[sumo] Fwd: [Sumo news] - Training news-Houshouryuu and Kotozakura

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Moti

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From: Moti Dichne <niramiai at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jul 3, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Subject: [Sumo news] - Training news-Houshouryuu and Kotozakura
To: Sumo Newsletter2 <sumo-newsletter2 at googlegroups.com>


Yokozuna Houshouryuu went to Isegahama beya today for degeiko, where he
showed off his excellent condition, winning 12 and losing 3 out of 15
matches against Maegashira Hakuouhou and Atamifuji. As he had declared
yesterday, he intends to go for degeiko daily from today. He chose his
first degeiko to be at Isegahama beya, saying, "It's the first time since
the joint training camp we had (at Isegahama ) when I was in the Sandanme
or Makushita," he said.   He participated in keiko at Isegahama for the
first time in about 6 or 7 years. He broke out in a big sweat in the
outdoor ring while the former Yokozuna Isegahama Oyakata  who became the
new Oyakata at the heya from this tournament, looked on. He won all 4
matches against Hakuouhou, the first sekitori he chose. In the second bout,
Houshouryuu put his hand down and Hakuouhou flew outside the ring at almost
the same time, which was a close call, but after the session Hakuouhou
admitted that he had lost that one. Houshouryuu overwhelmed Hakuouhou by
using his abundant energy to throw him with an uwatedashinage, and showed a
sharp tachiai to win by yorikiri, demonstrating his true abilities. The
next opponent he called out was Atamifuji, against whom he has a losing
record of 3-5.in honbasho so far. Perhaps due to his feeling that this
opponent has figured him out, he was unable to apply pressure from the
start, resulting in three losses to him, but he also showed good movement
in many instances, like using the whole dohyo to counterattack and turn the
tables even when pressure was applied. After the session, Houshouryuu said,
"It's good. It's before the basho, so I just wanted to avoid injury and put
up a good fight. It's been a while since I've practiced with someone from
another heya," he explained, wiping the sweat off his brow with a good
feeling, as the temperature had soared to nearly 35 degrees by the time he
returned home.

Ozeki Kotozakura is suffering from neck pains and did not do any sumo
today. Yesterday he faced Wakatakakage and others but as evening fell and
birds could be heard the pain set in. "I have no idea what brought this
about but i intend to train from tomorrow and onwards," he said.   This
year he has not performed well so far, with five, eight and eight wins, but
in June he has focused on basic exercises such as shiko and suriashi in an
effort to make a comeback. With a heatwave expected over the weekend, he
spoke optimistically, saying, "I have to think about the number of bouts,
but sometimes my body moves better in the heat."

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