Hooray for a morning update! This was a cool day of bouts. Atamifuji and Aonishiki was especially interesting, but I am worried that Aonishiki's style of going so low will mess up his neck and back. (Ura is the only other person to do it this much, and Ura tends to stay at a longer reach.)
Kotozakura is back to making things look easy. Onosato seems to have discovered how to get angles on people instead of only using hatakikomi. And Hoshoryu is using more effort but is showing strong technique.
Fighting at a perfect right angle does seem a recipe for all kinds of injuries.
The yokozuna are looking great so far. I really hope Kotozakura can keep this up. If he's in good shape, he could really mess things up for either Onosato or Hoshoryu.
One of my favorite things about following sumo over the course of a year is watching how the top rankers adapt to rookies that reach their ranks. That's why I'm so intrigued to see how Aonishiki performs this tournament.
Great to see all the top rankers firing on all cylinders! Very happy to see Kirishima at 2-0. I want him to go for ozeki again, but not before Wakatakakage gets it!
That gif of Kotozakura is hilarious. I'm thinking he lifted maybe 75 pounds with that move.
Form your keyboard to God's ears, please. I'm desperate for yoko vs. yoko, with a cup on the line! But yeah, injuries are undefeated in sumo. Hopefully we don't get any bad ones this time around. Poor Tobizaru looks like he's falling apart.
Hooray for a morning update! This was a cool day of bouts. Atamifuji and Aonishiki was especially interesting, but I am worried that Aonishiki's style of going so low will mess up his neck and back. (Ura is the only other person to do it this much, and Ura tends to stay at a longer reach.)
Kotozakura is back to making things look easy. Onosato seems to have discovered how to get angles on people instead of only using hatakikomi. And Hoshoryu is using more effort but is showing strong technique.
Fighting at a perfect right angle does seem a recipe for all kinds of injuries.
The yokozuna are looking great so far. I really hope Kotozakura can keep this up. If he's in good shape, he could really mess things up for either Onosato or Hoshoryu.
Don't worry about Aonishki's neck. He doesn't have one!
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One of my favorite things about following sumo over the course of a year is watching how the top rankers adapt to rookies that reach their ranks. That's why I'm so intrigued to see how Aonishiki performs this tournament.
Yeah, that's so fascinating to watch. And with Aonishiki, it's such a unique style, too. There's not much for these guys to compare it to.
Great to see all the top rankers firing on all cylinders! Very happy to see Kirishima at 2-0. I want him to go for ozeki again, but not before Wakatakakage gets it!
That gif of Kotozakura is hilarious. I'm thinking he lifted maybe 75 pounds with that move.
I'm trying not to jinx Kirishima this tournament...
Day 2 was fantastic! Giving me high hopes for this tournament🤞
Yep, some good action. Do you have any favourites who you want to see do well this month?
This basho I just want as many wrestlers healthy and on form as possible. Yoko v Yoko please💪
Form your keyboard to God's ears, please. I'm desperate for yoko vs. yoko, with a cup on the line! But yeah, injuries are undefeated in sumo. Hopefully we don't get any bad ones this time around. Poor Tobizaru looks like he's falling apart.