17 November 2005

Day 4 of the Kyuushuu Tournament : 九州場所四日目


I had originally planned to do a little write-up after each day of the tournament, but being the lazy b*stard that I am, I've decided just to do the write-ups on a more random 'when-I-feel-like-it' kind of basis. So we'll begin the tourny on day 4.

A few interesting matches today:

Tama'asuka vs. Kotonowaka (玉飛鳥ー琴ノ若): A pretty standard match, but unfortunately Tama'asuka broke his ankle and will be taking off the rest of the tournament.

Kaiou vs. Hokutouriki (魁皇ー北勝力): Kaiou showed everyone he still has what it takes to be an oozeki, and basically took Hokutouriki apart before he even knew what hit him. It's good to see him back on track, even if he is kadoban (again).

Chiyotaikai vs. Kakizoe (千代大海ー垣添): Chiyotaikai is back in (almost) peak form again too. He gave Kakizoe a taste of some pretty sweet tsuppari (or as the Japan Times invariably calls them 'his trademark arm-thrusts') before pulling him down and then tumbling halfway across the ring himself and finishing with a rather acrobatic half-somersault.

Asashouryuu vs. Dejima (朝青龍ー出島): A good match, the only surprising thing being how long Dejima was able to withstand Asa's fearsome onslaught. Most everybody that goes up against the Man from Mongolia gets schooled within the first 5 seconds of the match, but Dejima hung on for a good 20-30 secs and even resisted an arm-throw or two.

It's shaping up to be quite a good tournament, but I have to admit I miss Touki (闘牙). He's doing well in Juryou (3-1 so far) but since they don't show the Juryou matches on Sumo Digest, I haven't seem him and his magnificent side-burns recently. Also it's kind of sad that my boyfriend, Takanowaka (隆乃若) just keeps getting embarrassing beat-down after embarrassing beat-down. Gambare, Gambare, Taka! ( 頑張レ、頑張レ、タカ ! )

That's it for now! Goog Nighter!

PS Tsutaya has recently acquired the Poirot series, so I'm currently rejoicing in 4 DVDs worth of his Belgian glory...

PPS The spellchecker (obviously) doesn't have any of the sumo names in its database, so it comes up with some pretty hilarious suggestions: Chiyotaikai=Chautauqua, Hokutoriki=History, Kakizoe=Kazoo, Asashouryuu= Assessor, Dejima=Deacon...

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Blogger Granny D said...

So spell check wanted me to change 'repetoire' - not sure if that's spelled correctly - that would be why I need spell check to 'repeater' which I guess is linguistically appropriate but I already know how to spell it.

Unlike your dad's blog mine actually has 3 postings - feel free to put a link to it if you want - www.lunaticplanet.blogspot.com

17 November, 2005 08:55  

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