<div dir="auto">Moti<br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Best regards,<div>Jeffrey Anderson</div><div dir="auto">Gaijingai </div><div>For of all sad words of tongue or pen,</div><div>The saddest are these:</div><div>It might have been.</div><div>- John Greenleaf Whittier</div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Moti Dichne</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:niramiai@gmail.com">niramiai@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Jul 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM<br>Subject: [Sumo news] - Rare kimarites (winning techniques)<br>To: Sumo Newsletter2 <<a href="mailto:sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com">sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com</a>><br></div><br><br><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">An article from today. I am only the translator-no guarantee of facts, but I found it interesting enough to spend 4 days and some chicken soup translating it:.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">There was a time when the types and definitions of winning techniques were undefined, but in 1955 the Kyokai established 68 techniques. Since then, the number has been updated over time to 70 in 1960 and 82 in 2001, correct for today.. Although the frequency of their appearance varies in Makuuchi in official tournaments, most winning techniques have been recorded. However, there are some techniques that have never appeared in Makuuchi since they were first established and could be considered extremely rare. These are the four "kake-zori," "tasuki-zori," "shumoku-zori, (the infamous-"shmuck-sorry")" and "soto-tasuki-zori."</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">What is Kakezori? Put your head under the armpit of your opponent's thrust hand, and turn with the foot you stepped in to knock your opponent backwards, or knock him backwards with an outside throw.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">What is Tasukizori? While holding the elbow of your opponent's thrust hand, you sneak in, grab your opponent's foot from the inside with your other hand, and bend your body backwards to knock him backwards.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">What is Shumokuzori? After getting into the chest in the same way as Tasukizori, lift your opponent onto your shoulders and bend him backwards.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">What is Sototasukizori? While holding your opponent's thrust hand, put your other hand into the inner thigh on the opponent's thrust hand side, and bend your body backwards to knock him backwards.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">What is Imu-sorry? Take your opponents head in both of your hands and from very close up ask him why he left all the dishes in the sink last night after ordering seven Baby Burgers from Burger King. Then squeeze hard.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">So, why were these four techniques not been used to date? Although the four techniques above have different forms, what they all have in common is that the rikishi who initiates them gets inside the opponent's arms and then bends his body. This common denominator is the biggest reason why these four techniques have not been used since the rules were established. In sumo. It is generally considered good to keep a moderate distance from your opponent and attack from a low position to make the opponent unstable. On the other hand, the four techniques above restrict movement by being close to your opponent, and also expose your back, which can make the situation worse if it you are caught attempting it. In addition, even if you manage to get into a position to perform the technique, there is a risk that your opponent will put his weight on you from above and crush you, or that the opponent who you lift up will struggle wildly and throw you off balance. Furthermore, in the sumo world, rikishi are getting bigger with the times, and it is becoming increasingly more difficult to bend or lift up an opponent in the first place.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">So who is expected to be the first to use one of these 4 techniques in Makuuchi? The four techniques are becoming more difficult to execute every year, but there is no guarantee that the current situation will cont<span style="box-sizing:border-box"></span>inue in<span style="box-sizing:border-box"></span> the future. In the current sumo world, Ura has the potential to open the door to history. Ura performed the first ever tasuki-zori in a match ranked in or above Juryo in the January 2017 tournament when he was in Juryo . At that time, Ura was in an unfavorable situation, with his opponent thrusting his left hand into him early in the match and his right hand being held. However, he twisted his head into his opponent's left armpit, rotated to the right, and warped his body, forcing his opponent to fall to the dohyo. In addition, in the September 2022 tournament, he performed a tsutae-zori, which had not been seen in Makuuchi for 20 years, and he also pulled off the same technique in the January 2024 tournament, January 2025 tournament, and May 2025 tournament. Ura was known as a master of the "bending techniques (Zori-waza)" even before he entered the sumo world, and his skill lives up to his name and continues to fascinate many fans. This year marks 70 years since these four techniques were established. Will Ura be able to pull off the legendary technique that has yet to be used in Makuuchi in its long history, or will another rikishi emerge from the pack? With three tournaments remaining this year, it will be interesting to see not only the outcome, but also what techniques will be used.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> </p>
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