Re: last basho day 4: Taka's toe...

[bmarfell@deepsouth.co.nz (Blair Marfell)]

Jim wrote:

>As for me, I'll stick with Taka and Waka.  (and Terao and Kaio and
>Kotobeppu and Mainoumi)  They're style (well, except Kotobeppu) proves more
>exciting to watch than the grunt, grunt of Akebono and Musoyama (yawn).

Each unto their own I suppose! Personally, I am, and have always been a Muso
fan (since he left college anyway). Sure, it is exciting watching the
smaller, "lighter" rikishi fight, but to be fear, their techniques and
styles are reflective (to a large extent) of their size. Muso and Akebono
"grunt" b/c they have the size to do so, and this is the most efficient,
obvious style for them to adopt. I would argue that a rikishi can still be
exciting, even if he does "fight off the belt". One need only to appreciate
this method of sumo to find it thus IMO.

Just my 2c. 
Yay Muso!!!!!!!! (don't know any cool Japanese phrase to put here :o( )
Blair Marfell (bmarfell@deepsouth.co.nz)
Philosophy Student, Otago University

"Where there is life there is hope" Ricci B

Thanks for the memories....I look forward to the inevitable additions...
FORZA PARMA!!!!!!!!!!!