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Terutsuyoshi! I thought he was boned when he got pushed back, he was looking off balance and everything. Atta boy!
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Jan 22, 2020 08:46
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Bentai posted:Terutsuyoshi! I thought he was boned when he got pushed back, he was looking off balance and everything. Atta boy! that's my son! and they better not rob tokushoryu e: they didn't! 10-1!
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Jan 22, 2020 08:51
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Oh wow Tokushoryu with a great win!
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Jan 22, 2020 08:52
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also really happy for chiyomaru, he had a rough couple of days but it was good to see the huge cloud victorious
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Jan 22, 2020 08:54
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anakha posted:For those still new to sumo, you might wanna check out Furious Pete's video of his experiences in a heya. Okinoumi features in it, I believe. also, thank you very much for posting this. watching a relatively strong looking guy try and push a sumo around really helped put in perspective how stupidly powerful these absolute weapons are
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Jan 22, 2020 08:59
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ENHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Today's leaderboard is the same as yesterday's leaderboard Brut fucked around with this message at 09:55 on Jan 22, 2020 |
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Jan 22, 2020 09:39
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Brut posted:ENHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO yeah. pretty much all i wanted to say on that subject. also, there was like 8 fights tonight that would make my top 10 of the entire basho. everyone was fighting like their life, rank, or the cup itself was on the line. also, shodai's composure is that of a champion. the way he moved and fought tonight made me think that he has what it takes to go the whole drat way. man where has sumo been all my life.
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Jan 22, 2020 10:38
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Laughing at Tokushoryu's face after squeaking out that win. Enhooooo. Asanoyama defended his mawashi well but Enho pulling the arm instead was awesome. He has so many tricks 
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Jan 22, 2020 10:50
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A quiet chuckle that the tournament that Shodai finally shows up for is the first one after Kintamayama (who declared him 'the next ozeki' years ago) quit doing youtube coverage
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Jan 22, 2020 14:06
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i assumed terunofuji would be at like J2 next basho if he runs the table. Apparently there's a chance he could get promoted all the way up to makuuchi?
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Jan 22, 2020 14:22
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Thauros posted:i assumed terunofuji would be at like J2 next basho if he runs the table. Apparently there's a chance he could get promoted all the way up to makuuchi?
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Jan 22, 2020 15:11
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The only rikishi to be promoted from J13 straight to Makuuchi is Endo in 2013 with a 14-1 yusho. It really depends on how poor the top of Juryo is this time out but also how poor the bottom of Makuuchi is when it comes to what's available in terms of promotion/relegation. They really should find a way not to make him waste another tournament in Juryo if he gets 15-0 or 14-1 with the title. E: delving deeper there's plenty of examples of a Juryo winner not being promoted with 13-2 but only one example where 14-1Y wasn't enough and that was in 1959. Tsaedje fucked around with this message at 15:29 on Jan 22, 2020 |
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Jan 22, 2020 15:20
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I would find it hard to make a case to not promote at 14-1 but if it's a strong 13-2 there should be consideration given to him because of where he had been and all that. He very clearly belongs in the upper ranks. Then again, I could see him not being promoted because he took the time to heal properly. I'm not an old Japanese man so what do I even know about promotion and the like.
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Jan 22, 2020 17:48
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Oh come on Hattorizakura! You were fighting Sawanofuji! You had this. You beat him before. He was 0-5 too!
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Jan 22, 2020 18:51
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Ura is 6-0!  Also loving Enho right now, that was a great win!
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Jan 22, 2020 19:11
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bessantj posted:Ura is 6-0! Well his first time pulling out he came back at Sandanme and got a 6-1 followed by a 7-0, if he was suddenly doing poorly in Jonidan this time around there would probably be no reason to ever expect him to climb back up. I think the Makushita grinder is gonna catch him again in about 3 Basho, unfortunately.
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Jan 22, 2020 19:14
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Tickets are now on sale for the 2020 US Sumo Open. $100 for ringside seats, $70 for VIP floor seats, GA seating is $25 for upper and $40 for lower bleachers.
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Jan 22, 2020 20:23
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While waiting for the next day's matches, here's a blast from the past, featuring baby-faced Hakuho and Tochinoshin hoisted by his own petard.
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Jan 22, 2020 20:34
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Brut posted:Well his first time pulling out he came back at Sandanme and got a 6-1 followed by a 7-0, if he was suddenly doing poorly in Jonidan this time around there would probably be no reason to ever expect him to climb back up. I think the Makushita grinder is gonna catch him again in about 3 Basho, unfortunately. I'm crossing my fingers he can make it back to Makuuchi. anakha posted:While waiting for the next day's matches, here's a blast from the past, featuring baby-faced Hakuho and Tochinoshin hoisted by his own petard. ^^ Great video.
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Jan 22, 2020 20:41
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Absolutely wonderful day of sumo yesterday. Every enho bout is such a gift
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Jan 22, 2020 23:54
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anakha posted:While waiting for the next day's matches, here's a blast from the past, featuring baby-faced Hakuho and Tochinoshin hoisted by his own petard. Oh man, Aran is a name I haven't heard in ages. He was notorious for henka-ing so much the sumo association yelled at him for it.
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Jan 23, 2020 00:35
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Bentai posted:Tickets are now on sale for the 2020 US Sumo Open. Since finding this thread and starting to watch this tournament I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole (So maybe a third of the terms the announcers use make sense so far) but so far the US Sumo stuff I’ve seen has been pretty sad. Am I missing something? GoatSeeGuy fucked around with this message at 03:04 on Jan 23, 2020 |
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Jan 23, 2020 03:01
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I've queued up the last batch of gang tags, I believe I got everybody who requested one. After this anybody who wants one will have to buy it for themselves, sorry!
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Jan 23, 2020 03:06
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GoatSeeGuy posted:Since finding this thread and starting to watch this tournament I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole (So maybe a third of the terms the announcers use make sense so far) but so far the US Sumo stuff I’ve seen has been pretty sad. Yeah amateur Sumo is not in a great spot. The Heavyweight and Openweight divisions are basically dominated by Makushita dropouts. There might be something in watching the lower divisions full of people who at that size couldn't possibly succeed in Honbasho, and also Women, but it's not really the same thing.
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Jan 23, 2020 03:17
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I'm surprised to learn womens Sumo is a thing, given how strictly traditionalist it is in Japan and women not being allowed on the dohyo. I guess it's not affiliated with the japanese Sumo Association at all? fisting by many fucked around with this message at 05:34 on Jan 23, 2020 |
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Jan 23, 2020 04:02
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Some really high-intensity sumo over the last couple days! I've never really liked Shodai, but I've gotta said he's fighting with skill and determination this basho. Still hoping for a Takakeisho yusho though. Day 11 standings code:
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Jan 23, 2020 04:20
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I want tochinoshin to do good and not hurt himself, you can do it big guy!
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Jan 23, 2020 04:26
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Brut posted:Yeah amateur Sumo is not in a great spot. The Heavyweight and Openweight divisions are basically dominated by Makushita dropouts. There might be something in watching the lower divisions full of people who at that size couldn't possibly succeed in Honbasho, and also Women, but it's not really the same thing. I've actually liked some of the lower division stuff I've seen on Twitch, if only for contrast to the speed/power/skill of the top levels. It's almost is an entirely different sport at that level.
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Jan 23, 2020 05:05
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GoatSeeGuy posted:I've actually liked some of the lower division stuff I've seen on Twitch, if only for contrast to the speed/power/skill of the top levels. It's almost is an entirely different sport at that level. the contrast between even the top and bottom of makuuchi is absolutely insane. it is an absolutely brutal sport in terms of demands on skill and speed improvements
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Jan 23, 2020 05:36
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It's such a statement that Enho keeps up with guys who are skilled, powerful, and nearly twice his weight. Edit: Watched some of the 2018 US Sumo Open, and I can't see the appeal. It just looks like bad catch wrestling with weird pants. Liquid Communism fucked around with this message at 06:31 on Jan 23, 2020 |
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Jan 23, 2020 06:27
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Marching Powder posted:the contrast between even the top and bottom of makuuchi is absolutely insane. it is an absolutely brutal sport in terms of demands on skill and speed improvements Terunofuji being healthy enough to show Juryo what top level skill looks like has been doing a great job showing off the difference in skill. I don’t know if he’s going to be healthy enough to be a top makuuchi guy again, but he’s still showing he obviously doesn’t belong with juryo riffraff.
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Jan 23, 2020 06:31
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I'd love to know how much weight he dropped. When he was ozeki, he was strong, but a bit slow, I felt. A lighter, quicker Teru would be awesome. Assuming his body is back to something resembling healthy.
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Jan 23, 2020 06:50
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Kenning posted:Still hoping for a Takakeisho yusho though. I am too, because a Yokozuna run would be cool to watch. Looking ahead to the schedule, he might have the easiest road to the trophy. As the de facto top dog, his final days are reserved for the head to head matchups against the rest of the sanyaku, which in this case would be Asanoyama who’s seemingly hit a wall, a broken Takayasu who might already be on 8 losses and has nothing to fight for, and the also broken Goeido. Unless Goeido suddenly turns it around and turns Day 15 into a 7-7 fight for his rank, Taka has a good shot of running the table. Meanwhile, there’s a lot more flexibility in scheduling the lower guys, so they can probably just have all the contenders go round robin and knock each other out until there’s a last man standing. Shodai should have the advantage as he has the lead and would be punching down in rank, but I think I’d rather face Taka’s zombie lineup than Shodai’s lineup of guys at the top of their game.
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Liquid Communism posted:Edit: Watched some of the 2018 US Sumo Open, and I can't see the appeal. It just looks like bad catch wrestling with weird pants.
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Jan 23, 2020 07:56
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GoatSeeGuy posted:I've actually liked some of the lower division stuff I've seen on Twitch, if only for contrast to the speed/power/skill of the top levels. It's almost is an entirely different sport at that level. Yeah watching the lower divisions (Jonokuchi, Jonidan, Sandanme, Makushita) can be fun, but my post was talking about the lower weight classes of amateurs sumo, which is weird in it's own way and is mostly done as a hobby.
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Jan 23, 2020 08:33
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Holy gently caress: https://twitter.com/TheSumoSoul/status/1220217350625976320
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Jan 23, 2020 09:16
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https://twitter.com/misato_59/status/1220271753068310529?s=21 “Hip sprain”, one week for recovery. He got lucky. In other news, ENHOENHOENHO!!!
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Jan 23, 2020 10:13
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Bentai posted:https://twitter.com/misato_59/status/1220271753068310529?s=21 Oh so he moved too fast trying to dodge them? interesting Brut fucked around with this message at 10:34 on Jan 23, 2020 |
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Liquid Communism posted:It's such a statement that Enho keeps up with guys who are skilled, powerful, and nearly twice his weight. I sent some of the vids to my buddy who was a runner up for highschool state champion wrestling in MD (at 17 he blew his ACL and MCL out in the finals, and also developed really bad sciatica as a result) and he loved this one snapdown Enho got on a big guy.
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if you had asked me of the likelihood of Enho coming out of m5 with a winning record I would have been pretty embarrassed of my prediction right about now. It's not a cake walk by any stretch but he can absolutely do it and the way he's been able to hang at this level... drat. Shodai looked in command under pressure. Again. I wouldn't be shocked for a Shodai yusho.
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