Aki Basho 2018 Discussion [SPOILERS]

[Benihana 1,929]

The usual basho poll:

 

[specialweek 2 136]

On 08/09/2018 at 08:08, Philioyamfugi said:

NHK world live English broadcast day 1 and 8 at 17:20 JST......  Watching Goedo , Kakayruu for good starts.. Kagayaki has Onoshu day 1...ouch. READY FOR SOME SUMO !! 

17.10

[Eikokurai 3,437]

Thanks to the typhoon taking out Kansai airport I’ve found myself still in Japan for the first few days of the basho. Looking forward to being able to follow it ‘real time’, so to speak, for the first time in many years. 

[Edwardoho 23]

Is there a thread anywhere that analyses rikishi's current health?

 Tochinoshin, Kisenosato, Takayasu and Hakuho, all seem to have potential injury concerns. 

Yutakayama, Shodai, Goeido, Kakaryu, Mitakeumi, Tochiozan, Aoyama and Onosho all sound pretty healthy but what about the rest? 

[Asojima 2,874]

8 minutes ago, Uk.sumo.fan said:

Is there a thread anywhere that analyses rikishi's current health?

It is called Day 1.

[Bumpkin 438]

11 minutes ago, Uk.sumo.fan said:

Is there a thread anywhere that analyses rikishi's current health?

 Tochinoshin, Kisenosato, Takayasu and Hakuho, all seem to have potential injury concerns. 

Yutakayama, Shodai, Goeido, Kakaryu, Mitakeumi, Tochiozan, Aoyama and Onosho all sound pretty healthy but what about the rest? 

I would recommend "Preparations of the Y/O" and "Preparations of the masses" in Ozumo Discussions.

[sekitori 492]

17 minutes ago, Uk.sumo.fan said:

Is there a thread anywhere that analyses rikishi's current health? 

It's almost certain that no rikishi is ever 100% healthy. In an activity where the object is to knock a strong, heavy person to the dirt or out of the ring, having an injury of some sort is virtually inevitable.

Edited September 9, 2018 by sekitori

[rhyen 1,840]

Toyohibiki KO Daisedo,

Toyonoshima pushes out Kizenryu

Jokoryu finds a second wind against Akua

[robnplunder 975]

Oooooooh .... Chiyoshoma has every right to be ticked off at no monoii.   Yoshikaze got lucky to get the win.

[Jabbamaru 166]

Nice move by Yoshikaze! I dont know about the decision...but Nice move!

[Benihana 1,929]

Yoshi deserved it, this was WWEesque. Dead body rule. And this time i agree with the judges.

Edited September 9, 2018 by Benihana

[Rocks 1,809]

Wow! Ichinojo is fired up! He  looked pissed from the git-go. 

[robnplunder 975]

1 hour ago, Benihana said:

Yoshi deserved it, this was WWEesque. Dead body rule. And this time i agree with the judges.

On slow-mo, it looked like Yoshi's foot touched down well before dead body rule were to be applied.   Nevertheless, there should have been a monoii as it was too close to call IMO.

[Akōgyokuseki 228]

Phew....thank goodness Kakuryū just managed it at the end, although the bout was slightly messy, he held his nerve quite well. 

Please dont step back Kakuryū...fight like the dragon, not like the crane

[Amamaniac 2,079]

Watching Kisenosato do his dohyoiri (it has been a while), he looked way more determined than usual. His foot stomps and hand claps were extra forceful, or so they appeared to me.  He managed to defeat his first opponent of the tournament (Ikioi), and so is off to a good (sort of) start.

Hakuho's dohyoiri was sublime, with the final arm spread dropping like the wings of a (Great) bird.  In his bout against Tamawashi, he showed why he is the GOAT.

[Dwale 419]

1 hour ago, Amamaniac said:

Hakuho's dohyoiri was sublime [...]

Whatever other issues I have with him, I have to give him that. His dohyo-iri is above reproach. 

 

And here we go. A heated day one, I thought, with several matches taking me off guard. Already impatient for tomorrow to get here.

[Eikokurai 3,437]

Endo seems to struggle with Ichinojo. In July, on the final day, he couldn’t move him in an inch and then got casually pushed over. Today Ichinojo played him with like a pissed off orca at SeaWorld tossing its lifeless trainer around the pool.

Incidentally, how often does a bout repeat itself from day 15 in one tournament and day 1 in the next?

[Atenzan 1,081]

After Kisenosato's win, the way the crowd reacted, I wondered if anyone would throw any zabuton... 

[Philioyamfugi 378]

 Kagayaki beats Onosho ..nice. Other than Gagamaru, Enho and Goedo all my guys won today so nice start. Yoshikaze putting his body on the line ...spectacular !  Kakaryuu can't find the belt on the little ball. 

[Morty 1,495]

3 hours ago, robnplunder said:

On slow-mo, it looked like Yoshi's foot touched down well before dead body rule were to be applied.   Nevertheless, there should have been a monoii as it was too close to call IMO.

utchari, backward pivot throw, rare and spectacular kimarite used as a last ditch effort to win after the attacker has been driven to the tawara. Before he can be forced out, the attacker will drop his hips while pulling the defender up and past him. In executing this technique, the attacker is quite often forced clean over onto his back. The only thing that earns him the shiroboshiis the twisting motion of his hips, which often forces his aite to touch down a fraction of a second before he does.

Yosh pivoted the hips and shifted Chiyoshoma sideways. So long as he does that the foot and dead body don't matter, because he is successfully pulling off a throw. 

I was jumping around the room after watching him do that.

[Morty 1,495]

That was one of the best opening days of sumo I can remember for a long time, beginning with an Utchari in the first match. Great stuff.

[Eikokurai 3,437]

48 minutes ago, Morty said:

That was one of the best opening days of sumo I can remember for a long time, beginning with an Utchari in the first match. Great stuff.

Quibbling, but it was the second match of the day.

[Gooner 39]

*second match. The first one was the opposite of greatness: a henka... 

[Morty 1,495]

Just now, Gooner said:

*second match. The first one was the opposite of greatness: a henka... 

Aha, that's why my brain instantly blanked it out of my memory 

 

[ryafuji 814]

Clear win by Yoshikaze. Despite Chiyoshoma’s bewilderment there was no need for a mono ii.