[sumo] Day 8 videos & torchbearer results [spoiler]

[Kuramarujo]

On Sun, 2007-01-14 at 21:28 -0800, Barbara wrote:

> Ama-Kotooushu. Aha! Vengence visits Kotooushu, in the form of 
> lightning-fast Ama! An expert step to the left, and Kotooushu is 
> sprawled on his stomach. Ama's henka is the "best" one I've seen in a 
> long time. As vile a practice as it is, at least when used by an 
> undersized rank-and-file wrestler against an Ozeki, it might be viewed
> as less a sin. 

	First off, I am as far from a "knowledgeable" Sumo fan as anyone.  I
couldn't hold a birthday candle to Doreen or Barb x2 or the extremely
well named Joe K (and anyone else I'm forgetting due to brain damage).
I couldn't light the candle for someone who couldn't hold a candle.
That being said...

	I've been watching this match for a little while and I think that Ama's
move was maybe on the cusp of a henka.  The overhead shot seems to show
that Ama came straight at Oosh then, just on contact, he did a step
through and twist.  I guess it's in the spirit of a henka but it seemed
like a slick move to me.

-- 
Joe "Kuramarujo" Klemmer
http://www.webtrek.com/joe/sumo