Videos -Kyushu 2017- Promo and Days 1-15

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Ah, yes, Abezakura. The guy tries hard, what else can I say 

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Day 8-Nakabi

 

Edited November 19, 2017 by Kintamayama

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just came across that vid and it probably already posted somewhere, but this is enho practising with the boss!

 

 

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I'm exhausted watching this. Is that Hakuho's son watching in the background?

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And finally some sandanme stuff from Days 3 to 6. Fewer random finds this time, and rather more coverage of guys I try to catch in all bouts this basho (collegiates Fukuyama, Tanabe and Tomokaze, last basho's Jd winner Narutaki, prospects Fukunofuji, Tokuda, Kotokumazoe and Seigo, forum faves Tsuyukusa and Wakaichiro, and for morbid curiosity also Masunoyama).

Worth a look (well, they all are ) - the first hansoku of the basho, a super-close isamiashi call (I've watched it at least five times now and I'm still not sure), and a three and a half minute bout.

In addition I ended up with both bouts fought by 25-year-old sandanme mainstay Amanoshima, and here's why:

 

 

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2 hours ago, Asashosakari said:

a super-close isamiashi call

That was so close and unusual -- has there ever been a win in which the victor was further away from the center of the ring? -- Kotonoshu must have thought Tatsukaze had already stepped out.

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Day 9:

Placeholder-it is day 9 but more like a draft... better one a few posts down.

 

Edited November 20, 2017 by Kintamayama

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Did Onoshou pull Takakeishou's hair at 10:26-28 ?

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OK, this deserves a new post. Day 9, probably the best quality I ever put out there. Late, but worth it.. but don't get used to it-it takes a whole lot of time.  Special thanks to the new guy (I don't want to implicate him..) who does an excellent job of streaming..

 

 

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32 minutes ago, Kintamayama said:

OK, this deserves a new post. Day 9, probably the best quality I ever put out there. Late, but worth it.. but don't get used to it-it takes a whole lot of time.  Special thanks to the new guy (I don't want to implicate him..) who does an excellent job of streaming..

Haha, wish I'd scrolled down before watching the original (and still excellent) version!

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20 hours ago, orandashoho said:

That was so close and unusual -- has there ever been a win in which the victor was further away from the center of the ring? -- Kotonoshu must have thought Tatsukaze had already stepped out.

That was ridiculous… didn’t the other rikishi step out on top of the tawara first with his left foot?

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31 minutes ago, ALAKTORN said:

That was ridiculous… didn’t the other rikishi step out on top of the tawara first with his left foot?

The top of the tawara is "in".

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Just now, Bumpkin said:

The top of the tawara is "in".

Not if it’s the outside one. I’m talking in the area where the other rikishi did isamiashi. Not where they were hugging.

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1 hour ago, ALAKTORN said:

Not if it’s the outside one. I’m talking in the area where the other rikishi did isamiashi. Not where they were hugging.

OK. I did not see the match. Sorry.

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All parts of the tawara are in bounds.

 

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5 hours ago, Dapeng said:

Did Onoshou pull Takakeishou's hair at 10:26-28 ?

Sure looked like it as I stated in the video. And look at his hair standing on end at the end.Had to be a pull.

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31 minutes ago, Asojima said:

All parts of the tawara are in bounds.

 

Not the square one surrounding the dohyo. That's where they stepped almost simultaneously. Kotonoshu was robbed.

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A bunch of videos from the lower divisions on Day 7, including isamiashi (no mono-ii), hikkake (with even less contact than the one in makuuchi today), a slightly wacky-looking kakenage, Urutora doing his thing with kirikaeshi, and various other stuff including rikishi flying off the dohyo in all manner of ways (both with and without mono-ii afterwards).

The inline highlight of the day, however, is this monster 7+ minute matchup. Warning: Not terribly much action, so liberal use of fast-forward is recommended.
 

 

 

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Day 10:

 

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39 minutes ago, Kintamayama said:

Day 10:

Much appreciated! Not to sound ungrateful, but you put down Hakuhou's record as 8-1 instead of 9-0. 

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But I wrote he was unbeaten..

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Didn't get around to mentioning it last night (and I think somebody entered my video IDs already, many thanks!)...Day 8 lower division stuff - as mentioned elsewhere Day 8 had loads of lengthy tussles and mono-ii (not necessarily in the same bouts) in jonidan and early sandanme, and the long ones were actually pretty entertaining much of the time, not just matches with both guys standing around for 2 minutes. One bout did make it to just about the 4 minute mark again. In addition: A torinaoshi'ed match where both finishes were quite spectacular, another no mono-ii isamiashi, a slightly messy kawazugake, and another hair-pull DQ.

Spotlight for this nice little back-and-forth affair in makushita:

 

Edited November 21, 2017 by Asashosakari

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1 hour ago, Asashosakari said:

Didn't get around to mentioning it last night (and I think somebody entered my video IDs already, many thanks!)...Day 8 lower division stuff - as mentioned elsewhere Day 8 had loads of lengthy tussles and mono-ii (not necessarily in the same bouts) in jonidan and early sandanme, and the long ones were actually pretty entertaining much of the time, not just matches with both guys standing around for 2 minutes. One bout did make it to just about the 4 minute mark again. In addition: A torinaoshi'ed match where both finishes were quite spectacular, another no mono-ii isamiashi, a slightly messy kawazugake, and another hair-pull DQ.

I wanted to mention the bout below, so I took the liberty of doing the links since I was watching through them all anyway. Thanks!

Strange kimarite decision on this one - it's quite clear that Omote's leg trip is left-to-left (that is to say, his left foot is behind Daiseiryu's left foot), which should make it a chongake. For some reason though it was called uchigake.
 

Oh, and in another good bout, I really felt for Hamatensei, he put in a good effort only to see the mono-ii overturn the decision and give the win to Tokio. I thought it should've been a torinaoshi, but having said that Hamatensei did seem to hurt his shoulder so it's perhaps for the best that he didn't have to fight again immediately.

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5 hours ago, Asashosakari said:

Didn't get around to mentioning it last night (and I think somebody entered my video IDs already, many thanks!)...Day 8 lower division stuff - as mentioned elsewhere Day 8 had loads of lengthy tussles and mono-ii (not necessarily in the same bouts) in jonidan and early sandanme, and the long ones were actually pretty entertaining much of the time, not just matches with both guys standing around for 2 minutes. One bout did make it to just about the 4 minute mark again. In addition: A torinaoshi'ed match where both finishes were quite spectacular, another no mono-ii isamiashi, a slightly messy kawazugake, and another hair-pull DQ.

Spotlight for this nice little back-and-forth affair in makushita:

 

I liked the hair-pull match; the announcers were getting all inside-baseball about who landed first on the throw, then when the mono-ii was over they replayed and noticed the big yank on the mage: "Ohhhhh!"

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Videos from the lower divisions for Day 9, with quite a bit to highlight: two skinny guys making full use of the dohyo, a massive sandanme slapfight, Torakio throwing around another opponent (almost looked like frustration at not winning more quickly), and a bout clocking in at 4:45 minutes with enough activity that they didn't bother to break it up after the 4-minute mark.

Then we've got yet another isamiashi (this time they checked) and to change things up also a koshikuduke, although I feel that the winner got robbed of a proper kimarite there. Furthermore on offer: airborne 1 (by opponent effort, with accompanying sound effect!), airborne 2 (by choice), airborne 3 (by...ah, you'll see).

And Abezakura goes stage diving.

For the inline special - a rather extreme use of nodowa: