 He was known for occasionally jumping straight up into the air at the "tachi-ai", or initial charge, a highly unorthodox move which some commentators put down to youthful bravado.He was also criticised for relying too much on side-steps and slap-downs.Although his most common winning technique was "yorikiri" (force-out), the slap-down, or "hatakikomi", was second and he had a much higher percentage of wins with this technique than most of his contemporaries.