Kaikitsune Makoto 210 Posted January 17, 2003 Are there many opinions on Kasugao here? To me he looks excellent despite his obvious shortcomings which might well be corrected in time. He has many techniques, able to throw from various postures, excellent hip-stance in yorikiri/oshidashi, quite optimal weight full of strength and muscle and especially his immature opening moments of the bout makes him very "coachable"! His tachi-ai is often slow and oblivious and he gives a lot of advantage to his foes in that. Yet once he settles in he can work on many techniques and shows power in his moves. I haven't seen his loss to Tamarikido so hard to know what went wrong. This guy is promising even with his experience in Korean wrestling and sumo meaning his development curve shouldn't reach the peak any time soon if all goes well. I am interested in seeing how he does against sanyaku rikishi in Haru or Natsu. Good rivalry between him and Asasekiryu. Kasugao had dominated their bouts so far winning all 4 (I think) and in training Kasugao has showed good strength beating ozeki (Asashoryu). Tachi-ai training and seasoning in makuuchi as prescription for him... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hoshifransu 0 Posted January 17, 2003 This week, The Korea Times titled : "Korean Sumo Wrestler Kim Impresses in Makuuchi Debut" Read their article here. As they wrote, "Korean people have witnessed wonderful occurrences in tennis and golf as Lee Hyung-taik became the first Korean to win an ATP title and Choi Kyung-ju finished second in the star-studded Mercedes Championships. However, more history has quietly been made in Japan as Korean sumotori Kim Sung-tak made his debut in Makuuchi, the top division of Sumo and overpowered his rotund counterparts to grab an unbeaten record after two rounds." Korea are present at top level in many sports, now : soccer, tennis, golf and sumo, now ! I read another article of last month on the web from an Australian on-line media which wrote about South-Korea & Sumo. You can access the article here. It is mainly said : "Kyodo News Agency, quoting sumo officials, said the association planned to hold a two-day exhibition in Seoul in June. If decided, the tour will become another cooperation in sports between Japan and South Korea since the two nations hosted the 2002 World Cup football finals earlier this year" (...) "Sumo is already broadcast on satellite television in South Korea and fans are said to be increasing, Kyodo said." Come on, South Korea, come on, Kasugao ! 8-O Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
