<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: Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM<br>Subject: [Sumo news] - Kotozakura trains (and ships?)<br>To: Sumo Newsletter2 <<a href="mailto:sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com">sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com</a>><br></div><br><br><span style="color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Kotozakura..what shall we do with the boy.. He finally resumed full-scale training ahead of Aki. During asageiko at the summer jungyo held in Sendai today, he selected local Miyagi Prefecture Maegashira Tokihayate for a session - seven consecutive bouts and finishing with a record of 6 wins and 1 loss. His applied pressure from the tachiai was still strong, and his sumo was noticeably done on the safe side.. In his first bout, which he lost, he tried to tire his opponent out while remaining at the edge of the dohyo, but his opponent did not give up and Kotozakura fell. "Since I had the opportunity, I thought I'd take on a local rikishi (Tokihayate)" he said, hyping up the crowd while continuing to work on his own preparations. </span><div><span style="color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">This tour, which will cover a wide area of Hokkaido and Honshu, will primarily be done by bus. He also pays close attention to his physical condition outside the dohyo, including tackling accumulated fatigue and poor blood circulation caused by maintaining the same position for long periods of time. "I'm being careful not to strain my lower back while traveling. I'm trying to find a balance between that and training." Kotozakura also took great care to avoid sudden, stressful training while his body was still recovering from the fatigue of travel, which could cause problems for his body. He resumed full-scale training on the second consecutive day in Sendai. Since the start of this year, Kotozakura only managed five wins in the first tournament of the year, when he was aiming for the title of Yokozuna, but has since recorded 8 wins and 7 losses in three tournaments in a row. He has taken the first step towards rejoining the championship race. </span></div>
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