[sumo] Make that Day 8 (Re: Quotes from Day 9)

[Jeanne Hedge]

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At 09:17 PM 3/16/08, you wrote:
 >as always, reported and translated by MADOROSUMARU:
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 >
 >Asashoryu: (Treating teenager Wakanoho like a kid that he is) I felt
 >he would be vulnerable to morozashi. [After getting that position] I
 >lifted him to get him off balance. I didn't force things. I was cool
 >and composed throughout.
 >
 >More Ryu: (On leading the pack again) I don't really think about that.
 >It does make me feel good, though. [grin]
 >
 >Wakanoho: (No match for the yokozuna) I thought I had my arms tight to
 >my side but he still got morozashi easily. The yokozuna's tachi-ai is
 >really quick and he is very strong. Once he got hold of me, I couldn't
 >exert myself even though I was eager and willing.
 >
 >Magaki Oyakata, Wakanoho's shisho: (On why his deshi didn't attempt
 >the notorious "Jack in the Box" move) I told him if he did it again I
 >would can him. I'd send him straight back to Russia to work in a
 >caviar factory.
 >
 >Kokonoe Oyakata: (Commentating on TV about the difference between the
 >two yokozuna) It's the speed and quickness. Asashoryu had morozashi
 >right off the tachi-ai.. . . [And did you see how] he finished off the
 >bout with a "Howd'ya like them apples" look on his face.
 >
 >Hakuho: (Describing his long bout against Tokitenku) Just as I was
 >about to make my move, he managed to do a makikai change. So, I ended
 >up going slowly and carefully.
 >
 >More Hakuho: (elaborating some more) It's been quite a while since I
 >had a long bout like this. My opponent has those leg tricks of his and
 >he's awfully tenacious around the edge of the dohyo. I felt discretion
 >is the better part of valor.
 >
 >Even more Hakuho: (On the concerns for his aching back) If I remain in
 >the same position, it bothers me, but when I'm doing sumo, I don't
 >feel any pain.
 >
 >Yet more Hakuho: (On his current place on the leaderboard) To tell you
 >the truth, I would have preferred to have achieved kachi-koshi today.
 >That one [against Aminishiki] sure was a waste.
 >
 >Kotooshu: (Glum as can be after losing to Toyonoshima) [ . . . ]
 >
 >Toyonoshima: (Happy as can be after getting his first win by defeating
 >hapless Kotooshu) Geez. It sure took a long time. I feel happier than
 >getting a kachi-koshi. Even though my opponent is not in good form, he
 >is still an ozeki. I also like the fact that I won not by nage but by
 >pushing him out. It's a win like this that can really lift a guy's spirit.
 >
 >Sadogatake Oyakata, Kotooshu's shisho: (Having had a long chat with
 >his underachieving deshi) He told me he hurt his biceps area in the
 >Kakuryu bout. That [and the losing] seem to be really bothering him.
 >
 >Kaio: (Getting his sixth win by pushing out woeful Kotomitsuki) We got
 >into his favored migi-yotsu, so I attacked without hesitating. I am
 >moving well.
 >
 >Kotomitsuki: (Falling victim to Kaio for his sixth loss) I didn't want
 >to get into yotsu [with him]. The flow wasn't that bad though.
 >
 >More Sadogatake: (Regarding the other sad sack ozeki, Kotomitsuki) He
 >was raring to go before the basho. But, now, he just can't seem to put
 >any effort in his mid-section. I don't know. Maybe, it's from the
 >operation he had.
 >
 >Chiyotaikai: (Pushed out by little Ama) He whupped me. Simple as that.
 >For those watching, it may not have seemed like much of a battle, but
 >that little guy is very skilled technically.
 >
 >Ama: (Not satisfied despite pushing out oshi expert Chiyotaikai) I am
 >moving well enough and I am able to press my attack forward. But there
 >is still something missing.
 >
 >More Ama: (Watching 19-year-old Wakanoho challenge the yokozuna) It's
 >nice to be young.
 >
 >Kyokutenho: (Beating push expert Hokutoriki at his own game) Maybe, I
 >should convert to an oshi specialist. [wry grin]
 >
 >More Tenho: (Having his second straight good basho) Everybody is
 >telling me that the geezer is gambarizing. [big grin]
 >
 >Homasho: (Put on the defensive by Kasugao's harite) I allowed him to
 >get on the attack from the start. I intend to refocus and begin doing
 >aggressive forward-moving sumo again tomorrow.
 >
 >Tochiozan: (Also losing his first when forced out by Baruto) My
 >tachi-ai was bad. I wanted to thrust and force him upright but he got
 >a hold of my mawashi.
 >
 >Takamisakari: (Managing to push down Kakizoe after withstanding a
 >furious assault) I was beaten at the tachi-ai. Somehow, I was able to
 >survive the attack. Even I can't believe I did it.
 >
 >More Robo: (Asked if he and his sumo have been rejuvenated) I'll be 32
 >this year. I get out-of-breath during keiko and I can no longer hold
 >my liquor. What's so youthful about that.
 >
 >Even more Robo: (Told that he would set a personal speed record if he
 >reaches kachi-koshi today) If I get too greedy, something terrible
 >will happen to me.
 >
 >Toyohibiki: (Getting his first win in a walkover) It was first time,
 >so I was a bit nervous. It will reverse the bad flow? I suppose so.
 >
 >
 >
 >Quote of the Day
 >
 >
 >Asahoryu: (Recalling that he had met Wakanoho before the latter joined
 >ozumo) He was just a boy doing sumo exercises wearing a warm-up suit.
 >I helped him do matawari by pressing down on his back. It's hard to
 >believe that kid is already appearing in mushibi-no-ichiban. I must be
 >getting old.
 >y