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Definitions of sumo in various dictionaries:
noun - a Japanese form of wrestling
A Japanese form of wrestling in which a fighter loses if forced from the ring or if any part of his body except the soles of his feet touches the ground.
noun - a Japanese form of wrestling
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| Ring sport |
| Ceremonial sport |
| Japanese wrestling |
| Shoving match? |
| Japanese sport |
| Squatter? |
| Wrestling style |
| Kind of wrestling |
| Clash of heavyweights |
| Japanese form of wrestling |
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| If you have an oversized appetite, try chankonabe, the stew made specifically for the athletes in this sport |
| At 6'8" & 740 lbs. Emanuel Yarbrough was one of the heaviest men in the amateur division of this sport |
| The ISF (it's big in Japan) |
| Takanohana & his brother Wakanohana have sparked a new craze for this Japanese sport |
| This form of big-guy wrestling takes its name from the Japanese for "mutual strike" |
| Geographic Matches |
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| Sumo, Oio, GUINEA-BISSAU |
| Sumo, Sandaun, PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
| Sumo, Nagasaki, JAPAN |
| Sumo, Azuay, ECUADOR |
| Sumo description |
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Sumo (, sum) or sumo wrestling is a competitive full-contact wrestling sport where a rikishi (wrestler) attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring (dohy) or into touching the ground with anything other than the soles of his feet. The characters literally mean "striking one another". * The sport originated in Japan, the only country where it is practiced professionally. It is generally considered a gendai bud (a modern Japanese martial art), but this definition is misleading, as the sport has a history spanning many centuries. * Many ancient traditions have been preserved in sumo, and even today the sport includes many ritual elements, such as the use of salt purification, from Shinto. Life as a wrestler is highly regimented, with rules regulated by the Japan Sumo Association. Most sumo wrestlers are required to live in communal sumo training stables, known in Japanese as heya, where all aspects of their daily livesfrom meals to their manner of dressare dictated by strict t |