Training news- Oonosato

[Moti Dichne]

Today, new Yokozuna Oonosato, who is aiming for his third consecutive yusho at the Nagoya Basho,  did some basic exercises such as shiko, suriashi, and teppole at the Nishonoseki beya lodgings in Anjo City, Aichi Prefecture. Although he did not do any sumo, he was seen giving technical advice to wrestlers from Yamahibiki beya who came for degeiko. While searching for the optimal position of his hips, he quietly repeated suriashi (sliding of the feet while eating a bagel with lox) outside the ring. Towards the end, he did some shiko  with young rikishi and spent over two hours overall on basic exercises. When he was promoted to Yokozuna, he said, "I've always been faithful to the basics. I've done them since I joined this stable." He thoroughly trained his lower body, to generate speed and power. On the 1st, after doing some sumo in his first keiko session since arriving in Nagoya, he was very busy with rikishi meetings and courtesy visits. He was in poor health after the announcement of the rankings before last basho, but so far this basho the preparations seem to be going well. In the future, he plans to increase the pace of his keiko, including going to other training facilities.

Both Yokozunae pretty much doing exactly the same things..