Re: kimarite

[Rich Magahiz <MAGAHIZ@ernest.phys.cmu.edu>]

>If that is my direct quote, I totally made a mistake.
>"Kumu" means to hold each other, and "kunde sumo wo toru" means
>to do sumo with holding each other.
>"Hanareru" means to keep distance, and "hanarete sumo wo toru" means
>to do sumo with keeping distance between rikishi.

No, it was my mistake (sorry!)  I even looked it up before I sent the note,
but got it backwards anyway!

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>OTHER
>Fusensho

I had Hansoku (rule violation) under this heading also in the
list I was using.  Fortunately, it never came up in the bashos
I considered.

There is an even finer level of subdivision possible for many of
the techniques according to whether the techniques relies on the
loser leaving the dohyo or on going down inside the dohyo.  (The
difference between yorikiri and yoritaoshi, for example.)  Is this
also be worthwhile to work into the classification system?

For the purposes of my other note about yotsu preference, I wouldn't
use this distinction anyway.  The thing that distinguishes Musashimaru's
technique from Takanohana's is the difference between oshi- and yori-,
without regard to whether it's oshidashi or oshitaoshi, yorikiri or
yoritaoshi.  But I was wondering whether on a different level one kind
of technique is considered to be "better" (more esthetic?) than the
other?

Rich
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