sumo wrestling
Heavyweight ring sport
Sumo wrestling is a Japanese form of wrestling in which two competitors attempt to force each other out of a circular ring or make any body part other than the feet touch the ground.
Matches are typically brief—often seconds—and take place between massive, nearly naked athletes following elaborate ritual traditions.
The sport holds deep cultural and religious significance in Japan.
- grand championTop prize winner
- yokozunaSupreme sumo rank
- sacred ritualCeremonial act with religious significance
- ShintoJapanese animistic tradition
- salt throwingApotropaic mineral dispersal
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- Japanese culturesamurai, kabuki, origami, tea ceremony, geisha
- Asian gamesgo, judo, karate, kendo, mahjong
- grapplingsubmission hold, chokehold, arm bar, triangle choke, ankle lock
- folk sportshighland games, Highland games, hurling, shinty, Gaelic football
- Asian Sportsmartial arts, judo, kung fu, taekwondo, karate
- Japanese wrestlingyokozuna, honbasho, makuuchi, heya, stables
sumo wrestlingjudo
Japanese throwing discipline
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sumo wrestlingGreco-Roman wrestling
Upper-body-only combat sport
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