Takakeishou

[Moti Dichne]

Ozeki  Takakeishou trained at the heya's  Fukuoka lodgings today. He had 10 bouts against Takanoshou and was 9-1. "I'm in the final stages of preparations. and I'm easing off on the pace now. I just need to not get fatigued and face day 1 in good form. I'm not looking at the number of training bouts- I'm looking at the contents..I'm concentrating on each bout at a time.," he said. Terunofuji is probably out. "I enter every basho with the purpose of getting the yusho. so nothing has changed. I've never thought that it's OK to lose because the Yokozuna is there. All I can do is to go all out." he added. Kyushu has been good to him- his first Juryo yusho and his first Makuuchi yusho were decided there. "I really shouldn't get carried away by those thoughts. It's really useless to think about that.. I like these provincial bashos- there's a sense of  a change of the atmosphere and it is very refreshing. he summed.