Sumo
Title: Sumo
Category: /Recreation & Sports
Details: Words: 205 | Pages: 1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Sumo
Category: /Recreation & Sports
Details: Words: 205 | Pages: 1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Competitors in sumo are called sumotori, a
term used to refer to one or several sumo
wrestlers.
The most notable feature of the sumotori is
their weight, which ranges from 287
pounds(130 kg) to more than 441 pounds (200
kg).
Great weight gives a low center of gravity,
which aids the sumotori in propelling
opponents outside the dohyo (sumo ring).
There are 28 sumobeya (stables or schools) in
Japan.
The objectives are either to move the
opponent out of
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a series of hard
slaps delivered very rapidly can force the
opponent out of the ring.
Using a grappling technique called yorikiri,
the sumotori can also seize the opponent's
belt. Holding onto the belt with both hands, the
sumotori tries to march his opponent out of
the ring
A day's contests are concluded by a short
ceremony (yumishiki) in which a low-ranking
wrestler makes a series of stylized movements
ending with a bow.
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