RE: Oyakata prerequisite

["Da Kine Sumo E-zine & Web site from Kawika" <dakinesumo@hotmail.com>]

When I visit Azumazeki-beya and Migaki-beya the coach is not an oyakata, but 
some ex-sumotori who stay with sumo as a coach.  These guys are there from 
the very start of practice, making sure the lowest ranked stableboys get up 
and get going.  At these stables, the oyakata shows up later in the morning, 
usually just before the sekitori get going.


> > <SNIP>
> >
> > If this is true of oyakatas, who is responsible for the coaching
> > and training?
>
>I guess this varies a lot among heyas. Many heyas have but a single 
>oyakata,
>the shisho. Therefore he's very likely to participate actively in the
>training.
>
>In some large heyas there are several oyakatas assisting shisho. I believe
>the record holder in this respect is Dewanoumi-beya where there are nine 
>(!)
>oyakatas of which one is the shisho (moto-sekiwake Washuyama) and one is a
>jun-toshiyori (moto-maegashira Oginohana). I guess in such a case there 
>must
>be some kind of specialisation among the oyakatas. Undoubtedly those list
>members who have a real connection to large heyas can elaborate me on this.
>
>Jussi aka Kitaseiya The Flu Patient
>
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>Juhani Sirki^ÁE jsirkia@utu.fi
>http://users.utu.fi/jsirkia/ozumo/
>Ozumo, Sport of Gods
>

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