RE: [SUMO] Quiz - June 1

["Joshua A. Reyer" <jreyer@grn.mmtr.or.jp>]

> Q1: How many shiko do a rikishi perform for each match usually? If he
> does right and lest, that will be counted as two.

Let's see.  Come up on the dohyo, bow and do shiko to their corners.  1, 2.
Come back to the center, and do shiko to their opponent. 1, 2.  It's almost
like square dancing!  So, they do four.

> Q2: Is there any specific order between right first and left first?

Right leg up first, then left.

> Q3: When and where does he do them?

First the corner, then the shikiri-sen.

> Q4: Which direction does he face when he perform shiko?

Towards mukou-joumen. (South, I believe)

> Q5: How many shiko do a yokozuna perform during Yokozuna Dohyo-iri?

Three.  1 right, 1 right, 1 left.

> Q6: When and where does he do them, and by what order (left or right)?

Does one to the right, goes into the seri-agari, does another to the right,
and then one to the left.

> Q7: How about the shiko by Sanyaku Soroibumi? How many and by what
> order?

Hmmm...  I didn't see the last basho, so this is kinda fuzzy.  I *think*
they do three; right, left, right.  But I'm not sure.

Josh Reyer