[sumo] Fwd: [Sumo news] - Training News

[Jeff A]

Moti

Best regards,
Jeffrey Anderson
Gaijingai
For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these:
It might have been.
- John Greenleaf Whittier


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From: Moti Dichne <niramiai at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Subject: [Sumo news] - Training News
To: Sumo Newsletter2 <sumo-newsletter2 at googlegroups.com>


Oonosato started training. He had nine bouts against Juryo Shirokuma at
home on the 29th, going 7-2. Due to a string of events, including the
London koen, he said it had been the first time he did real sumo
keiko since before Aki in September. "It's been a really long time. I'd
forgotten how to use my upper body, but my lower body was solid," he said,
satisfied. His tachiai was sharp, and his deashi and right thrusts and left
otsuke. "I've developed a habit of pulling back. I'll fix that," he said.
He plans to continue training at his heya until the Nishonoseki Ichimon
joint training on the 2nd of next month, saying, "I'm not in shape to go
for degeiko. I want to tighten my body a bit more and get ready."

Houshouryuu began full-scale preparations for Kyushu on the 29th. He won
all 11 bouts against rikishi ranked Makushita and  below at Tatsunami beya.
He expressed his enthusiasm for the year-end tournament, where he will be
aiming for his first Yokozuna yusho, saying, "I think I'm in good shape. I
love Kyushu." On the 22nd, he returned from  London where he won all five
of his bouts. He said he had been suffering from jet lag, saying,
"Sometimes I'd wake up at 3 a.m. But since coming to Kyushu, I've gotten
much better. It's difficult to adjust.." Last tournament, he lost in a
playoff against fellow Yokozuna Oonosato. Fukuoka is a place he remembers
from his 2017 New Apprentice Exam. This is his first time there as a
Yokozuna and showed his competitive spirit, saying, "It's been eight years
already. It took eight years for me to become Yokozuna. Oonosato did it
even quicker, though."

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