#kimedashi

Here is the print from Saturday’s one day print challenge. I tried 3 new techniques with this print so even though the print is kinda rough I still love it. The 3 techniques I tried were printing with liquid pigments (which is way harder than I thought), doing a blend for the background, and Kimedashi, which I used to emboss a cloud with a lighting bolt, it is hard to photograph it, in the second photo you can get a better look at it. The bird in the print is a golden eagle, the Mexican national animal and the mountain shape at the bottom is the Pico de Orizaba which is located in Veracruz my home state and it is the highest mountain in Mexico. #art #arte #kunst #aguilareal #eagle #byui #byuialumni #picodeorizaba #mokuhanga #printmaking #woodcut #xilografia #xilogravura #kimedashi (at Jacob Spori Building) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqYKptRlW1M/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11y1yom063ezi

Shohozan is coming off a spectacular 12-3 tournament last November, but he was wrestling against guys down around the middle-bottom of the top division. His success rocketed him up the rankings to the Maegashira 1 slot (just below the titled ranks of Yokozuna, Ozeki, Sekiwake, and Komusubi), so this tournament he’ll face the best of the best. Today’s opponent is the giant Ozeki Terunofuji, who is six inches taller and fifty pounds heavier. Shohozan jumps head on into Terunofuji’s chest at the tachiai, getting both arms inside and staying low. Terunofuji defends at the edge of the dohyo by wrapping up Shohozan’s right arm from above and applying pressure to the shoulder. Shohozan keeps up the attack with a quick switch to the left hand outside grip and an inside leg trip attempt, but Terunofuji uses his height advantage to secure the kime grip (double-outside arm bar), and once he grabs his own wrist underneath Shohozan’s arms, it’s a relatively simple walk to the edge to deposit Shohozan on the other side of the tawara for the kimedashi (arm barring force out) victory. You can see how the kime grip totally negates Shohozan’s arm strength - watch Shohozan’s hands at the end, helpless behind Terunofuji’s back.