Re: Tokyo Sumo Tournament - Day 2 (long!)

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In a message dated 2/1/98 5:27:27 AM, antoce@main.biochem.osakafu-u.ac.jp
wrote:

>(In the last second I had quite a feeling that Takanonami was
>really annoyed or bored with all the circus, so although he was caught in
>okuridashi position, in a way he simply gave up - it was not a bit of
>traditional sumo in this match.... Is such sumo good ? Is it bad ?)

I wonder if he wasn't just annoyed with himself for looking so un-yokozuna-
like?  Whatever you want to say about Shu's sumo, (it certainly is unorthodox
at times) remember that sumo is a sport with few rules and a few prohibitions,
and Shu stays within those bounds.  So what was Nami's problem?  Part of it is
the whole lackluster half-heartedness that I sensed in this tourney.  I didn't
sense it at all at the one last October, or last year.  But this year there is
a strange wind in the air, or something.
In a message dated 1/31/98 9:28:23 PM, antoce@main.biochem.osakafu-u.ac.jp
wrote:

>I also wonder if this tournament is a jungyo (because
>I always thought that jungyo are held in other places than Tokyo or the
>other hon-basho cities).

I don't think this is considered jungyo.  They have these little 2-day
tourneys twice a year, and last year the one in Tokyo was on the weekend of
Feb 15 or thereabouts if I remember correctly.  Maybe they moved it earlier to
avoid conflict with the Olympics.  This is a tournament for money.


>That's all. Thanks to those who encouraged me. I and my wife will be leaving
>Japan soon, after more than 3 years here, and somehow I already miss sumo :-(

You'll still have access to this ML but I know what you mean, it's just not
the same somehow as being here...