7/25/2009

Yaguranage (n) inner thigh throw

Suomen Kuvalehti 2009/07/25/
Grand champion Asashoryu, black belt, jerks up champion Harumafuji before applying a rare sumo technique, from right to left in this consequence, to throw him out during a bout at Nagoya, central Japan, on Friday July 24, 2009…more…

The rest of the story is that this fancy move was performed for the first time in 34 years in competition by the “bad boy” foreigner, Asashoryu, who’s Mongolian who enjoys thumbing his nose of the sumo establishment. Most likely Asashoryu used the rare sumo move to show up the Japanese sumo traditionalists that have always derided foreign sumo wrestlers for lacking any finesse or deep understanding of the sport.