Re: Tokyo Sumo Tournament - Day 1 (spoiler for some, and long!)

[A & V Antoce <antoce@main.biochem.osakafu-u.ac.jp>]

I must send this again - the mailer apparently refused it. If I'm wrong -
sorry for doubling it.

At 03:40 98/01/31 -0800, Dale Carlson wrote:

>Thanks for the report. One quick question-
>Is this tournament taking place this weekend?
>I didn't realize that they were competing again
>so soon...
>
>Thanks,
>Dale

Yes, it is on Saturday and Sunday. I too was surprised to find sumo on TV so
soon after the basho. 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).

Also OhSumo@aol.com wrote:
>2.  I didn't have the feeling I was watching real sumo.  If sumo was always
>like that I don't think I'd have a passion for it.  Mitoizumi beating, 
excuse
>me, Kaio?  Minatofuji beating Musoyama?  Everything seemed too easy somehow.

>I can understand that they didn't want to get hurt right before the 
Olympics,
>but this is the worst sumo I've ever seen.

I guess you're right about this. I take it just as a sumo demonstration, and
as such it's fun, not to mention that it's better than seing the rikishi
playing golf, for example :-)

Also thanks to Abe-san for making it clear about the -nage kimarite.

Vasile Antoce