warusawa

Perhaps not.

According to JSA Hoshoryu is still ozeki, so all is good. https://www.sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataRikishi/profile/3842/

Onosato seems to be more ready than Hoshoryu.

Lucky thirteen tomorrow? Or Friday the Thirteenth? ;)

I called it! I swear! Before I fired up the SF today, I wondered how Kinta will call it. I thought - gotta be Ocean's 11. If only I could predict the stock market.

Onosato looked like a yokozuna when he dispatched Hoshoryu, but against Abi, not so much. Ah well, the kid's got time.

So Shishi to Makuuchi for sure?

That playoff henka was disgusting, disappointing, and cowardly. Takakeisho backed into that yusho. No way does he deserve the rope. The yusho wins that qualify for a Yokozuna promotion should be dominant, yokozuna-like. This was not it.

Is Ochiai's elbow okay? Because it looked like it was hyperextended.

Ochiai is 5-0 at Ms 15 in his Ozumo debut. What do you guys think? Wants to be yokozuna. I say go for it!

Takayasu' injury seemed like a neck stinger to me. Glad he's okay. The injury just adds to the henka controversy. I am okay with henka; sumo is difficult enough not to use all the (legal) arrows in your quiver.

I was wondering how in the world Takayasu did not push Waka out in the last seconds of the bout. Then I noticed that before the final elbow from Takayasu, Waka grabbed his mawashi! And then used Taka's momentum to sling him out of the ring, while improving his own balance at the edge. The old judo (sumo?) principle - use other guy's momentum. These guys are agile. Whenever I say that I am a sumo fan I get weird looks and comments like - oh, the fat guys? And I want to reply - You wish you were so fast, agile and flexible like these fat guys, but I don't say anything. They wouldn't understand anyway. Kinda like wabi sabi, lol.

Hi, guys: I could not start a new topic in the Sumo Information forum so I am posting here. Mods, please move if inappropriate. I will be visiting Tokyo from the US in January during the Tokyo tournament. The timing is accidental, but I already got tickets for Thursday Jan 23rd. So excited! My first live sumo tournament...Any tips on when to arrive at the arena, fun things to do in and around Ryogoku Kokugikan, sumo souvenirs to buy, eat out in the area, any advice is appreciated. Is taking pictures allowed with no flash? Moderator Notice moved

I think your explanation makes a lot of sense. It also explains why "sidestepping", and letting your opponent's own momentum cause him to leave the dohyo is considered bad sumo. Strong men don't duck!

thanks!