I remember Tamawashi actually explained his success against teru during a post-bout interview in one of the recent basho. He said that Teru has a moment of vulnerability after pulling back from an opponent - he always dips his head for a split second before going in for an attack. I started looking for that in Teru’s matches and, sure enough, he does it every time, and it’s always when Tamawashi strikes the critical blow. I think Tamawashi’s success against Teru boils down to experience (watching teru in the ring + on film many times) and the reflexes to exploit that moment of vulnerability.
Exactly this. Tamawashi, and Daieisho, are both nodowa specialists and tend to do a very good job of standing Teru up and forcing weight onto the bad knee. I had Abi on that list mistakenly, I'm thinking of someone else but the name is escaping me now.
Agree here, and I would add that Tamawashi has a cindar-block for a head, and Tyranofuji wisely doesn't want it in his face and that avoidance helps stand him up. Also, when he's feeling his oats, Tamawashi's upper body strength is incredible, enough even to stand out in makuuchi (and that's saying something). Hakuho said of Tamawashi that if you let him get his right hand going, he's just too strong to beat (or something close to that). But my favorite thing about Tamawashi is that he's having fun out there on the dohyo, and an uber experienced rikishi who is *that* strong and is still having fun, well, he's gonna win a lotta bouts...
@@chonqmonk Yeah Washi is both super strong AND immune to injury, either through freak genetics or just the way he fights. The avoiding injuries and consecutive appearances is the truely mindboggling fact about him I love.
I love Tamawashi and the fact that he's a pusher-thruster Mongolian is really interesting. He was never into sport in Mongolia so he doesn't have that bokh background like the others. And he only started doing sport/sumo when he came to Japan at 18 years old, so it's no wonder it took him so long to get up the ranks - he had to learn all the basics others had been doing since childhood. Maybe that's helped him avoid injuries at the start that really niggle now. But to me, it makes him all the more remarkable. And he cooks and loves making heart-shaped things. He's adorable!
Sumostew, once Hakuho had said that Tamawashi's right arm thrust had to be stopped at any cost. It was fatal he had said. Tama's right is Teru's left, the side yokıozuna favors to grip the belt. He is not giving initiative to yokozuna with this fierce right arm throat hold. He has the stamina, heft and experience to do that to him more than anyone else in the banzuke.
I've seen Terunofuji win against other pusher thrusters but none of them seem as busy and constant as Tamawashi. If you watch him, he's always keeping Teru's hands away from his belt and arms--all while moving forward and pushing. Teru can't seem to keep up with all of that at once and maybe even his knees might play a factor into it too. He probably has mobility issues or maybe it hurts to move backwards with his banged up knees.
most pushers arent as big as Tamawashi which gives Teru trouble, as Tamawashi stands him straight up with the nodowa and then presses him backwards with his height being nearly the same so he can get under and raise him up while maintaining his own stance. Once Teru is stood straight his knees just cant bear the combined weight.
Terunofuji is just intimidated by the fact that Tamawashi is a far better baker than him! He can make one mean cupcake! In all seriousness though, it's amazing just how good Tamawashi is despite his age and how he has never missed a day of sumo - I hope he never does. It'll be a sad day when he retires indeed. Thanks for the analytical video essay! Great job as always!
When my wife and I began watching Grand Sumo 4 years ago, 34 seemed the median year when a rikishi's skill began to wane and they retired. To see a 37 year old win a tournament is refreshing to say the least.
Tamawashi is my favorite rikishi. His January 2019 basho was the first I followed from beginning to end. The way he won it was storybook. Pretty much got me into sumo.
Terrific work! I hadn't considered the possibility that a Mongolian pusher-thruster would know how to counter other Mongolians' Bokh-influenced belt fighting.
I loved seeing footage of Tamawashi on tour over on Chris’ channel. He’s the oldest one out there, but the first one to crack a joke or rib another rikishi.
Sumostew you make such a good product, i love every video youve been making. If you see this would you please conside watching and or reading the manga/ anime, hinomaru Zumo, or hinomaru sumo? It's a great story of sumo from high school to professional. Nobody talks about it expect a few and I am hoping there is someone out there that can get the story out there.
Teru without a belt grip is a massive advantage for any wrestler. Avoid the devastating elbow clamps (Teru's go-to when he misses the belt) and you're golden. Even belt wrestlers won't engage directly off the tachiai and instead employ a mid range tactics. Tamawashi knows about this and now so do the other wrestlers. Most noticeable within the last couple tournaments, see his last bout with Takayasu for example. Also note how many wrestlers complete a solid tachiai vs Teru within the last two tourneys, much fewer than before... except for Ichinojo because he uses a similar slump-on-the-belt style lol either way, great video and congrats to Tamawashi!
❤your videos!!! - great writing, research!!, and production = very enjoyable channel !! I’m really interested in weight, BMI, nutrition, watching the trend of success with those variables over time per each wrestler - i.e. Enho looks like he may have trouble keeping weight up thus his inconsistent record lately ?? Hoshoryu gaining weight and performing better? also noticing Hakuho appears to have lost ALOT of weight after retiring - I’m just surprised at how FAST he lost it - I suppose all that muscle starts to burn fat quickly after calorie reduction - wondering if current weight trends may be an interesting topic for a future video?? (Love your charts!!)
thank you so much! I actually go over weight/bmi trends on another video where there are charts that track the success and sumo wrestler's weight and height correlation! The video is "What's so special about Hokuseiho" but really, I used Hokuseiho to explain plenty of things like what I just mentioned and also why Mongolian wrestlers are performing really well in sumo. Here is the link to the video -> ruclips.net/video/39mN2AkdlQM/видео.html
Posting before watching to give my take: Terunofuji has a style that depends on controlling a wrestlers upper body. You often see him grab arms before even attempting a belt grip. This takes advantage of his natural size and upper body strength and is hard to fight with standard defensive tactics. Trying to keep Teru off your belt is futile. He will simply clamp the arm with an overhook and throw you anyway. Tamawashi has a perfect set of attributes to counter this. First, he matches the Yokozuna for size and strength, a rarity. Second, he fights with an arms-length push style, avoiding getting in grapples. Grapplers have to match Teru skill for skill and pushers have to match him for strength and stability, Tamawashi avoids the first and is game for the second. Moreover, the pushes Tamawashi deliverer tend to straighten the knees of the knees which are Terunofujis weakness.
I bet Tamawashi puts me to shame in baking. And he most definitely is in much better shape then I am, and he's 10 years older then me😅. He's *so* inspiring! And so cool!! Like a true Chad. Thanks for doing a vid on him Ter👍👏!!
A big part of the why Tamawashi is able to regularly beat Terinofuji is, that he’s tall, big, and powerful. Undersized, underpowered rikishi struggle massively against Terunofuji. Hoshoryu is thousand times the technician Terunofuji is, but it means little as he gets clamped by kime and ushered out of dohyo by Terunofuji. Tamawashi is too big and powerful to be tossed around like Hoshoryu, or Kiribayama. His size and strength gives him some sort of parity, and a platform to deploy his own sumo. It was the same with Ichinojo in July. The moment Ichinojo actually moved well, snd wrestled proactively, all of a sudden Terunofuji looked like a mere mortal. Terunofuji has developed some skill through the years, and has even improved his notoriously poor belt defense, but he still crutches massively on his gargantuan size and strength. Once this advantage is taken out of the equation to a sufficient degree, he becomes quite vulnerable.
Tamawash is probably the most impressive man in the top division. If you watch his training he performs a lot of conditioning work during keiko. It is this that allows him to continue to foght at such a high level without injury at his age.
Mr 6 seconds! Oldest but has shortest average bout time. Whats amazing is all his kinboshi were using his style of sumo, and not by henka or tricks. Straight nadowa to whatever follow up is needed
Sumostew, I hate to say it, cause I love the videos normally, but you didn't answer the question. It felt like a lot of great build up analysis yet not conclusion? Either way, looking forward to the next video regardless.
Although lots of comments make it seem like it's an easy question to answer, with all the stats I came across, the answer is actually more complicated. It's not just about Tamawashi's wrestling style (pushing or his nodowa) as Terunofuji is clearly still effective against others with the same wrestling style (like Abi's nodowa or Takakeisho etc etc.). There's the big factor of Terunofuji picking up new weaknesses as Yokozuna (see 4:15 to 4:50). And as said earlier, Tamawashi's oshidashi technique isn't what he used constantly to beat Terunofuji, but actually a mix of different kimarite. Therefore, the video essay came to the conclusion that Tamawashi is so good against Terunofuji because of a mixture of experience, having a solid background of Mongolian style wrestling and his special preference to "Japanese-style" sumo which he has aptly applied to counter Terunofuji's strong sumo (6:24 to 7:10). Thank you so much for still being kind even though you were slightly disappointed with the video. I will take note of this and make sure I make conclusions clearer next time!
I think it has more to do with the fact that he didn't start doing sumo until he was already in his late teens or any sports up to that point, so his body hasn't gone through as much as rikishi who start at a young age
He himself said it's his tendency to keep bouts short :) (Really though, I think it's more to do with good genes, Takakeisho also does really short bouts and has already had several injuries even though he's much younger.)
From what I've seen from Teru, he has great endurance, but not the greatest balance (his knees obviously don't help). Pusher-Thrusters can utilize a lack of balance in an opponent rather well, I think.
Experience is not the same thing as skill. Some young wrestlers have much better skill, despite having little experience, than many of the older wrestlers who have a lot more experience. The thing that makes Tamawashi win is skill, not experience.
Anyone who keeps Terunofuji off the belt and can make the yokozuno chase them can beat him. Terunofuji's bad knees have proved to be a weakness with his mobility during the last basho.
The channel went from informative content about sumo presented in a different way to 10-minute videos about a subject that takes two minutes to explain. A bit like those 2 pages papers we had to do in class and we had to mumble about the subject just to fulfill the requirements. Hokuseiho, Shodai, and "things I wish I knew..." are perfect examples.
This channel is best for newbies and additional info for long time fans. Most of the minutes are spent giving lots of background for people who dont know what's going on. The Shodai video was a great one, the amount of time spent on stats to give actual evidence to support what everyone is commenting about shodai's performance you just dont see on other sumo channels. They just give opinions stated as facts. Maybe this channel isnt just for you as it requires an open mind and not high brow dotards like yourself.
@@trose9213 Nonetheless, the channel is entertaining and fun to watch in general, newbie or not, but you can see when something is made with commitment or just to fill in the views.
every bout of 2022 tamawashi had against the Yokozuna is one less Yusho Teru will be able to compete in before retirement...i give the guy through the end of the year...maybe one more full year. but his story is no less inspirational despite his short stint at the top.
Makes you wonder how Teru would fare against the former Hawaian legends - Akebono, Musashimaru and Konishiki. All three would possess significant size advantage over him and all three were mainly pushers. Do you think he'd struggle against that company (assuming all of them would be in their prime forms)?
I am not sure if this is a topic or even investigated...but do Sumo wrestlers take any Performance Enhancement Drugs? Because for all other sports that seems to be an issue and it extends or revitalizes athletes careers. Not making the claim that Tamawashi has done any but a point of interest to explore.
Terenofuji is weak against pusher-thrusters HIS SIZE and bigger. You can see this by the way he bullies Takakeisho despite Takakeisho having enough thrusting power to decapitate someone
mostly disagree. In Mongolian wrestling there is no circle on the ground - so there is no oshidashi. Tamawashi wrestles like a Japanese man. As far as why he is beating Teru recently? This is about body mechanics - where Tamawashi lands, what force, what angle, etc. Very slight difference matter a lot. We have a lot of pusher-thrusters to compare and they are all different. Obviously the target area also matters - Tamawashi gets Teru to go up. Well, all pusher-thrusters know this and try for it, but it is easier or harder depending on the angle.
In my headcanon, Teru is giving out gold stars to older wrestlers to hook them up with better retirement funds
I remember Tamawashi actually explained his success against teru during a post-bout interview in one of the recent basho. He said that Teru has a moment of vulnerability after pulling back from an opponent - he always dips his head for a split second before going in for an attack. I started looking for that in Teru’s matches and, sure enough, he does it every time, and it’s always when Tamawashi strikes the critical blow. I think Tamawashi’s success against Teru boils down to experience (watching teru in the ring + on film many times) and the reflexes to exploit that moment of vulnerability.
tamawashi seems like the humble master quietly yet soundly defeating the true student
Teru generally seems weaker against pusher-thrusters and he clearly doesn't like the nodowa - which Tamawashi is tall enough to give him full on.
Exactly this. Tamawashi, and Daieisho, are both nodowa specialists and tend to do a very good job of standing Teru up and forcing weight onto the bad knee.
I had Abi on that list mistakenly, I'm thinking of someone else but the name is escaping me now.
Agree here, and I would add that Tamawashi has a cindar-block for a head, and Tyranofuji wisely doesn't want it in his face and that avoidance helps stand him up. Also, when he's feeling his oats, Tamawashi's upper body strength is incredible, enough even to stand out in makuuchi (and that's saying something). Hakuho said of Tamawashi that if you let him get his right hand going, he's just too strong to beat (or something close to that). But my favorite thing about Tamawashi is that he's having fun out there on the dohyo, and an uber experienced rikishi who is *that* strong and is still having fun, well, he's gonna win a lotta bouts...
@@chonqmonk Yeah Washi is both super strong AND immune to injury, either through freak genetics or just the way he fights.
The avoiding injuries and consecutive appearances is the truely mindboggling fact about him I love.
I love Tamawashi and the fact that he's a pusher-thruster Mongolian is really interesting. He was never into sport in Mongolia so he doesn't have that bokh background like the others. And he only started doing sport/sumo when he came to Japan at 18 years old, so it's no wonder it took him so long to get up the ranks - he had to learn all the basics others had been doing since childhood. Maybe that's helped him avoid injuries at the start that really niggle now. But to me, it makes him all the more remarkable. And he cooks and loves making heart-shaped things. He's adorable!
Sumostew, once Hakuho had said that Tamawashi's right arm thrust had to be stopped at any cost. It was fatal he had said. Tama's right is Teru's left, the side yokıozuna favors to grip the belt. He is not giving initiative to yokozuna with this fierce right arm throat hold. He has the stamina, heft and experience to do that to him more than anyone else in the banzuke.
I've seen Terunofuji win against other pusher thrusters but none of them seem as busy and constant as Tamawashi. If you watch him, he's always keeping Teru's hands away from his belt and arms--all while moving forward and pushing. Teru can't seem to keep up with all of that at once and maybe even his knees might play a factor into it too. He probably has mobility issues or maybe it hurts to move backwards with his banged up knees.
most pushers arent as big as Tamawashi which gives Teru trouble, as Tamawashi stands him straight up with the nodowa and then presses him backwards with his height being nearly the same so he can get under and raise him up while maintaining his own stance. Once Teru is stood straight his knees just cant bear the combined weight.
Terunofuji's knees can't brace and hold against the power Tamawashi brings against him.
Terunofuji is just intimidated by the fact that Tamawashi is a far better baker than him! He can make one mean cupcake! In all seriousness though, it's amazing just how good Tamawashi is despite his age and how he has never missed a day of sumo - I hope he never does. It'll be a sad day when he retires indeed. Thanks for the analytical video essay! Great job as always!
I think he'll be at it until he's 40!!
@@Sumostew 44 at least, and I won't be surprised if he wins a cup after 40. He's still getting better...
Tamawashi has immunity to Teru's secret rocket-booster knee braces.
Great vid! He is a legend in my mind and an inspiration to us older people 🙂
He is also an inspiration to me! Passion really goes a long way!
Tamawashi's Nodowa is so potent
When my wife and I began watching Grand Sumo 4 years ago, 34 seemed the median year when a rikishi's skill began to wane and they retired. To see a 37 year old win a tournament is refreshing to say the least.
I WISH I was 37/38 again. He's younger than my children!
Love Jason’s reactions 😂
Beautifully made!
Really insightful thesis on his success versus Teru!
Your work is getting better and better. You’re always so articulate and thoughtful, and the production just amplifies that. Thanks!
I enjoy Tamawashi and Takakeisho's rounds,thank you for the video
im so happy i found your channel, youve really helped me find a niche little community and your videos are so informative and well edited!!
Tamawashi is my favorite rikishi. His January 2019 basho was the first I followed from beginning to end. The way he won it was storybook. Pretty much got me into sumo.
Incredible video and well done.
Thank you so much for giving us such a thoughtful and insightful analysis.
Thank you!
This channel is criminally undersubscribed for the quality of the content
Awesome video! Love the talk about different sumo styles.
Wonderful video; great insight and analysis. Your videos are getting better and better!
Cheers to hear Jason’s reaction to that first kimboshi clip. Just a good guy. @jasonsumo
0_o Sumostew noticed me…
Always glad to watch your videos
Really nice take on topic. I'm new to Sumo and I enjoy it a lot. I hope to see more from you here.
Great content as always!
Excellent video as always! Keep up the fantastic work!
Thank you Ter, you're on fire lately 🍜🍡🍥 I get happy when I get notification of a new post from you. you just keep getting better an better
Thank you so much! Ive been really trying!
The reason Tamawashi has been my favourite is his love for crafts and baking XD
Very very instructive Ter, thank you so much
Excellent piece! Thanks!
Terrific work! I hadn't considered the possibility that a Mongolian pusher-thruster would know how to counter other Mongolians' Bokh-influenced belt fighting.
Hi Ter! Thanks for another video!
You're welcome! Thank you for watching!
this kind of video is so cool
I love all your videos of sumo. Keep up the excellent work
These videos are great for learning new wrestlers to watch. ^-^
Fascinating. Thanks for the video!
I loved seeing footage of Tamawashi on tour over on Chris’ channel. He’s the oldest one out there, but the first one to crack a joke or rib another rikishi.
Sumostew you make such a good product, i love every video youve been making. If you see this would you please conside watching and or reading the manga/ anime, hinomaru Zumo, or hinomaru sumo? It's a great story of sumo from high school to professional. Nobody talks about it expect a few and I am hoping there is someone out there that can get the story out there.
I will give it a try!
Tamawashi Sumostew, instant click 🔥
I think it honestly comes down to style. Our Yoko is a belt mover. Tamawashi is a pusher/thruster.
Good work as usual
Excellent upload.
He's like a good wine getting better with age. :)
Thanks Ter, another great video
-S 🇨🇦
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video, but I like all of your videos.
You are doing great!
😃
Teru without a belt grip is a massive advantage for any wrestler. Avoid the devastating elbow clamps (Teru's go-to when he misses the belt) and you're golden. Even belt wrestlers won't engage directly off the tachiai and instead employ a mid range tactics. Tamawashi knows about this and now so do the other wrestlers. Most noticeable within the last couple tournaments, see his last bout with Takayasu for example. Also note how many wrestlers complete a solid tachiai vs Teru within the last two tourneys, much fewer than before... except for Ichinojo because he uses a similar slump-on-the-belt style lol either way, great video and congrats to Tamawashi!
❤your videos!!! - great writing, research!!, and production = very enjoyable channel !!
I’m really interested in weight, BMI, nutrition, watching the trend of success with those variables over time per each wrestler - i.e. Enho looks like he may have trouble keeping weight up thus his inconsistent record lately ?? Hoshoryu gaining weight and performing better? also noticing Hakuho appears to have lost ALOT of weight after retiring - I’m just surprised at how FAST he lost it - I suppose all that muscle starts to burn fat quickly after calorie reduction - wondering if current weight trends may be an interesting topic for a future video?? (Love your charts!!)
thank you so much! I actually go over weight/bmi trends on another video where there are charts that track the success and sumo wrestler's weight and height correlation! The video is "What's so special about Hokuseiho" but really, I used Hokuseiho to explain plenty of things like what I just mentioned and also why Mongolian wrestlers are performing really well in sumo. Here is the link to the video -> ruclips.net/video/39mN2AkdlQM/видео.html
@@Sumostew thank-you, I will check out the video!! 👍😃
Healthy Terunofuji destroys Tamawashi. Let's just hope our yokozuna is able to repair his body and gets back to dominating in the ring.
I hope so too!
A great , detailed video
Thank you
Great video
Hello Sumostew. Can you make a content about Kazuki Ura's 2013 World combat sports sumo. I find it very interesting. Thank you
lol @ Jason freakin out in your clips
Posting before watching to give my take:
Terunofuji has a style that depends on controlling a wrestlers upper body. You often see him grab arms before even attempting a belt grip. This takes advantage of his natural size and upper body strength and is hard to fight with standard defensive tactics. Trying to keep Teru off your belt is futile. He will simply clamp the arm with an overhook and throw you anyway.
Tamawashi has a perfect set of attributes to counter this. First, he matches the Yokozuna for size and strength, a rarity. Second, he fights with an arms-length push style, avoiding getting in grapples. Grapplers have to match Teru skill for skill and pushers have to match him for strength and stability, Tamawashi avoids the first and is game for the second. Moreover, the pushes Tamawashi deliverer tend to straighten the knees of the knees which are Terunofujis weakness.
I bet Tamawashi puts me to shame in baking. And he most definitely is in much better shape then I am, and he's 10 years older then me😅. He's *so* inspiring! And so cool!! Like a true Chad. Thanks for doing a vid on him Ter👍👏!!
I will say it again: Tamawashi is a G. That's all.
A big part of the why Tamawashi is able to regularly beat Terinofuji is, that he’s tall, big, and powerful.
Undersized, underpowered rikishi struggle massively against Terunofuji. Hoshoryu is thousand times the technician Terunofuji is, but it means little as he gets clamped by kime and ushered out of dohyo by Terunofuji.
Tamawashi is too big and powerful to be tossed around like Hoshoryu, or Kiribayama. His size and strength gives him some sort of parity, and a platform to deploy his own sumo.
It was the same with Ichinojo in July. The moment Ichinojo actually moved well, snd wrestled proactively, all of a sudden Terunofuji looked like a mere mortal.
Terunofuji has developed some skill through the years, and has even improved his notoriously poor belt defense, but he still crutches massively on his gargantuan size and strength. Once this advantage is taken out of the equation to a sufficient degree, he becomes quite vulnerable.
Tamawash is probably the most impressive man in the top division. If you watch his training he performs a lot of conditioning work during keiko. It is this that allows him to continue to foght at such a high level without injury at his age.
Mr 6 seconds! Oldest but has shortest average bout time.
Whats amazing is all his kinboshi were using his style of sumo, and not by henka or tricks. Straight nadowa to whatever follow up is needed
Sumostew, I hate to say it, cause I love the videos normally, but you didn't answer the question.
It felt like a lot of great build up analysis yet not conclusion?
Either way, looking forward to the next video regardless.
Although lots of comments make it seem like it's an easy question to answer, with all the stats I came across, the answer is actually more complicated. It's not just about Tamawashi's wrestling style (pushing or his nodowa) as Terunofuji is clearly still effective against others with the same wrestling style (like Abi's nodowa or Takakeisho etc etc.). There's the big factor of Terunofuji picking up new weaknesses as Yokozuna (see 4:15 to 4:50). And as said earlier, Tamawashi's oshidashi technique isn't what he used constantly to beat Terunofuji, but actually a mix of different kimarite. Therefore, the video essay came to the conclusion that Tamawashi is so good against Terunofuji because of a mixture of experience, having a solid background of Mongolian style wrestling and his special preference to "Japanese-style" sumo which he has aptly applied to counter Terunofuji's strong sumo (6:24 to 7:10). Thank you so much for still being kind even though you were slightly disappointed with the video. I will take note of this and make sure I make conclusions clearer next time!
What is Tamawashi now like 50 years old? What an ageless wonder!
What is it about Tamawashi's style that has kept him from injury all this time?
I think it has more to do with the fact that he didn't start doing sumo until he was already in his late teens or any sports up to that point, so his body hasn't gone through as much as rikishi who start at a young age
He himself said it's his tendency to keep bouts short :) (Really though, I think it's more to do with good genes, Takakeisho also does really short bouts and has already had several injuries even though he's much younger.)
It's a mix of Terunofuji being practically perpetually injured, and Tamawashi being powerful and effective at his own style.
i like your videos
Im so glad!
Ever heard the old adage "Why don't you pick on someone your own size"? Enter Tamawashi...
From what I've seen from Teru, he has great endurance, but not the greatest balance (his knees obviously don't help). Pusher-Thrusters can utilize a lack of balance in an opponent rather well, I think.
As a Terunofuji disliker I have to say this is hands down my favorite sumostew to date
I figure it's because Tamawashi, like Abi and Daiesho, is a super agressive pusher.
Wooo!
Actually is Oshiwashi...
Tamawashi typically wins by Oshiwashi. I said it correctly 😀
Your videos are top knot(ch)...
Sorry😆
Keep up the fantastic work!
niceeeeeee! love the pun
That tall grip to the neck just weakens Teru, he needs to find a way to deflect like Hakuho used to do
do you only uploaded on sumo match? i wish you upload a video on the history of closeness between sumos and babies in Japan.🤣
Experience is not the same thing as skill. Some young wrestlers have much better skill, despite having little experience, than many of the older wrestlers who have a lot more experience. The thing that makes Tamawashi win is skill, not experience.
Tamawashi isn't the oldest ever to win a basho, he's the oldest to win in the 6 tournament a year era.
Anyone who keeps Terunofuji off the belt and can make the yokozuno chase them can beat him. Terunofuji's bad knees have proved to be a weakness with his mobility during the last basho.
Grats on the sponsor
The channel went from informative content about sumo presented in a different way to 10-minute videos about a subject that takes two minutes to explain. A bit like those 2 pages papers we had to do in class and we had to mumble about the subject just to fulfill the requirements. Hokuseiho, Shodai, and "things I wish I knew..." are perfect examples.
This channel is best for newbies and additional info for long time fans. Most of the minutes are spent giving lots of background for people who dont know what's going on. The Shodai video was a great one, the amount of time spent on stats to give actual evidence to support what everyone is commenting about shodai's performance you just dont see on other sumo channels. They just give opinions stated as facts. Maybe this channel isnt just for you as it requires an open mind and not high brow dotards like yourself.
@@trose9213 Nonetheless, the channel is entertaining and fun to watch in general, newbie or not, but you can see when something is made with commitment or just to fill in the views.
Its because Tommy O’Washy has that irish blood in him
every bout of 2022 tamawashi had against the Yokozuna is one less Yusho Teru will be able to compete in before retirement...i give the guy through the end of the year...maybe one more full year. but his story is no less inspirational despite his short stint at the top.
Styles make fights
Makes you wonder how Teru would fare against the former Hawaian legends - Akebono, Musashimaru and Konishiki. All three would possess significant size advantage over him and all three were mainly pushers. Do you think he'd struggle against that company (assuming all of them would be in their prime forms)?
I am not sure if this is a topic or even investigated...but do Sumo wrestlers take any Performance Enhancement Drugs? Because for all other sports that seems to be an issue and it extends or revitalizes athletes careers. Not making the claim that Tamawashi has done any but a point of interest to explore.
Terenofuji is weak against pusher-thrusters HIS SIZE and bigger. You can see this by the way he bullies Takakeisho despite Takakeisho having enough thrusting power to decapitate someone
If Ichinojo started doing oshi-sumo, he could very well send Teru into an early retirement
I thought Mitakeumi was Pinoy?
照ノ富士は、ベストコンディションの突き押し相撲スタイルの力士に以外に弱い。玉鷲が長年健康をキープ出来ているのは謎だけど。
Pretty long in the tooth but he will still end your streak using superior technique...
Mongorians...
First!
mostly disagree. In Mongolian wrestling there is no circle on the ground - so there is no oshidashi. Tamawashi wrestles like a Japanese man. As far as why he is beating Teru recently? This is about body mechanics - where Tamawashi lands, what force, what angle, etc. Very slight difference matter a lot. We have a lot of pusher-thrusters to compare and they are all different. Obviously the target area also matters - Tamawashi gets Teru to go up. Well, all pusher-thrusters know this and try for it, but it is easier or harder depending on the angle.
? That's exactly what i took away from this video.... What are you talking about lolol
One fewer* 00:30 but good video. i like it