("blue mountain" surges forward)
perfect first seven
perfect first seven
bouts Nagoya basho for
big Aoiyama
disciple of Kotooshu,
blue mountain Bulgarian
never won yusho -
Kotooshu only won
one over ten years
Kotooshu also’s only
European-born elder
path of outsider
is always most difficult;
it’s worse in sumo
and yet Japanese themselves
have lost certain interest
prosperity meant
poor country boys with big dreams
occur less often
Aoiyama earned fighting
spirit award first basho
but that was six years
in rear view mirror; never
been close since that point
he’s been consistent middle
of the pack maegashira
at times, he’s flirted
with bigger success - double
digit wins three times
but a perfect first seven?
this is an aberration
another win means
kachikoshi with bouts to
spare for “blue mountain”
day seven provided as
opponent Ichinojo
this aberration
is energies synchronized
in perfect moments
synchronized energies means
unusual confidence
Aoiyama moved
only forwards this quick bout,
momentum focused
blue mountain’s blue mawashi
gave no chance to be controlled
Ichinojo could
do little but slow the force
moving him backwards
this force was more than one man -
energies control all life
Aoiyama - pale
by sumo’s traditions, “white”
in America
but the big Bulgarian’s
got his best basho ever
is this beginning
of an even bigger run?
only time will say
can Aoiyama challenge
elder Kotooshu’s legend?
legends are made one
basho at a time; bashos
one bout at a time
a perfect week still leaves wide
gaps in a man’s destiny
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