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  11. Posted

    Might have been cooincidence, because when we arrived we were apporached by a woman from the kokugikan (I assumed because we were gaijin) that spoke some english and wanted to help us. We showed her our tickets to get to know where to go etc. ... That was the same woman that later denied me access to the lower level and I assumed they had people on all entrances. Seems though that I was just unlucky to run into her there. She might not have stopped me if she didn't already know I only had tickets for the upper level.

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  13. Posted

    So, I was there, and here is what I found:

    - you can not go into the lower level, if you only have a ticket for the the upper one

    - to the upper level you can bring tripods no problem - many of the press photographers do (they also have multiple cameras with big lenses dangling around them)

    - they don't mind any photoequippent at all it seems

    - I haven't seen any tripods in the lower level - I would advise against it (you wouldn't want to anyway, unless you're filming ofc)

  18. Posted

    Thoughts:

    Yes, Geeku is VERY henka-prone. Gets really nailed at least once every two bashos or so.

    Interesting to note how Hakuho's style has changed over the years. At first there was the "Go with the Flow", totally passive-reactive approach, but then, this was back when there was little or no opposition. Lately, it's been a very pro-active approach. Kept moving today, allowing no chance for his opponent to get any sort of offence going. This I like.

    Rashi should take some pages out of Homasho's book - lead with the head and let the momentum of the tachi-ai be your friend. Speaking of which, there aren't too many examples of "Explosive" tachi-ai's these days. I miss Kotomitsuki. That guy was so fast off the draw....

    Question to the learned ones: We've had a couple of bouts where both guys are locked and immovable - and assuming they're the same size and build - how long can a bout go on - even IF the gyoji calls a "time-out"? I mean, say, after about 4-5, maybe 6 minutes, both guys are dead tired, neither wants to back down, and it gets to the point where a winner is nowhere in sight. Since, AFAIK, there's no real time limit on the bout, and after calling a rest period for both rikishi, still nothing is resolved, what is the next step? Do the Shinpan call a halt and order a re-match? And has this ever happened, where a bout runs into the 6-8 minute mark with nothing happening?

    First a pause and if that doesn't help usually it goes back to tachi-ai (I wouldn't really call it a rematch). I've seen it happen in the national art of sumo videos on youtube. No idea how often that happens though.

  21. Posted

    I have taken photos with various big and small lenses (I think 800 was the maximum) and it never was a problem - es[ecially from the 2nd tier or the B/C seats.

    I don't think there is a written policy on the sumo website (but I don't speak Japanese :-) ).

    Xiaotan

    Thank you very much!!

    There is no policy on the website, except for no cameras in the ringside seats. I have written them an email asking to be certain. I have an 18-200mm lens, so that should be ok, I hope!

    Thanks very much,

    Bobbie

    Please report the result of that email in this thread! :) Thanks in advance!

  23. Posted

    I can't find a description of how many tsukebito are usual for each rank with search (still only occasionally my friend). A yokozuna with around 9, a juryo with 1, the oyakata(s), the high ranked gyoji ?

    Found with a different approach.

    Thanks for the info. I must say the tidbit about Fujimoto and Kotoshogiku intrigues me. A stable as big as Sadogatake has to occasionally "borrow" tsukebitos? I realize they have several sekitori but I guess I'm a little unclear on the subject, how many do each sekitori get? I assume it's according to rank (of course we all know about assume LOL).

    According to Grand Sumo Fully Illustrated, juryo sekitori get one or two, makuuchi sekitori get two to five, and yokozuna may have ten or more.

    Is that 10+ for yokozuna just for scaling purposes? I mean what do you need 10+ people for?

  24. Posted

    Kokonoe himself had ordered this

    Well that's just standard procedure. The shisho decides who will be tsukebito in every heya.

    Order who is to be one is self-evident, but does he also order alone who is to serve who ?

    Doesn't the sekitori have a say with that and can express preferences about who he wants to have as tsukebito and who not ?

    That sounds like a good recipe for bad blood.

  25. Posted

    I, for one, would like to see the yusho free for all again. Hakuho makes zensho look like a walk in the park without breaking a sweat.

    True, although I would rather like the others to rise up to him, than him to fall down to the others.

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