paolo

Thank you very much for the advice. I' ll try tomorrow, if I can find a way to clean my hard disk a bit or a Gbyte and let you know.

There was no real doubt about that ! :-) This confirm the ideas that were given in the first answers to this topic. It is really sensible and logic. Thank you all for your contribution to my better knowledge and understanding of the rules !!! :-) (Applauding...)

Can somebody explain me who wins when one of the two rikishi touches the ground inside the dohio ( Kyokushuzan) while the other rikishi (Tochiazuma)is "flying" outside ? Form the slow-motion of Tochiazuma- Kyokushuzan one might have the impression that Tochiazuma is still "flying" OUTSIDE the square but has not yet touched the ground or anything when Kyokushuzan falls down. So one could think that Tochiazuma is the winner and not the loser .... Or is it that when a rikishi is considered to be "outside the square border" he has lost anyway ? Thanks in advance for the answer...

I understand that I am boring, but let us take Tochiazuma-Kyokushusan into examination. Tochiazuma is clearly out of the ring long before Kyokushusan falls to the ground, so that in general terms we could say that Tochiazuma is losing. But what happens if Tochiazuma, starting from inside the ring, jumps very high outside the dohio, does not touch the dohio itself, and falls on the first row of chairs only after Kyokushusan touches the ground himself ? In logical terms Tochiazuma has obvously lost, but in "technical" terms he has not touched anything outside the ring before Kyokushusan falls. So does Tochiazuma lose ? If so, why ? Thanks again for your patience ....

That looks quite reasonable: the dohyo would then be considered as virtually extended horizontally in all directions indefinitely; so if you touch the dohyo or its "virtual extension" (that is: you go outside the dohyo below its level) in that moment you lose. Can anybody confirm this ? Thanks !

I understand why Tochiazuma is an Ozeki 2 now (his record was 9-6, worse than Chiyotaikai's and Kaio's ones). But why is Chiyotaikai Oseki 1 East and Kaio Ozeki 1 West ? Both had the same record of 10-5, but Kaio won their bout, so I thought he would be ahead of Chiyotaikai. Or am I missing something ? Thanks in advance to those who can clarify me this fact....

As a newcomer to sumo world, I have followed the last 10 honbasho tournaments, the results of which can be found in many sites, including this forum. But I think that I have understood, reading some notes, that there are other tournaments between a honbasho and the following one. Is it true ? Where can their results be found ? Are they less important? Are they used just for training purposes or what else ? Thanks in advance to those who can answer these questions of mine ...

I think that, like it happens in other sports and games, a new award could be created for the "Best Bout of the Basho". Would it be Asashoryu-Kotomitsuki ? What do other people think of it ? As a joke, I would propose also two other awards, maybe to be voted by this forum's readers: . most entertaining bout: my vote goes to the fantastic and absurd Kyokushusan-Wakanosato . best performance by a "anti-sumo" rikishi: definitely Kyokushusan !

What I find very interesting is the fact that Asashoryu first tries to tsuriotoshi Kotomitsuki clockwise. He almost succeeds, but not completely, and Kotomitsuki is on his feet again. Very quickly Asashoryu changes his grip and he is ready to try more or less the same move the other way round ( that is counterclockwise) and this time he succeeds ! Asashoryu's technique looks really amazing (or am I missing something ? I am just a newcomer to sumo !).