paolo 0 Posted January 23, 2010 Over and over again, it happened once more. Please let somebody explain: Little/unsatisfactory training + Bad soken with a lot of losses to Hakuho + Bad last training session with a lot of losses to Kakuryu + Gain of 4 kilos ( possibly pure fats ?) = Yusho (with some brilliant sumo, too) Please let somebody explain, I'm getting crazy .... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harry 67 Posted January 23, 2010 It's really annoying but some people just have talent. They don't have to study, they don't have to practice, they can get drunk and punch out their manager and still win/hit home runs the next day. Others have to work hard at it. Still others work hard, study, are goood and passionate and still stay in the minors, never get out of makushita. It isn't fair but life isn't fair. Asa is good at sumo. He's been doing it for a while. How much keiko does the guy need? He's got his mojo back, that's for sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paolo 0 Posted January 23, 2010 It's really annoying but some people just have talent. They don't have to study, they don't have to practice, they can get drunk and punch out their manager and still win/hit home runs the next day. Others have to work hard at it. Still others work hard, study, are goood and passionate and still stay in the minors, never get out of makushita. It isn't fair but life isn't fair.Asa is good at sumo. He's been doing it for a while. How much keiko does the guy need? He's got his mojo back, that's for sure. Everything correct. I am a big fan of Asashoryu's. But without a good training you can't keep your power, your speed, even your technique. Asashoryu's sumo was very good all along this basho, with some moments of magnificence. With that kind of training ? Going back to the talent point: agreed. But one of the best pianists ever, Artur Rubinstein, so answered a lady who asked him if he really practised every day: "Yes, of course. If I didn't for a day, I would hear it. If I didn't for some days, you would hear it too". And it was an activity where there is no direct comparison with other people. Here you can be pushed and pulled all around the dohyo or thrown away by another guy who weighs 150 kilos or more .... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Treblemaker 254 Posted January 23, 2010 What Asa also has is intensity. The run-up to his bout with Kaio was crackling with it. That alone can turn the tide. Something I mentioned in the other forum: Asa has changed his strategy significantly in the last couple of years. He doesn't have some of the gifts he had 5 years ago. What used to be speed, immense power, unbridled aggression and cunning are now speed, cunning, experience, leverage, a whole arsenal of exotic moves (most of which utilize the movement of the opponent against them), and a lowered taich-ai. Mix in the intensity factor, and you have a man who is perhaps even more dangerous than before. His bout against Oshu was a perfect example. Keep the big guy bent over, where he's the most unstable, then pull a kainahineri (when was the last time a smaller guy pulled that on a big guy in Makuuchi?). I think we're fortunate to be watching sumo in an era where prehaps the most entertaining Yokozuna ever is still at the top of his game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kuroyama 715 Posted January 23, 2010 What Asa also has is intensity. The run-up to his bout with Kaio was crackling with it. That alone can turn the tide.Something I mentioned in the other forum: Asa has changed his strategy significantly in the last couple of years. He doesn't have some of the gifts he had 5 years ago. What used to be speed, immense power, unbridled aggression and cunning are now speed, cunning, experience, leverage, a whole arsenal of exotic moves (most of which utilize the movement of the opponent against them), and a lowered taich-ai. Mix in the intensity factor, and you have a man who is perhaps even more dangerous than before. His bout against Oshu was a perfect example. Keep the big guy bent over, where he's the most unstable, then pull a kainahineri (when was the last time a smaller guy pulled that on a big guy in Makuuchi?). I think we're fortunate to be watching sumo in an era where prehaps the most entertaining Yokozuna ever is still at the top of his game. And with all that, he still has enough power to pick Baruto up by the back of the mawashi and toss him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
01010101 0 Posted January 23, 2010 Over and over again, it happened once more.Please let somebody explain: Little/unsatisfactory training + Bad soken with a lot of losses to Hakuho + Bad last training session with a lot of losses to Kakuryu + Gain of 4 kilos ( possibly pure fats ?) = Yusho (with some brilliant sumo, too) Please let somebody explain, I'm getting crazy .... One of his toughest match-ups is the first 2 days, when he's still rusty. Asa with his highly refined fundamental skills, muscle memories and natural instincts easily can shake off rust gradually regaining his form at the expense of mediocre maegashira earlier conserving his energy for later. But brings his "A" game when it matters up against uprising opponents likes of Bart, Kise deliberately subduing them thus sending a message his is still the top dog. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Umigame 82 Posted January 24, 2010 Bad soken with a lot of losses to Hakuho+ Bad last training session with a lot of losses to Kakuryu I pay no attention to keiko "losses." If my understanding is correct, the rikishi may be trying out new moves and testing their opponents more than trying to "win" in keiko bouts. Unlike real honbasho bouts, there's simply nothing at stake in keiko. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
