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

[Jeff A]

Moti

Best regards,
Jeffrey Anderson
Gaijingai
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The saddest are these:
It might have been.
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From: Moti Dichne <niramiai at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Subject: [Sumo news] - Training news
To: Sumo Newsletter2 <sumo-newsletter2 at googlegroups.com>


Yokozuna Houshouryuu had eight bouts against  Oushouma, who came to his
heya today for degeiko. He finished with three wins and five losses, but
said he enjoyed the experience, saying, "I was just checking out my moves.
Oushouma came, and it was good keiko." Yesterday he rested, concentrating
on receiving treatment for his injuries. Today, he carefully went against
his opponent with a right-hand grip, and he seemed to be carefully checking
out his ring sense.  He had a supporter around his injured right elbow,
which caused him to miss the Haru basho but stated firmly, "I won't be
wearing it during the tournament." He intends to focus on basic exercises
these coming days, and it looks like he will be doing fewer actual bouts
before shonichi. While still feeling a bit unsure, he appeared cheerful as
he chatted with Oushouma, who came with him to Japan on the same plane ten
years ago, after keiko.  "If I can 'borrow the Yokozuna's chest', the
keiko would be good," said Oushouma.

Sekiwake Wakatakakage, aiming for promotion to Ozeki, trained at Ajigawa
beya today, where he had 11 bouts against new Komusubi Aonishiki and
others, finishing with 7 wins and 4 losses. This was his first
degeiko  before this coming tournament, excluding the Tokitsukaze Ichimon
rengo keiko。 With his favorite thrusts and skillful throws, Wakatakakage
was 5-3 against Aonishiki, and calmly described it as "business as usual."
After the keiko, he returned to his Arashio beya, where he was presented
with a new kesho-mawashi. The design, featuring 15 stars, matches that of
his older brother  Wakamotoharu, expressing his hopes for a perfect 15-0
record. The gift was presented by Tokyo Sekiryu Kogyo's President Hiroyuki
Kikuchi, who expressed his hopes for the rikishi, saying, "His beautiful
movements remind me of the rikishi of the past. I hope he will fight
without regrets."

He will once again step onto the Juryo dohyo wearing a mawashi filled with
the feelings of his mother and relatives. Former Ozeki Asanoyama who was
promoted to Juryo for the third time for Aki 2025, revealed the thoughts
behind his new mawashi  for the tournament. On the 10th, he wore the
"Shigoku-colored" mawashi  that arrived about a week ago at his heya in
Tokyo, working up a sweat by doing the basic shiko and suriashi  and lent
his chest for some butsugari. After keiko, he spoke passionately about the
mawashi, which he had only worn for the second time since he first put it
on to adjust the length immediately after it arrived. Asanoyama: "It may
look black, but it's actually a purple that leans toward black."
"Shigoku-color." My mother told me before the tournament, either in May or
July, that there was a color she wanted me to wear when I reached Juryo. It
meant she wanted me to reach the pinnacle of sumo, and also meant something
that seemed to refer specifically to me." With that, he showed me an email
he'd received on his smartphone from his mother, Yoshimi Ishibashi (63). It
mixed an explanation of the "shigokuiro" with words of encouragement from
his mother: "Kendochorai (come back to life!) Those with great ambition and
high aspirations should not give up or be discouraged by one or two
setbacks or failures. Turn it around." Starting his career as a rikishi at
the lowest rank in the third division, he rose through the ranks to the
rank of Ozeki. He then received a six-tournament suspension for violating
COVID-19 guidelines. He returned from Sandanme and rose back up to
Komusubi, but then suffered a series of injuries. At the Nagoya tournament
in July of last year, he suffered a serious injury, tearing the anterior
cruciate ligament in his left knee, forcing him to start over from sandanme
again. Nevertheless, after his return, he recorded a total of 18 wins and 3
losses in the three tournaments since his return, and has again returned to
sekitori status. This is the first time in history that an ex-sekitori has
returned to sekitori after dropping down to Sandanme twice.

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