<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Ok. so no one wants to think about it? <div><br></div><div>Here are both my and Moti's take. </div><div><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">It's telling because he's taking a lot longer in finishing his bouts, giving them more thought. He's a yokozuna now and really has no need to hurry things. He is strong enough and he knows it. Note that he doesn't do any of the gloating after a long bout, as if he performed a miracle. He said himself, in his yusho Q & A, that he wants to perform as a yokozuna should - and I am paraphrasing. He certainly is doing so and giving delight to the audience. Also, his knees are ticking time bombs. His bouts taking double the time they used to, seem to be indicative of his wanting not to re-injure them. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Regards,</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Barbara</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></font><div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 28, 2021, at 10:52 PM, R. Brown <brownro214@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">Emmett, I don’t know what it means either.</div><div dir="auto"> so it’s not obvious to everyone. Barb seems to know and I was hoping she would share.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Bob</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 9:09 PM Emmett Wayne <<a href="mailto:eswayne2009@yahoo.com">eswayne2009@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr">Alright, I am tired of this. I don't have a clue what this means. Does it mean he is taking his time more to protect his knees? Does it mean that he knows he can beat most everybody alive, and just is waiting them out to crush them? Does it mean he is losing it because he is getting older and has bad knees? Does it mean his Oyakata is paying him by the second, and he makes more money this way?</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Iinstead of just trading barbs about how obvious this is, how about explaining what you think it means, and share it with the rest of us.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">And Barb, this is not just directed at you. Please accept my apologies for using your reply to vent my feelings.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Torideyama</div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, September 28, 2021, 12:24:27 PM CDT, Barbara Ann <<a href="mailto:barbara.a.klein@gmail.com" target="_blank">barbara.a.klein@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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<div><div id="m_4224541034012080454ydp63ee1ab1yiv8914848127"><div>Speaks for itself. <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><div id="m_4224541034012080454ydp63ee1ab1yiv8914848127yqtfd93263"><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 27, 2021, at 9:17 AM, R. Brown <<a href="mailto:brownro214@gmail.com" target="_blank">brownro214@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></blockquote></div></div><div id="m_4224541034012080454ydp63ee1ab1yiv8914848127yqtfd68749"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>Okay Barb, what does tell you?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Kodaiyama </div><div><br clear="none"><div><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 8:35 AM Barbara Ann <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:barbara.a.klein@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">barbara.a.klein@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>Some interesting, and perhaps telling stats on the Shin-Yokozuna's bout lengths.<div><br clear="none"></div><div>Barbara<br clear="none"><div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Moti Dichne <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:niramiai@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">niramiai@gmail.com</a>><br clear="none"><b>Date:</b> September 27, 2021 at 4:44:02 AM EDT<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> Sumo Newsletter2 <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com</a>><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> <b>[Sumo news] - Terunofuji average length of bouts - last 8 bashos</b><br clear="none"><b>Reply-To:</b> <a shape="rect" href="mailto:niramiai@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">niramiai@gmail.com</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><p>Nikkan Sports calculated the average length of Terunofuji's bouts. Very telling.</p><p><font face="Courier New">July 2020 - 14.4 seconds, 13-2 yusho at M17</font></p><p><font face="Courier New">Aki 2020 - 6.7 seconds, 8-5-2 at M1</font></p><p><font face="Courier New">November 2020 - 9.5 seconds, 13-2 jun-yusho at Komusubi</font></p><p><font face="Courier New">Hatsu 2012 11.9 seconds, 11-4 jun-yusho at Sekiwake</font></p><p><font face="Courier New">Haru 2021 - 9.3 seconds, 12-3 yusho at Sekiwake</font></p><p><font face="Courier New">Natsu 2021 - 8.7 seconds, 12-3 yusho at Ozeki</font></p><p><font face="Courier New">July 2021 - 13.2 seconds, 14-1 jun-yusho at Ozeki</font></p><p><font face="Courier New"><b>Aki 2021 - 27.7 seconds, 13-2 yusho at Yokozuna</b></font></p>
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