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Sumo (Japanese: 相撲, Hepburn: sumō, Japanese pronunciation:, lit. ' striking one another ') [1] is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a rikishi (wrestler) attempts to force his opponent out of a circular ring or into touching the ground with any body part other than the soles of his feet (usually by throwing, shoving or pushing him down).
Amateur sumo wrestlers wear a cotton mawashi of any color without the looping accorded to the senior professional's training garb. Additionally, they may wear a tag on the front of their mawashi that identifies them individually or the nation they are competing for, depending on the competition.
A dohyō (土俵, Japanese pronunciation:) is the space in which a sumo wrestling bout occurs. A typical dohyō is a circle made of partially buried rice-straw bales 4.55 meters in diameter. In official professional tournaments , it is mounted on a square platform of clay 66 cm high and 6.7m wide on each side.
In modern sumo, this situation is resolved with a break and subsequent restart or rematch. [1] Though common in early sumo, hikiwake are very rare in the modern age and there has not been one since 1974. [7] Recorded with a white triangle. Hinoshita Kaisan (日下開山) A nickname used to describe the first yokozuna, Akashi Shiganosuke.
The first national championship for amateur women's sumo was held in 1997. The rules are identical to men's amateur sumo, with the exception that the wrestlers wear leotards under a mawashi, and the matches last a maximum of three minutes instead of five minutes like the ones in men's amateur sumo. [9]
Netflix will give a May launch to “Sanctuary,” an eight-episode sports drama series set in the specialized world of Japanese sumo wrestling. Produced by the Slowtide company for the streamer ...
Nearly all of the sumo stables founded by the Edo-based sumo association were founded between 1751 and 1781. [1] During this same period, Edo established itself as a major sumo sports center, and it was common wrestlers from other major metropolises (such as Kyoto and Osaka) to emigrate and train with the heya of the Edo-based sumo association ...
In Japan, letting a sumo wrestler make your baby cry is considered good luck