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Basho Talk ** Haru Basho 2017 ** (SPOILERS)

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Dwale Maegashira

Dwale

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10 hours ago, d_golem said:

I would've thought that the rikishi's soles are heavily callused already from the constant friction of training, making them very hard to injure. Wrong assumption, then...

Gymnasts, who have heavily callused palms, will sometimes experience a "rip" which is the callus splitting (and of course, the skin with it). 

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Kintamayama Dai-yokozuna

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3 hours ago, Morty said:

If Kotoyuki gets bored of sumo he has a great career ahead of him in Puroresu given that dive he took into the crowd...

The crowd was extremely amused because he landed on top of The Cop.

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Benihana Yokozuna

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40 minutes ago, Kintamayama said:

The crowd was extremely amused because he landed on top of The Cop.

"The Cop"? Another die-hard fan like Golden Hat?

Rocks Yokozuna

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2 hours ago, Kintamayama said:

The crowd was extremely amused because he landed on top of The Cop.

His first day too. LOL.

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Amamaniac Ozeki

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1 hour ago, Benihana said:

"The Cop"? Another die-hard fan like Golden Hat?

To be clear, Robocop (aka Takamisakari; currently Furiwake) is filling in for Jinmaku as a judge and was seated beside the ring for this bout.  The commentators were saying how nervous he was about his new duty.  He gets crushed by Kotoyuki for his trouble.  No wonder he was nervous!  LOL

What strikes me is that when Takamisakari was still wrestling, everyone (esp. women) wanted to touch him.  But now that he is a judge and seated down near the fans, people are no longer reaching out to touch him.  He has lost his mojo or sumo "mana", I guess.

Benihana Yokozuna

Benihana

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*facepalm* Could have thought of that myself...i knew he had shimpan duty...

Finally had the time to watch the video. Hilarious :-D Almost as if they did it on purpose B-)

Have i missed any major upsets today? Quite a normal day it seems to me. I fear that intai is very near for Tochinoshin. It hurts.

@pmac Maybe he can't stand the thought of Mitakeumi winning their private race and it gives him some extra boost.

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pmac Jonidan

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did shodai unleash his fury? he is looking so much more aggressive than last bashos....or is that poor imagination?

RabidJohn Ozeki

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6 hours ago, Dwale said:

It was the case as recently as the early 20th century.

If I'm remembering an early episode of 'QI' correctly, the modern western notion of pink for a girl and blue for a boy started to appear in the 1920s - before that it was pretty much the opposite. It's far from universal, though. Check out the amount of pink on show at a Spanish bullfight, which is exclusively masculine in the same way as Ozumo as far as participating is concerned. I've also frequently heard the phrase 'pink pound' used to refer to the spending power of the homosexual community in the UK.

So from my western-prejudiced point of view, Ura's baby pink mawashi came as a minor shock (see, I even think of it as 'baby' pink!) when I first saw it in juryo, but then I decided it was cherry blossom pink, which is far more Japanese.

Anyway, what about the basho? I don't know if he'll take the yusho (though I kind of hope he does), but Kise's looking like the strongest yokozuna atm. Very calm and confident, like all the furore and extra commitments since his promotion have just washed over him and he's carrying on where he left off last time. I'm quite impressed so far. I'm hoping all the Y/Os can stay in this time to give him a proper test, but he's looking up for it.

Is Teru's recovery for real? I hope so. It would be great to go back to being excited about watching him, rather than uncomfortable. He looked fierce today.

With sanyaku full of rikishi well capable of double-digit KKs for a change, I'm wondering if they can do enough damage to each other and the Y/Os to see the yusho race wide open for a hiramaku winner.

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Benevolance Sekiwake

Benevolance

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Based on these first two days of results, I'm declaring this tournament a Kotoshogiku Zensho Yusho*! 

 

*actual result may vary. consult your doctor if rash occurs.

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Kuroyama Ozeki

Kuroyama

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Twitter's translation from Bing: Village place, kisenosato each time that the "presence of mind" a I remember this picture I'm sure.

Google's: Every time the rare village is called "normal heart", I will definitely remember this picture ...

There's probably a way to get them to average out to something coherent.

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d_golem Maegashira

d_golem

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3 minutes ago, Rocks said:

WTH?

wth.jpg

The killer geisha robot from upcoming Ghost in The Shell movie had a quick detour to see her idol...

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Rocks Yokozuna

Rocks

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2 minutes ago, d_golem said:

The killer geisha robot from upcoming Ghost in The Shell movie had a quick detour to see her idol...

Heh. I thought maybe there was a Noh Theater show in town.

robnplunder Yokozuna

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Mitakeumi looks like a future Ozeki for sure.   Of course, staying injury free will be a key factor.   

Ura got manhandled on day 2 but Ishiura got an exciting win.  

For a change, Terunofuji started well out of the gate.   'Giku seemed well positioned to get his Ozeki ranking back.   But in both cases, it's too early to call.    My bet is Terunofuji to stave off kadoban but 'Giku to fail on his attempt to recapture the Ozeki rank.  

Gurowake Yokozuna

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After failing to get a single uwatenage win among his 5 last basho, Kizenryu's rate of winning with that kimarite fell below 50%.  He had gotten back over 50% after all four of his wins in Kyushu were by uwatenage.  But he's on the path to recovery, with a Day 2 uwatenage win over Iwasaki.

 

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808morgan Maegashira

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13 hours ago, Dwale said:

Gymnasts, who have heavily callused palms, will sometimes experience a "rip" which is the callus splitting (and of course, the skin with it). 

I've seen people in parts of the world who don't wear shows actually sew these callused pieces together, one with yarn!

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robnplunder Yokozuna

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8 hours ago, Benevolance said:

Based on these first two days of results, I'm declaring this tournament a Kotoshogiku Zensho Yusho*! 

 

*actual result may vary. consult your doctor if rash occurs.

You misspelled Kisenosato there, ;-).   However, Kotoshogiku, maybe, just maybe, get his Ozeki ranking again.

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MumboJumbo Makushita

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12 hours ago, pmac said:

did shodai unleash his fury? he is looking so much more aggressive than last bashos....or is that poor imagination?

I thought the same thing. Last basho Shodai looked like he was afraid of Hakuho in his bout he had with him, but just in these first couple of days he is looking more fearless and aggressive. It seems like he has worked on his tachiai. I thought he came at it a bit too high and maybe a little too slowly in the past. These young guys are growing rapidly...!

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d_golem Maegashira

d_golem

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3 hours ago, 808morgan said:

I've seen people in parts of the world who don't wear shows actually sew these callused pieces together, one with yarn!

???? What are they sewing the pieces together for???

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