[sumo] [spoiler] Asashoryu vs Hakuho

[Martina Lunau]

It was Magaki Oyakata and the sekitori was Toyozakura



2008/5/26 Jeanne Hedge <jhedge at rcn.com>:

> At 06:25 PM 5/25/08, John James wrote:
> >
> >I followed your entire message until the bamboo spear oyakata.  Is it
> >a translation of someones name? Pardon my ignorance.
> >JJ> Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 11:11:44 -0400> From: smk1 at columbia.edu> >
> >Will the Yokozuna or the bamboo spear Oyakata receive a stricter>
> >warning?> > Sukubidubidu>
>
> I can't find the links to the story. Someone else will need to provide
> names and correct my details on this:
>
> One of the oyakata got into in trouble for beating on one of his rikishi
> with a bamboo stick *after* the rules changed and this wasn't supposed to be
> allowed. Nobody knew about it until the rikishi had to go to the hospital
> for other reasons and the medical people there questioned the scars left
> behind.  The oyakata's horrifyingly terrible punishment was to apologize and
> bow deeply.
>
> Along the same lines, a sekitori rikishi is also be in trouble for beating
> on lower rankers, again after the rules changed. Not slaps, beatings.
>
> I'm trying to remember if the sekitori rikishi and the oyakata are from the
> same beya.
>
>
> Regards,
> Jeanne Hedge
>
>
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