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Kasutera
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What is more impressive about Okinoumi's win is that it's not a slip or last-minute throw that was catching Hak in a bad position on accident, Okinoumi had to fight and win to push him out. I hope Okinoumi benefits from the ego boost of a well-fought win against the Yokozuna,
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I think I won the thread.
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Is nobody going to go for the obvious "shitatenage" pun?
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I used to be jealous of people with Urutora's problem. Too bad I never got into pro sumo, I probably could have put on weight really easily.
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That's a Miyabiyama restaurant article again. Does the link need updating?
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It was definitely a cool sight to see him trade wins with Byamba at the US Open. He's very skilled.
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This is a fantastic compilation of data. Thanks for putting the effort into the gathering and analysis.
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This is like the sumo equivalent of the Elseworlds and What If comics. I've got one: What if all the Mongolians were from Georgia and vice-versa? Would we see Yokozuna Gagamaru and Tochinoshin?
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Yamamotoyama, who was working as the head shimpan, has this to say to me after my bronze medal win, in typical Japanese style: "やったじゃねぇか。来年は優勝。"
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It was a very interesting night of upsets and unexpected results. A lot of mainstays that usually show up were notably absent: Trent Sabo didn't attend in lightweight, Andre Coleman dropped out with an injury from lightweight, no Kena Heffernan in middleweight, nor Kelly Gneiting in middleweight. Two normally dominant Mongolians in their respective weightclasses, Bilgee in middle and Byamba in heavy, were defeated by several opponents, among them the Egyptians who were SUPPOSED to show up last year but didn't.
The prelims were round-robin style with two groups of seven, the best two from each advancing to the semifinals. I had the very first match of the whole tournament, and not only was there a monoii that resulted in a torinaoshi, but then the torinaoshi resulted in a SECOND monoii. Ended up losing that one after the second monoii. My second one was against Boldbaatar, who picked me up off the ground and dropped me so spectacularly they replayed it on the big screen, as they damn well should have. If I'm going to lose, it should be spectacular. Despite losing two, I felt like I was doing the best sumo I could and didn't feel discouraged, which helped me to win my next four straight matches, including one against the only Japanese competitor there. I was proud of the various kimarite I ended up using: hatakikomi, tsukitaoshi, yoritaoshi, and then kotenage.
The four semi-finalists were the two Mongolians, me, and Derek Jeffries from Missouri, who I had previously beaten at Nationals in June. They paired us both against the Mongolians. I lost my match against Nyambayar, who had defeated me at last year's open as well, and Derek lost against Boldbaatar, so I ended up facing Derek in the third-place match and winning by sotogake. It was nice not only to medal, but to do so bouncing back from a bad start.
I think the real start of the night though as Roy Sims. He's the real deal. He won heavyweight and openweight at Nationals as well. Last year was his first time ever doing sumo, and he got by on raw strength and talent, but now he's picked up skill, too. He's come down occasionally to our place in Van Nuys to train with us, and last time was actually beating Byamba in practice matches, too. I'm very interested to see how he does at the world championships in Osaka!
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http://www.usasumo.com/usso15/img/results15.html
Quick results! Angel Castillo, that's me! :-D
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I train with Jenelle. Many times I've woken up the next day after practice very, very sore, and it'll be because of her. I outweigh her by some 50-odd pounds but she is tough as hell.
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Yay for Kyokutaisei!!!
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http://www.usasumo.com/ussumoopen2015.html
If you're in the LA area in the next two weeks, come check it out! Last week we saw the beginnings of the wrestler who just this month got his first kachikoshi in ozumo, Homarenishiki! What new surprises are in store this year?
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So I was wrong? What does "Humpty Dumpty" sound like in Portugese?
Humpty Dumpty sentou-se em um muro,
Humpty Dumpty caiu no chão duro.
E todos os homens e cavalos do Rei
Não conseguiram junta-lo outra vez.
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I'm thinking Hak slipping and losing is karmic payback for yesterday's dame-oshi. Nobody slaps everyone's favorite pie-faced kaibutsu when he doesn't deserve it.
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Thanks for reminding me why I'm fan of the more dignified version of combat sports.
(although several of the current Maegashira appear to disagree)
Does your neck hurt keeping your nose turned so far up all the time?
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Pulling out a tsuri-age in two consecutive matches, Teru is really looking to convince everyone that A) he deserves to be Ozeki, B) he won't have the weak debut commonly expected of one's first Ozeki basho. He's showing off his power and as long as he doesn't get too cocky with it it's going to keep serving him well.
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When Kintamayama pointed out at the end of today's videos that all the undefeated rikishi are Mongolians, I can't help but imagine the spirit of Kublai Khan going "All we had do to was wait 800 years, but we did it."
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Terunofuji's promotion seems to be motivating Kisenosato! The shot in the arm for the Ozeki ranks I was hoping it would be, it seems.
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If you want to follow the linguist "Altaic" hypothesis that groups Japanese, Korean, and Mongolian in the same language family (although many linguists now dispute it), it would make much more sense that whatever immigration brought Altaic-speaking people to Japan probably brought along whatever common ancestor of bokh and ssireum to create sumo, rather than believing some kind of incredible Semitic trek across the entirety of Asia that would have left only such a subtle influence and not something more obvious like the Jews of Kaifeng in China.
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Who's not rooting for Kyokutenho (and Aminishki while we're at it)? They are wily old veterans showing these young whipper snappers what's what. It's always my favorite fun fact to know that for some rikishi, Kyokutenho has been doing sumo longer than they've been alive :D
Kyokutenho and Aminishiki are two of my favorites and I always root for them. They're like sumo's equivalents of the cool uncles who come around on Thanksgiving and can show you how to fix a motorcycle and throw a perfect spiral.
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How did I miss this?? Interesting., but very circumstantial at best. And yohi? No such word in Hebrew (closest is yehi which means "let it be"), although Hake does mean "hit him!!" and that is kind of mind boggling. The rest is pretty far-fetched...
It does seem to be grasping at straws a little bit. I mean, it shouldn't be too surprising to find depictions of wrestlers in loincloths because a loincloth is a very rudimentary form of clothing, and salt kills germs so of COURSE different cultures would use it for purification. If anything, it's a neat example of how geographically isolated cultures can develop similar practices.
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Basho Talk - Aki 2015 +++ Spoiler alert! +++
in Honbasho Talk
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Anybody else see Tokitenkuu's missed kick on Chiyootori and think of Charlie Brown and the football?