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Aki Basho 2026 - Day 3 (lemmy.zip)
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[–] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I dont understand what Aonishiki did over on the right hand side. Kotoshoho had him up against the tawara, Ao does something with his right leg, but doesn't step where his leg went, then is able to step with his left despite what looked like a lot of pressure from Koto, and then they're back in the middle. Was the leg move more about balance than position? Maybe it was to make the opponent just as confused as me?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Ao does something with his right leg, but doesn’t step where his leg went

    Far as I can tell (really wish the sumo association would get on board with having multiple angles of the match--they've got like 2 but it should really be 4 or 5) he transfers his weight as much to his right side as possible to meet Koto's incoming thrust on his left shoulder so that doesn't shove him out. His right leg forward movement is part of that weight transfer, and then he pivots as fast as possible off his right foot once it lands to gain better ring real estate and goes to finish the match from there.

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