[sumo] Henka

[Achim Pawelczyk]

Joe Petrow schrieb:
> On 3/31/07, Achim Pawelczyk <sumo at achimp.de> wrote:
> 
>> Showing your emotions - rather than henka - is against the rules.
> 
> 
> Against what rules?  If it was against the rules, then Takamisakari
> would be in Jonokuchi with all the hansoku losses he would have picked
> up by now.

Against the unwritten rules of rikishi conduct - maybe taught as the 
ancient tradition in the sumo school for new entrants ?

Punishable not by loss but by pressure - in severe cases by reprimand, 
up to intai demands, but only if someone influential wants to punish.

Akinomaki