Shinrei

New user @Oushimaru1138 (hello!) wrote in his introduction: Which led me to wonder ... have people on here met to practice sumo exercises or bouting?

I understand that. On the bright side for this honbasho, he won over both Takakeisho and Takayasu. He's 25 (going on 26 -- doesn't he come across as younger??) and been pro for only about four and half years. There should be ample time for him to rebound. I'm realizing that, win or lose, getting over nervousness enough, being able to relax, and get enough rest (not just sleep) to handle a 15-day match . . . can be a big part of success in ozumo.

That IS ... beyond rare. English lacks terms to describe what's between "rare" and "unique". Thanks for the clarity.

MK: which I interpret as there being at least one rikishi from M1-M5 who had 10+ losses . . . VERY common. 89 times in the past two decades. Last year, twice and both with four rikishi each. http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Query.aspx?show_form=0&group_by=basho&having=1&form1_rank=M1-M5&form1_losses=10+&form1_year=>1999&gsort_by=basho If you mean something else, please do elaborate. For what it's worth, I see ZERO honbasho where ALL of the rikishi from M1-M5 had 10+ losses.

Actually . . . that's a common result. Looking at the past two decades, it has happened in 37 out of 120 honbasho. http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Query.aspx?show_form=0&amp;group_expand=off&amp;group_by=basho&amp;having=10&amp;form1_rank=M1-M5&amp;form1_wins=<10&amp;form1_year=>1999 Notably, in the previous honbasho, the highest ranking 10+ win Maegashira rikishi was Nishikigi at M12w. ___ And more common before then — during the previous three decades, 96 times out of 180 honbasho. http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Query.aspx?show_form=0&amp;group_expand=on&amp;group_by=basho&amp;having=10&amp;form1_rank=M1-M5&amp;form1_wins=<10&amp;form1_year=1969-1998

Zero votes for 7-0. I feel less bad about my choice.

West Sekiwake, methinks. http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Query.aspx?show_form=0&amp;form1_rank=S1e&amp;form1_wins=mk&amp;form2_rank=S1w But, I could be wrong... http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Query.aspx?show_form=0&amp;form1_rank=s1e&amp;form1_wins=7&amp;form2_year=>1998

Honorable mention: Juryo, Day 12, Tagakenji vs Chiyonoumi https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UMt4gK07wX0

Link goes to the video for Ura vs Aoi.

SHOKKIRI ~ I like watching shokkiri. Love it when it's polished and performed with confidence. I've learned and gathered that... some rikishi volunteer for it, bits get dropped or tweaked or put in a different order, there can be more than one performing duo at a time, and the performers step aside if they reach Juryo. I'd like to know what they're saying (in Japanese and English) and I reckon there's even more information to share about it. I hope to come up with more topic ideas later.

Meh... go 'way & do guitar... oh! or something else entirely.

Glad you asked... given all values in a set are Real, sum of all values in the set, divide that by the number of values in the set. Another mnemonic – this one to the tune of the French nursery rhyme "Frère Jacques": Mean is average, mean is average, Mode is most, mode is most, Median is middle, median is middle, Range is high, minus low.

Until they know something like this handy mnemonic: Hey diddle diddle, the median’s the middle, You add then divide for the mean. The mode is the one that you see the most, And the range is the difference between.

Perhaps more boggling to some - no post-match appeal process?

Not just sumo gamers either.

Closer in quality and results of performance. Not a bad or negative thing, just a thing. Mediocre on what scale?

Q1 is short for Question #1. Hitting the wall, in this case, means the wrestler will be demoted back to the lower tier after this tournament. Missing it, the wrestler will be ranked in the current tier for the next tournament.

@ryafuji :: thanks for your insight

Sansho observation / missed opportunity... Asanoyama, M13, 11 wins, highest-ranked opponent was M3 (Takakeisho) Takakeisho, M3, 10 wins, defeated both Ozeki, a Sekiwake, and Asanoyama (sigh)

If it is worth my time to watch, spoilers won't matter.

With his promotion to ozeki, I'm looking forward to see how well he holds his new . . . post.

Well, you weren't alone...

First attempt, a meager 44 points. Koteko's promotion was less than I'd thought. Onosho, 12-3 from J1w, gets M11. Kotoeko, 11-4 from J2e, gets (only) M14?!? Ryuden's demotion was worse than I'd thought. Chiyomaru, 5-10 from M7, gets M10 (which I got correct - yay me). Ryuden, 3-12 from M7, gets slammed down to M15?!? For the most part, most of my misses were off by only one rank, so there's that consolation.

West Sandanme 94 for Nagoya. http://www.sumo.or.jp/EnHonbashoBanzuke/index/