Re: kimarite

[abe@kaleida.com (Masumi Abe)]

Rich Magahiz さんが  5:47 PM 8/3/95 -0400ごろに
「Re:  kimarite」の件で：
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>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?

Well, yorikiri and yoritaoshi are both decided at or out of circle.
When the rikishi in defence realize that he is actually losing the match
at the edge, he step out of dohyo, then it is yorikiri. When the rikishi
the the edge behind thinks he still have a chance to win and keeps
his feets inside of circle and fell behind, it is yoritaoshi.

When a rikishi fall down on his back inside of dohyo, it would be
abisetaoshi (in yotsu position) or koshikudake (in tsuki-oshi position)
or sabaori (if the opponent touched dohyo at knee in yotsu position).
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>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?

Tsuki-oshi is based on pushing power and Yotsu is based on pulling power.
You may question why yori is pulling, I know. Takanohana's yori technique
is model of yori. He is pushing opponent with leg and body, but his hands
and arms are pulling the opponent's body with mawashi. 

When rikishi are young, they are all taught to push without holding
mawashi. As soon as they hold mawashi, oyakata/coach will hit their
hands with a bamboo sword. Tsuki-Oshi is vary basic of sumo. You need
to learn tsuki-oshi before leaning yotsu. Even for nage (throwing technique)
you need to upsh first. If you don't push first, you can't complete nage
easily.

For yori or yotsu, it's better to grab the front side of mawashi than the
back side of mawashi. If you have front side, you can utilize the mawashi
for both pushing and pulling, but if you have the back side, you could only
use it for pulling. So rikishi are taught to hit the maebukuro, the front-
vertical part of mawashi covering the groin area, with both hands at 
tachiai, if he is a yotsu-zumo rikishi, to hold on to the mae-mawashi
quickly.

For nage, it is the best to try it when the opponent push back to resist 
against your push. So you need to push opponent to put him on heels
whether you are tsuki-oshi rikishi or yotsu-zumo rikishi.

-Masumiriki
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>Rich
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