Asanoyama trained at home today, facing Juryo Oushouma who came for degeiko, and the lower rankers of his heya. 29 bouts in all. 13-8 against Oushouma. He even had 10 straight bouts without resting whilst breathing heavily. "I am moving properly. No weakness at all. I think that 'feeling' is slowly returning and I'd like to build on that," he said. Osaka has been good to him in the past - first Juryo basho, Ozeki promotion decided. "That's in the past. I don't want to think about my past. I want to find the new me. Even if I remember the good stuff, the bad stuff always follows.. I want to properly do sumo for 15 days and make the fans happy. In January my body was moving well and I was able to do good sumo. Hopefully, I cam continue with that next basho," he summed.
We don't know yet if he will be back in Makuuchi next basho, but he does. Reading between the lines I have a feeling he knows he will be, although I still stubbornly don't think he will..