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Basho and Kokonoe-beya photo bonanzas
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Mikko Mattila lets you know what is going on down below the curtain
MB's mixed bag of things to look out for in Nagoya
Our man Mikko takes us on a tour of several defensive oriented kimarite
The first of our regular column pieces on the amateur sumo scene from a man who knows more than most
For a look at his very own: PTYW (Pick The Yusho Winners)
SFM's Editor reviews the newly published biography of Akebono, Gaijin Yokozuna – but sees it as more than just a biography
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to see this same exercise done by one of the rikishi at Oshima-beya.)
Osuzuki
As for the ozeki's own training regimen, he seems to have changed his routine from previous years' keiko. Although he did some crunches from the side of the viewing platform – with Chiyonoretsu as his spotter – he participated in no actual bouts as he had always
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Chiyonoretsu
done before. Instead, a bit of teppo, a bit of stretching, the already mentioned crunches, and that was it. At every other keiko session I've seen at Kokonoe, Chiyotaikai was an active participant in all aspects
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of the training, be it butsukari-
geiko, shiko, or bouts with his immediate juniors or lower ranks.
Forty-five minutes after the ozeki's entrance, the rikishi began their keiko-ending exercise – butsukari, shiko, matawari and other stretching. Then, after the meditation and prayer, the sweep-up began.
As we left the heya, we could still hear teppo-oshi, presumably by the ozeki, but we wondered if Kokonoe-beya would soon follow the example of other heya and limit admission and viewing.
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