NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/soc/culture/japan/10972

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From: [e-mail] (Bach Frederic)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Sumo -- Day 8 Highlights
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Date: 18 Nov 92 02:28:12 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Magnus Halldorsson) writes:

[]Kotonishiki beat Kushimaumi with a neat foot sweep after some pulling.
[]Koto gets my vote as the best technician of the crowd.

Magnus, I appreciate your comments that fill the void when I cannot post.
However, I disagree on the above point. On Sumo Digest (every night at
11:15 pm on Telebi Asahi (Ch.10 in Tokyo), 11:00 on week-ends) on Sunday,
there was an interesting section on techniques. They tried, among others, to
point out which rikishi used most or least techniques. The winner was
I thing Kyokudozan, with something like 23 techniques over 6 basho. Kotonishiki
was among the bottom three with 9! I agree that his leg sweep was
remarkable (subari?), and he admitted often using it during keiko (practice),
and at that point, it just happened (tsui ni kimashita... in his words).
Note that Koto used to do judo, and he has learned a lot there. I remember
a fantastic nichonage (double leg throw, equivalent to a judo's ogoshi)
on Daishoyama a few months ago. Terao, Kyoku and Mainoumi are better
technicians. The Wolf and Asahifuji, as well as Kirishima were great in
their time.
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