Re: [sumo] Jungyo news

[Tiffany in Montreal <la_mayimba_@yahoo.com>]

Coming out of very deep lurk mode...

I have to agree with Joe on this one. The sooner everyone stops
picking at the proverbial scab, the sooner this wound is going
to heal.

I think it would probably be best for all involved if the
Asashoryu and Kyokushuzan can put on a veneer of civility in
public. Whatever lies beneath the surface is none of anyone
else's business...and there is no reason anyone should insist on
bearing witness to some mawkish bonding between the two of them.

All of this is little more than two alpha males jockeying for
position at the top of the heap. The problem being that
Kyokushuzan's position at the top of the Mongolian rikishi heap
is being threatened by the younger Asashoryu, who has made it to
the top of the much bigger Ozumo heap...The entire clash was at
some levels quite predictable. The only surprising thing is that
is has become this public...

My two cents' worth.

Kurodama




--- Joe Kuroda <joe_kuroda@yahoo.com> wrote:
>  --- moti <sumo@dichne.com> wrote: 
> > Kyokushuuzan is planning to have a real,
> > Mongolian-style reconciliation. 
> > After his tsukebito inadvertantly spilled the beans
> > and said a Japanese 
> > style handshake has corners in Mongolian circles,
> > Shoes on has it all 
> > planned out in detail. 
> 
> It's all nice and feel good to hear their Japanese or
> Mongolian reconcillation being planned between the two
> but I just wish Kyokushuzan just stops talking about
> this altogether. 
> 
> Asashoryu is smart by keeping himself quiet by saying
> he would not do the reconcillation in front of the
> press.  As they are both involved in a Japanese sport,
> as Takasago oyakata said, the handshake should be
> enough.  Regardless of however they do this, it really
> does not matter if one or both are not sincerely
> willing to do so.  
> 
> Kyokushuzan cornered the Yokozuna with reporters on
> hand, Asashoryu didn't have too much choice but to
> offer the handshake.  He certainly could not run away
> or act in any other way when he is being watched over
> carefully by the Kyokai and Yokoshi group. Who knows
> he may have wanted to do this Mongolian reconcillation
> himself with Kyokushuzan in private but Kyokushuzan
> forced the issue in public. 
> 
> It's getting to be rather apparent that there are
> indeed two clans of the Mongolian rikishis - one
> headed by Kyokushuzan, the original clanmaster and the
> new "usurper", Asashoryu.   Kyokushuzan certainly
> considers himself to be the top of heap by even
> calling Asashoryu patronizingly, "my adorable junior"
> and wishing him to win another Yusho.   
> 
> Not even Yokozuna Wakanohana III did not call his
> younger brother Takanohana in this manner. When the
> two brothers have had a difference and the fact became
> public, they eventually settled the public dispute in
> private even though they have not regained their
> previous close relationship they once had. Everyone
> hoped they would be the two brothers they once were
> but that was no longer possible as they both chosen
> their own path. 
> 
> The point I am trying to make is that without publicly
> displaying false affection or reconcillation, they can
> be civil to each other and that's all they need to do.
> Whatever Mongolian or Japanese differences they may
> have or to each other, they can settle them between
> themselves in private, not in front of media.  
> 
> Asashoryu is showing more class here than people give
> credit for.  While "wide show" TV people were
> interviewing Kyokushuzan, Asashoryu remained quiet and
> stayed outside of their goings-on and not making
> comment to reporters for an invitation from
> Kyokushuzan to have a drink in Sapporo. If they meet
> and do this, they really don't need witnesses of
> Japanese "wide-show" TV reporters to settle their
> differences.
>              
> Personally I am more interested to see if Asashoryu
> can come back next basho or if Musashimaru can come
> back strong from his injury.  If Maru shows up next
> basho as he did in the last basho, he may be the
> subject of the next Yokoshin meeting.
> 
> =====
> .....Jonosuke 
>   <  Heart  Technique  Physique     ?S   ?Z   ?Ì  >
> 
>
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