Dude, watch some high level matches, they collide like freight trains, punch each other in the face five times and someone inevitably ends up making a 300 pound mass of muscle and fat their bitch.
A sumo wrestler is like a defensive lineman in gridiron football, combined with a judo competitor. Sumotori can shove their opponent down or out, they can hit with an open hand, they can do BJJ-style “no gi” throws, or grab the belt for leverage and/or do judo-style trips and throws. Yeah they’re fat but beneath that they are like half muscle. Most matches are over in under 30 seconds, many under 10.
National sport? We beg to differ.
!sumo@lemmy.world
Damn, professional KFC eater’s? You really are stealing America’s culture.
Fuckin sigma. Sumo has so much AURA
But, to be sure, it has great physical impact too
Isn’t it more like WWE than Greco Roman Wrestling though?
Dude, watch some high level matches, they collide like freight trains, punch each other in the face five times and someone inevitably ends up making a 300 pound mass of muscle and fat their bitch.
https://youtu.be/yOfMtyGShPA
It’s all real if thats what you’re asking
A sumo wrestler is like a defensive lineman in gridiron football, combined with a judo competitor. Sumotori can shove their opponent down or out, they can hit with an open hand, they can do BJJ-style “no gi” throws, or grab the belt for leverage and/or do judo-style trips and throws. Yeah they’re fat but beneath that they are like half muscle. Most matches are over in under 30 seconds, many under 10.
For more info see this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA8wS_t5Lv8
For English-commented matches see: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/sumo/