Re: Ozumo Kachinuki Yusho-sen

[stuart@gol.com (Stuart Woodward)]

On Wed, 12 Jun 1996 09:07:29 -0800, you wrote:

Hi, I actually attended the first day of this tournament. The format
is a knockout competition with the okezi & yokozuna joining in the
third round. 

My wife and I were on the first row of the balcony and had a great
view. Predictably, the first day ended up with a playoff between
Takanohana and Akebono. Hand's up if you have seen them fight together
live? ;-)

>It's not as exciting as hombasho matches, but these extra tornaments are
>good chance to see "real" sumo without paying too much for ordinary sumo
>fans.

I watched the second day on TV and ended up running round the room in
glee as Musashimaru literally bounced Takanohana out of the ring.
Takanohana took a big roll out onto the floor, paused, scratched his
head and stood up and stared at Musashimaru for a few seconds. The
look on his face was a combination of:

	What happened?
	This was not meant to happen.
	I thought we were only playing a game.
	This hasn't happened in a long time.

Musashimaru went on to meet Musoyama in the final and Musoyama took
the title, including a years supply of cup ramen.

Fantastic day - highly recommended.


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