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Just Winging It posted:Also, Baruto didn't even look as if he was trying today. Probably because he hasn't fully healed just yet but still, being shoved out like this is just pathetic. Maybe he wasn't. If he doesn't want to risk further injury in a match he is likely to lose, just go out easy and try hard against more favorable odds?
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Super blatant by Aran yesterday, but his throw today on a gigantic human being was awesome. Re: Baruto, hate the game, not the player.
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Day 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RCxOiBJF90 Comments to follow. E: What the hell happened in that Okinoumi-Aoiyama match? Ikioi-Gagamaru was the poo poo. Baruto  Kisenosato by the skin of his teeth! That possible Harumafuji leg injury could be the storyline of this basho. anakha fucked around with this message at 14:16 on Jan 23, 2013 |
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Ikioi - Gagamaru was a great match very spirited Baruto was taking no prisoners there, hopefully he can win out! Harumafuji won well but I really hope he's not injured, that would really be lame he had gotten into form from the after the first 3 days and looks great. Hopefully it's nothing serious,
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Another strong performance there by Tochinoshin. Pushing Gigamaru out is no small feat by itself, doing it like Ikioi did is especially nice. Baruto, goddamn, keeping the hope alive. Or rather, resuscitate it  .Harumafuji gave another powerful performance today, hopefully the injury isn't that bad. It would be a major downer if an injury were to end up deciding this tournament.
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Harumafuji seems plagued by injuries. I remember after his first yusho leading up to his yokozuna promotion, he said in an interview that his prior performances were due to a long string of repeated injuries, but now that he was better he was going to try and do his best. He's definitely proven that he's amazing when uninjured, so I hope he was just being cautious and not actually suffering from anything serious.
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Some great action today! What did I say about Kotooshu - dude is always involved in the most hellacious crash landings. Harumafuji took him out WWF style. I was surprised that he was the one limping after that as opposed to Kotooshu. If Harumafuji is hurt to any degree, all of a sudden Kisenosato is a valid dark horse for the yusho. He has the best chance out of anyone in the tournament to beat Hakuho other than Harumafuji at 100%, and if Harumafuji starts losing a couple of the last 4, we could have 3 at 12-3 to finish the basho. Really rooting for Kise - it'd be awesome for the sport to finally have another Japanese yokozuna and he is about the only one who has any potential unless Myogiryu goes on a tear. Giku just doesn't have yokozuna stuff. E: He had a pretty ridiculous uwatenage against Shohozan earlier iirc, that might as well have been a tsuridashi. Just threw him out of the ring. Fryhtaning fucked around with this message at 20:20 on Jan 23, 2013 |
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Speculating on possible future Japanese yokozuna is a bit premature I think, it's only been 7 years since the last Japanese yusho. Otherwise, I pretty much agree with your assessment. Speaking of yokozuna, former yokozuna and record 32-times tournament winner Taiho died a couple of days ago. Day 12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biUatuDCwDI. Myogiryu v Tochinoshin, highlight of the day in terms of entertainment value. Hakuho dropping the ball against Kotooshu might just be what decides the tournament, especially now that Harumafuji beat Kotoshogiku without much effort. Just Winging It fucked around with this message at 15:36 on Jan 24, 2013 |
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Two matches in a row Kisenosato just barely manages to pull it out. Looking forward to tomorrow's matchup with Harumafuji.
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anakha posted:Two matches in a row Kisenosato just barely manages to pull it out. Looking forward to tomorrow's matchup with Harumafuji. Harumafuji looks fairly unbeatable at this point, looks like his knee is in good nick
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:Harumafuji looks fairly unbeatable at this point, looks like his knee is in good nick Like I said with Baruto, leg injuries especially knee injuries are tricky. One wrong step and it could be full blown terrible. That said, I'm glad Harumafuji did well and I hope it was nothing more than a little sore. Baruto closing in on a return to Ozeki, I'm rooting for him! I'm surprised at Hakuho there! That could pretty much wrap it up barring catastrophe for Harumafuji.
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Funkysauce posted:azan Lower limb injuries seem like they would be a massive problem - all the high risk signs in place - big dudes with an incentive to 'play on' instead of taking the time to recover. What are the most common career ending injuries?
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Great matches today, but I don't think Harumafuji is uninjured. Look at the way he squats before the tachiai. He's way more careful than normal. Obviously, he has a huge incentive to keep on through his injury for just a couple more matches, and I hope he can pull it off without injuring himself further.
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seorin posted:Great matches today, but I don't think Harumafuji is uninjured. Look at the way he squats before the tachiai. He's way more careful than normal. Obviously, he has a huge incentive to keep on through his injury for just a couple more matches, and I hope he can pull it off without injuring himself further. He may just be building things up a little more than usual, milking the tension a bit. You'd think Kotoshogiku's knees would have disintegrated by now with how slow he does his squat at the end, if a slow squat was indicative of a hurting knee. Looks like this basho belongs to Harumafuji, unless Kisenosato and Hakuho both take him out. Very possible.
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Harumfuji didn't really put a lot of force into the bout today, I'm not gonna judge yet. Kotooshu flew out in spectacular fashion yet again.
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Day 13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JykZym_vJmo shame i never got to see much of takamisakari in makuuchi, hope he enjoys his retirement really disappointed that baruto won't remain ozeki, but maybe now that the pressure is off a little bit he can kind of lay back and wait to get to full health and then make a solid run to get back there. another silver lining is takayasu's win, he's still pretty young and although i've never seen him as someone who could potentially reach greater heights he's been very impressive this time around. always nice to have possible future ozeki contenders... i don't know if this basho alone proves he's in that echelon but it's a start aran and goeido was fantastic. not much else to say about that one. a pleasure to watch. certainly didn't see any indication that harumafuji is still hurting today. i'm rooting for another zensho yusho at this point.
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Aran vs Goeido is definitely match of the basho so far! So nice they showed it twice! I agree with a false's take on Baruto. Now that there's no shot at Ozeki this time around he can take it slow with that leg. Harumafuji looked good today so maybe it was just a bit of a knock but he'll clinch with a win tomorrow anyway so he may take his foot of the gas just in case.
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Aran v Goeido makes up for his henka relapse earlier in the basho. While Baruto's loss may have ended his hopes for a speedy repromotion, I don't think it's that bad of a deal in the long run. Now he can focus on healing up, maybe skip the March tournament if necessary, and return to prime -condition in May. All the barely-healed/semi-injured soldiering on he did in this and the previous basho won't have done him much good anyway.Takayasu's performance is quite nice, he's quite young to boot and might be going places. At the very least, it'll give him something else to stand out besides the fact that he's the only one in Makuuchi that doesn't have an actual shikona.
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Lots of great stuff in the middle with the maegashira trying to lock in their 8, but the final matches were kinda  with Kisenosato now out of the running, Baruto ending on a whimper, and easy victories for Harumafuji and Hakuho.
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I am pretty sad for Baruto. What a lovely thing to happen after he was doing so well this time last year. Hopefully he heals up and makes another Ozeki run. He's still doing quite well for being obviously injured. Regarding Takayasu, I'm not that impressed just yet. He has done very well this tournament, but a lot of different rikishi have had an unusually good tournament every now and then. I expect him to be one of those guys that suddenly gets promoted way too high and gets slapped down in a hurry, not unlike Shohozan this tournament (though I had higher hopes for him). Goeido vs Aran was loving amazing, though.
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Day 14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8zNuEa_waY Comments to follow. I love seeing new finishing techniques - Tokitenkuu's nimaigeri was pretty awesome. Shoutenrou's balancing act  Really, really nice performance in this tournament overall by Takayasu. And Harumafuji takes it! Kakuryuu did really well fending off the first bulldoze attempt, though. anakha fucked around with this message at 13:38 on Jan 26, 2013 |
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All those kicking attempts by Tokitenku finally paid off today. Only the tenth time this kimarite was used in the last 50 years of Makuuchi, three of them now his. Aminishiki breaks Kotooshu's monopoly on death-defying crashes by defeating Toyohibiki like that. Shohozan finally gets another win in, but he's still quite a bit short of where he could have been if he'd been really on top of his game. Looking back at previous basho's he really should've done better given that he's been up against mostly the same sanyaku rikishi since July. The tournament might have been decided, tomorrow should have some interesting matches with Harumafuji trying to get a zensho yusho against and a bunch guys with a 7-7 record.
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a few really entertaining matches today, including the tournament clincher. great resilience by kakuryu, i think that effort would have beaten anyone other than harumafuji. i'm pulling hard for his third zensho yusho in 4 tournaments tomorrow, hard to say how it will go though. no matter how good harumafuji has looked you can't count hakuho out.
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Quick day 15 comment: Sumo judges are blind, dumb and fat.
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Day 15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgTuVKDDQtQ Holy gently caress, I'm exhausted after that Takanoyama match. Goddammit, Aran  Aminishiki just escapes with a win there. That Goueidou-Tochinoshin finish was 'unstoppable force meets immovable object' there for a while. Zensho yusho for Harumafuji! 
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Tochinoshin continues to impress me with that kind of sumo. Luckily for us, Goeido could counter it with more of the same. Harumafuji cinches the zensho yusho in style. It's not often that Hakuho gets bowled off the dohyo like that.
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My kachi-kochi for the tournament in terms of my personal like\dislike - Harumafuji, Tochinoshin, Tokitenkuu, Aminishiki, Ikioi Make-kochi - Shouhouzan, Kotoshogiku, Okinoumi, Yoshikaze, Myogiryu (has to do better than that or he'll just pingpong around the upper maegashira) Everyone else about the same opinion as I started with - not going to judge Baruto or Masunoyama given their conditions. Hell of a basho. Couple of kadobans avoided at the end, but also a couple of Ozeki dreams dashed. The deck seems to be getting reshuffled a bit, but doesn't appear to be any big drama or anticipation going into the next basho.
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Fryhtaning posted:My kachi-kochi for the tournament in terms of my personal like\dislike - Harumafuji, Tochinoshin, Tokitenkuu, Aminishiki, Ikioi agreed on all counts but would add chiyotairyu to the kachi-koshi list - i think he's steadily improving and i think we'll see him get a crack at the sanyaku ranks before the year is out - how he does there is anyone's guess though. speaking of the sanyaku ranks, it looks like they're already pretty much determined for next basho, with the sekiwake staying the same and aminishiki once again at komusubi. other than aminishiki, a lot of make-koshi at the top of the maegashira ranks, with ikioi at 5W the next highest maegashira with a winning record. coming up from juryo, looks like we'll be seeing jokoryu, chiyonokuni, sagatsukasa, and maybe sotairyu. i'd like to see jokoryu stick around this time.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2DP467Tm8s Araibira recently released a Takanoyama highlights video. Lots of fun matches.
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Supradog posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2DP467Tm8s I just came. What exciting matches. He loving demolished Kaisei around the halfway point, more convincingly than I've seen any Ozeki beat him, even. Also, he was totally cupping the 3rd or 4th rikishi's balls.
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Supradog posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2DP467Tm8s So how good do you guys suppose Takanoyama would be if he was average size for a rikishi? Is his lack of size holding him back, or has it allowed him to get higher up than he would have otherwise?
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dupersaurus posted:So how good do you guys suppose Takanoyama would be if he was average size for a rikishi? Is his lack of size holding him back, or has it allowed him to get higher up than he would have otherwise? Some of the guys can throw him around way too easily, so I'd say it's holding him back a little. He could add another 15kg and still be quick and agile enough to keep up his shenanigans. Gibbo fucked around with this message at 03:44 on Jan 30, 2013 |
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Gibbo posted:Some of the guys can throw him around way too easily, so I'd say it's holding him back a little. He could add another 15kg and still be quick and agile enough to keep up his shenanigans.
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Supradog posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2DP467Tm8s This is why I love this thread. I don't keep up with things as much as I should and I just watch the Kintayamaya and JasoninJapan videos, so I love to check up and see things like this! Thanks!
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