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September 2024 - Day 13.1 - Juryo: Takerufuji v Shishi
🕑 Added 2024-09-20 13:00:16 +0000 UTCMy Day 13 coverage kicks off with this match in the Juryo Division between sole leader J11 Takerufuji (11-1) and J2 Shishi (7-5).
Enjoy!
-Jason
Comments
SP Bizzy
It’s the power. Tachi-ai is 90% brute strength with 10% technique. You can master technique but that power is a birth right. I believe Takerufuji’s push charge is something we have never witnessed before.
Tim Crouch
I feel like the tachiai has a big paper-rock-scissors type element to it, so I think it is "he didn't expect that strategy". Shishi was going for either a front or side belt grip right out of the tachiai, but Takerufuji's mid-chest push nullified it by locking his arms out first. I have to imagine rikishi strategize and strategize over their tachiai options.
TheRealTeal
Wow his ankles really are thin. Seems to be working fine for him though!
Brady
RIP Akebono
mark ellis
Yay sumo
Dave
Huh. I got your thin ankles right here...
