,3,4 times!!", countered Oyakata, loudly and sternly. The book in question was written by an ex-dancer, (and I am treading a very fine line of translation here..) Iwazaki Mineko-san, called " The Gion (Kyoto dancing) Lesson- Those that make it, and those that don't'" (祇園の教訓―昇る人、昇りきらずに終わる人) It's a "behind the scenes" book about Gion dancers (from Kyoto) and the artists behind it, that became a best-seller in Japan. Naruto Oyakata: "It talks about the types of people who made it to the top. First-rate dancers are very observant. This kind of observation is very important for rikishi as well." In order to fulfill the Ozeki mission Oyakata and deshi will focus on the tachi-ai. " Usually, if you can get a good, hard tachi-ai, you have achieved 80%. In order to do this well, you have to be observant," he added. (Bad translation day.. Can anyone verify that what I've translated is more or less in the neighborhood?) http://www.sponichi.co.jp/others/kiji/2003/11/02/06.html Musashimaru is still stuck in the same rut. He had 15 matches with Miyabiyama and others, but his sideways movements are still lacking, and he went 10-5, which is un-good. TV commentator Kitanofuji, who is also ex-Yokozuna Kitanofuji, asked him "Is your left wrist still painful?" to which the answer was "I still don't have the right sensation". "His tachi-ai is improving", said Oyakata. "I have no choice but to take it step by step", added Musashimaru himself. Edited November 2, 2003 by Kintamayama Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kintamayama 47,171 Posted November 2, 2003 Corrections to the translation, as submitted to me by Josh Reyer of theSML. Iwazaki's book became a bestseller in the U.S., and what Oyakata says at the end is: "Rather than always going in (at tachiai) at full force, there are times when only 80% of your strength is enough. Observation is necessary to do that well." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
