Re: [sumo] My adopted Onishi

[Katrina <katrina@shoin.ac.jp>]

Got to agree with Meikenonami.

The fight between the two former All Japan Amateur Yokozunas,  2001's
Asahimaru (Kinki University's Miyoshi) and 2002's Ohnishi (Nihon Taiiku
University) was one of the best I saw during the basho - including those of
the makuuchi.  It was exciting and powerful stuff, and a very close match.
Just goes to show how interesting those lower divisions can be.

Katrina


Meikenonami wrote:

The bout between Onishi and Asahimaru was amazing. More like the bouts you
can see in Makushita than Jonidan. You could see that these two young men
are way to low in the Banzuke and they will climb up (back) the Banzuke in
big steps.

At the beginning it was Onishi¹s fight. He slapped Asahimaru to the edge of
the dohyo and nearly had him out of the dohyo. But then one hand from Onishi
missed his goal and that was the chance that Asahimaru was waiting for.
Asahimaru fought back, pushed Onishi to the other side of the dohyo and won
with yoritaoshi.

Asahimaru said after the bout that he was really nervous before the fight
and that Onishi¹s tsuppari are very strong and that they really hurt.

Onishi was not happy that he lost, but he lost to the Yusho winner and this
is nothing to be ashamed of.

Onishi is back in training and he is doing his best in keiko to do even
better in Nagoya.

My force is with him (and some others).

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