<div dir="auto">Moti</div><div><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 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: Sat, Jul 11, 2026 at 6:58 AM<br>Subject: [Sumo news] - Tanji from Makushita<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:Inter,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol"">Going down to Makushita 1, we find Tanji (20, Russian mother). Some folks follow him religiously. He took part in asageiko at his heya Arashio's lodgings in Nagoya today, making his final adjustments. He had five bouts, and his sharp tachiai and strength were noticeable. "I was able to adjust well. Things are going smoothly," he nodded, and regarding the tournament, he said in a quiet tone, "I just need to stay focused." Even though it is an important tournament where his promotion to Sekitori is at stake, he regarded his situation and said, "I am aware of it, but it will be different once the tournament starts. I want to focus on the opponent in front of me." His otibekust ( a word I use for tsukebito, but the other way around, as he is Wakatakakage's tsukebito, but there's no word for the opposite..), Wakatakakage, injured his left thigh during practice on the 1st and was diagnosed with femoral compartment syndrome, underwent surgery and was hospitalized, and will miss this basho. "I have to to gambarize. I want to give him good news," he said with determination.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Inter,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol""><span style="box-sizing:border-box">And there was <a href="https://www.sumoforum.net/forums/topic/45057-aki-2025-discussions-results/?do=findComment&comment=544880" rel="" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,32,44);text-decoration:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank">this..</a></span></p><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Inter,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";border:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:16px;padding:0px;text-align:center;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></span></span><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Inter,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";border:0px;font-size:16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/img/202607110000742-w1300_0.jpg" title="Enlarge image" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(23,126,201);text-decoration:underline;background-color:transparent;outline:0px" target="_blank"><img alt="稽古で押し出す丹治（撮影・山田遼太郎）" width="999" src="https://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/img/202607110000742-w1300_0.jpg" style="box-sizing:border-box;vertical-align:bottom;border-width:0px;max-width:100%;padding:0px"></a></div>

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