Re: News about Akebono

[shoji yuen <yuen@sirius.sakabe.nuie.nagoya-u.ac.jp>]

Hello,

>>>>> "Finley" == Professor Marion R Finley <finley@asahi-u.ac.jp> writes:

Finley> Dear Sumo Enthusiasts:
Finley> 	This morning while watching the news (in Japanese) on NHK, my
Finley> wife and I saw a reference to Yokozuna Akebone.  I just saw it out of
Finley> the corner of my eye (it was one of NHK's hour-x +50 min. summaries,
Finley> one line of Japanese text followed by a very succinct announcement
Finley> while showing a photo of the Yokozuna, and it just went by too fast for
Finley> me to decipher it.

I watched (probably) the same news brief on the NHK satellite
channel.  The news said he has a problem about the legs.  He
cannot control the legs properly and feels a kind of
paralisys on them.  The news also said that he feels his mind
separated from the body and cannot feel so much enthusiasm
for matches.

Finley> 	Does anyone know what it was about? It appeared, from what little
Finley> text I could grasp, it seemed quite serious.

Yes, it seemed serious.  No zabuton flew on the match of
yesterday as Tosanoumi beat Akebono.

- Shoji Yuen
  Nagoya University