[sumo] Fwd: [Sumo news] - Terunofuji

[Jeffrey Anderson]

Moti
Gaijingai

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From: Moti Dichne <niramiai at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 10:38 AM
Subject: [Sumo news] - Terunofuji
To: Sumo Newsletter2 <sumo-newsletter2 at googlegroups.com>


Ajigawa Oyakata (ex-Aminishiki) tells us of Yokozuna Terunofuji's
situation:' "He has restarted doing serious keiko lately and has been
training with the heya's sekitori. The number of bouts he does daily
depends on how he feels on that day. He has even had long butsugari
sessions on some days and is going about it while listening to his body, "
he explained. Terunofuji has been having all sorts of trouble this year.
Heel injury in January, then caught the virus after that basho and was
unable to prepare properly for March. Then, his old right knee injury
flared up again causing him to leave the March basho on day 6. The usually
non-complaining Yokozuna himself asked to go kyujo, which is rare for him
and that means his body must have reached some sort of limit. "Looking at
him, it really seemed like he was in pain. He started the recovery process
slowly but Shirley, and now he seems to have overcome the injuries and has
been piling up those training sessions. Because he was not involved in the
yusho race these last two bashos, he will be facing the next basho with
strong determination. If his condition will be perfect he will most
certainly be in contention for the yusho," said Ajigawa. The power
structure on the dohyo has changed a bit in the last two bashos, with
Mitakeumi promoted to Ozeki and Wakatakakage getting his first yusho and
becoming the definite candidate to become the next Ozeki. Add Abi,
Kotonowaka and Houshouryuu to the mix, and something is cooking and boiling
and aiming to overflow.  "The new guys, the current faces in joi, have
changed. If he can face them by properly doing his own sumo, I think it
could lead to his yusho" he added. It would be interesting to see how he
doe during the first half where he will meet relatively lesser opponents
-this could be the key factor in his quest for the yusho. "I want him to
properly prepare himself and gambarize!" summed ex-Aminsihiki, who finally
gets his retirement ceremony on May 29th. He retired back in July 2019..
"Truth be told, I'm nervous and will prepare for it seriously... I want the
people who will come to enjoy themselves. i will of course respect the
formalities, but will try to paint it with my colors.." he summed,
regarding his danpatsushiki.

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