 He used "oshi" techniques at the beginning of a match to set up his preferred "yotsu" position, a basic sumo style.His favoured grip on his opponent's "mawashi" was "hidari-yotsu", a right hand outside, left hand inside position.His most often used winning "kimarite" was "yori-kiri" (force out), followed by "oshi-dashi" (push out).