Nagoya 2014 Discussion Thread

[torquato]

Yokuzunae

Always find it interesting and funny to see this latinized plural of a Japanese term. "De bello yokozunarum".

[kuroimori]

Yokuzunae

Always find it interesting and funny to see this latinized plural of a Japanese term. "De bello yokozunarum".

Ceterum censeo Yaochinem esse delendam! ;-)

[torquato]

Veni, vidi, okuridashi! ;-)

[Asashosakari]

Respect was the word that came to my mind when watching the bout. He knew that Osunaraashi can be dangerous, and took his time to work on him. There are still weaknesses in Osu's game but he already makes yokozunas pause to think how they'll take him on. Quite impressive.

Already, or still? Endo shows how quickly talents can go from "unknown threat" to "figured out" against the high-rankers.

[kuroimori]

Veni, vidi, okuridashi! ;-)

Ok, let's roll!

Yokozunae sunt omnis divisa in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt Hakuhoris, aliam Harumafujii, tertiam, qui ipsorum lingua Japonicum, nostra Kakuryu appellantur.

[torquato]

LOL

Very good!

But don't forget to adjust the predicative. 'divisa' should become 'divisi'. Note that 'yokozuna' is masculine like poeta and nauta as everyone knows. :-D

De Monoiibus non disputandum.
Timeo Osunaarashos et dona kachiagem ferentes.

Edited July 20, 2014 by torquato

[kuroimori]

LOL

Very good!

But don't forget to adjust the predicative. 'divisa' should become 'divisi'. Note that 'yokozuna' is masculine like poeta and nauta as everyone knows. :-D

De Monoiibus non disputandum.

Timeo Osunaarashos et dona kachiagem ferentes.

I knew something like this was coming - almost like the "Latin Lesson" scene in " The Life of Brian"... (Laughing...)

[dingo]

Is Kyokutenho's time up? Two years (and two months) ago he had his 12-3 yusho from M7. Now he's 3-5 from M12...

[Kotogouryuu]

Respect was the word that came to my mind when watching the bout. He knew that Osunaraashi can be dangerous, and took his time to work on him. There are still weaknesses in Osu's game but he already makes yokozunas pause to think how they'll take him on. Quite impressive.

Already, or still? Endo shows how quickly talents can go from "unknown threat" to "figured out" against the high-rankers.

Very true. It'll be interesting to see how the rest of the year turns out for him.

[Gernobono]

yokozunarum.

is yokozuna-rum something along the lines of ozeki-sake?

[Gurowake]

Quicquid Latine de Sumine dictum sit altum videtur.

(Sumo is clearly a 3rd declension noun, following the pattern of homo, -minis)

[kuroimori]

Geekness 2.0

An Internet Forum about the Japanese Traditional of Sumo - in Latin!

Anyone out there following this forum from Vatican City?

[torquato]

(Sumo is clearly a 3rd declension noun, following the pattern of homo, -minis)

A valid assumption. I would have thought that something along the line of 'ludus sumotororum' would be more classical... ;-)

Geekness 2.0

An Internet Forum about the Japanese Traditional of Sumo - in Latin!

Anyone out there following this forum from Vatican City?

Well, at least there is a latin wikipedia entry about sumo! https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumo_%28colluctatio%29

Ave!

[ShinreiGensho]

Although performing in the low-maegashira vicinity at the moment, i think Takayasu's Day 8 - kachikoshi is a tremendous effort. I really like his sumo at the moment. Composed, yet versatile and focused. Let's see how far it'll get him.

As for Kyokutenho, I'm afraid he will have a mighty hard time celebrating his 40th birthday in Makuuchi. Maybe he ought to try and employ some more throws since his yori-defense is shaky to say the least.

[ALAKTORN]

Is Kyokutenho's time up? Two years (and two months) ago he had his 12-3 yusho from M7. Now he's 3-5 from M12...

I hope he can still pull it together. How bad of a score would he need to go down to jūryō? He should be safe with 2 more wins, right?

[Gurowake]

Two wins more is probably enough, although circumstances may arise in which they really want to promote someone else from Juryo and he'd be the next best candidate to demote.

[bettega]

I have the feeling that Hakuho was trying something different, some power kimarite as a lesson to Osuna and don't get it right, and reverting to more traditional technique.

[evilwaldo]

Great bout between Hakuhō and Ōsunaarashi, but it felt to me like Hakuhō was testing him, purposefully not ending the bout quickly.

I think Hakuho was testing Osunaarashi's upper body strength. He might have received some information from Kakuryu.

Just one look at Osunaarashi's upper body should tell you that he might just be the strongest sumo irregardless of ranking. Once he learns belt work and how to properly toss guys around he will be very dangerous.

Edited July 21, 2014 by evilwaldo

[Vikanohara]

day 9 lower division highlights

Jk : Hanahoshi (1-3) - Kozakura (1-3), how the latter can have a 45-92 record, is beyond me
Jd : Shiba (4-0) - Teraosho (4-0), Shiba taking on a former Sd25

Sd- : Koshinishiki (2-2) - Kaiho (2-2)

Sd+: Sasayama (4-0) - Abiko (4-0), when will he drop his first match ?

Ms- : Wakakeisho (3-1) - Katsunofuji (3-1)

Ms~: Takakiho (3-1) - Ryunonami (3-1), a lot of bouts missing, so not a lot of choice

Ms+: Sakigake (4-0) - Iwasaki (4-0), just because it was the top Makushita bout of the day

[Morty]

How did Aiyoyama get away with having his hand in (as opposed to on) Ikioi's mage four or five times? It also looked like one of those strikes connected with the knuckles (open handed) rather than the palm.

[Kotomikey]

Abiko Kentaro is undefeated in Sumo. Ranked Sd21e. It will be interesting to see how far he can go. I cannot find any more information on him. Does anyone have more information on him? Thanks

[wolsonjr]

I'm really happy to see Takekaze performing so well.

[kuroimori]

How did Aiyoyama get away with having his hand in (as opposed to on) Ikioi's mage four or five times? It also looked like one of those strikes connected with the knuckles (open handed) rather than the palm.

Indeed very rough and uncontrolled tsuppari by Aoiyama.

If no mono-ii, they should at least have corrected the kimarite to

KOte-mage :-)

[kuroimori]

Looks like the Kyokai thinks it's time for Kykutenho to leave Makuuchi.

Despite his poor 3-5 result, they decided to throw him at Jokoryu on Day 9, entering the match with a 5-3 score (with Jokoryu holding a 4-1 advantage in matches against Kyokutenho).

Tomorrow, the now 3-6 veteran Kyokutenho has to face 7-2 Chiyomaru, anything but an easy task either.

Kyokutenho needs to win at least 3 of his remaining 6 bouts to stay in Makuuchi for sure for the upcoming Aki basho, where he will be 40 years old.

Except for a kyujo-related brief 1 basho stint in Juryo 7 years ago at the Nagoya 2007 basho, he managed to stay in the Makuuchi ranks for more than 15(!) years, highlighted of course by his only ever Makuuchi Yusho at the Natsu 2012 basho.

Although he looks a bit out of sync this basho, I hope he can make use of his tremendous experience and extend his stay in Makuuchi a bit longer.

Edited July 21, 2014 by kuroimori

[Kotogouryuu]

How did Aiyoyama get away with having his hand in (as opposed to on) Ikioi's mage four or five times? It also looked like one of those strikes connected with the knuckles (open handed) rather than the palm.

I was astonished that no mono-ii was called. Anyone have any good reference to which conspiracy might explain this one? :)