Japanese martial arts involve violent strikes and quick throws. Sumo looks very different, but remains the favorite sport of the Japanese people.
According to Shinto myths, the first sumo match took place between the gods of thunder and wind when they divided the lands of Japan. The lord of lightning won, and became the patron saint of the country.
The first competition among mortals took place, according to legend, in 23 BC. e. A giant arrived at the imperial court, declaring that he would fight anyone who wanted it. The ruler of Japan announced a reward for the one who defeats the giant. The mighty fighter Nomi no Sukune defeated the uninvited guest with his bare hands, receiving rich possessions and a place at the emperor’s court for this. After his death, Sukune became the patron god of sumo.
Nomi no Sukune to photo Source: wikipedia.org
The first historically recorded sumo tournament took place in 642. The rules then were very different from today. Ritual dances turned into fights without rules. Often the fights ended in the death of one of the fighters. Gradually, a set of rules for sumo developed, and it turned into something like a show at the imperial court.
Sumo is the fight of gods and emperors
The term “sumo” itself, according to the Japanese, comes from two ancient words: “sumahi” - a dance for two and “sumafu” - to measure strength. It was the two Japanese gods, Takemikazuchi and Takeminakata, who decided to compare their strength when they argued about who would get Japan. They met in a sumo match, and the descendants of the winner became the first emperors of Yamato. This is the legend recorded in the Kojiki (records of ancient deeds), dated 712. The founder of sumo is considered Nomi no Sukune, deified after he killed his opponent, the giant Tagima no Kehaya, in a duel, first breaking his ribs with a kick and then crushing his hip joint. This happened in 23 BC - this is written about in the Nihon Shoki, chronicles dated 720 AD.
The first reliable information about sumo wrestling dates back to 642 AD, when a tournament was held at the court of Emperor Kogyoku in honor of ambassadors from Korea. Wrestling was so popular that even emperors did not hesitate to engage in it. It is known about a duel in which Emperor Uda pushed his opponent so hard that he flew off the court, breaking a pillar with his back. And Emperor Horikawa in the 11th century introduced some truly remarkable rules at his court: he forced his officials to fight each other every morning.
The smallest sumo wrestler defeats the giant yokozuna (champion) Hakuho Sho
Grand Champion Hakuho had a 59 kilograms (130 lb), 34 centimeters (9.4 in) advantage over his opponent.
You don't need to be a sumo expert to know that there is a pretty strong correlation between a wrestler's success and his size. Example: Mongolia-born Hakuho Sho , who held the yokozuna (Grand Champion) title longer than any other sumo wrestler in history and also holds the lifetime record for most wins in sumo's top makuuchi division, standing 192 centimeters (6 ft 3.6 in) tall in height and tips the scales at 158 kilograms (348 lb) , making him a veritable giant in Japanese society.
On Sunday February 9, 2021, when Hakuho went up against Enho Akira in a match at the 44th Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo, not many people gave the little sumo wrestler much of a chance. Enho is the smallest makuuchi sumo wrestler ( the highest division of the six divisions of professional sumo) , standing at only 168 centimeters (5 ft 6.1 in) tall and slender, by the standards of his profession, 99 kilograms (218 lb).
Small in body, but great in deed.
The size difference is so great that the start of the match, seen in the video below, almost looks like Photoshop, or a competition between a grown man and a child, due to the fact that Hakuho can hold Enho at arm's length by pressing his palm against the diminutive wrestler's forehead. But you know, “the spool is small, but expensive ,” right?
About 15 seconds after Hakuho moved his outstretched arm to the side, Enho changed tactics. With both hands, he pulls Hakuho's wrist down, disturbing the yokozuna's balance and forcing him to take a step forward. That's all Enho needs to get inside Hakuho's defense. From there, he manages to grab hold of his opponent's mawashi (loincloth) and shin before flipping Hakuho onto the ring surface with a dramatic, 270-degree shitatenage (armpit throw) for a clean victory.
Small, short, but strong.
Enho and Hakuho are actually friends and members of the same stable, as sumo training houses are called. This was the first time Enho defeated a yokozuna from his stable in competition. "He feels good. “I’m happy,” Enho said after the match. “This is something I will never forget,” he added, echoing what many sumo fans say.
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Professional sumo - only for men
Patriarchal orders have reigned in Japan since ancient times, and sumo became their center. During the “golden age” of sumo, during the Edo period, when the country was ruled by shoguns from the Tokugawa clan (1603-1868), women were prohibited from even watching the fights of professional wrestlers.
True, the ladies loved these strong men so much that they came to watch their training and threw them their belts and capes as signs of attention. When they were allowed to watch fights during the Meiji period (1868-1910), they immediately became the most ardent fans.
However, until now, women can only practice amateur sumo; they are prohibited from entering professional sports. They don't even have the right to enter the traditional ring. There is a political incident connected with this. From 2000 to 2008, the governor of Osaka was a woman, Fusae Ota. At her post, she had to present prizes to the fighters as they entered the ring. However, she was forbidden to do this, and no matter how much she called on the Sumo Association to lift the ban, they refused.
Site requirements
The modern dohe is a large square platform with a height of 34 to 60 cm. It is made of special compacted clay and has a thin sand coating. The fighting zone is limited to a circle with a diameter of 4.55 m. Its boundaries are laid out with wickerwork made of rice straw, which are called “tavars”. There are two white lines marked in the center of the doha, which indicate the starting positions of the opponents.
Sand is evenly scattered and leveled around the circle. It is needed to record the contact of the wrestlers in the zone outside the area. To make it more convenient for the fighters to climb, strong clay steps were made on the sides of the doha.
In sumo, the platform and every object surrounding it has its own Shinto meaning. For example, a layer of sand on the surface of the dokha symbolizes purity, a canopy over the platform is a symbol of the sanctuary, and salt thrown on the dokha means purification of the soul. The canopy over the site is square, with tassels of different colors hanging at each corner: white symbolizes autumn, black – winter, green means spring, and red – summer. The magenta colored flags are represented as "cloud drift". It is correct to perceive a judge not as a classical sports referee, but as a Shinto cleric.
The training grounds are made without platforms, that is, level with the ground. Before each workout, the dokha is “cleansed” with salt.
Entry to professional sumo competitions, even as spectators, is prohibited for women.
…But it was not always so
Historical evidence suggests that in ancient times and the Middle Ages women still practiced sumo. True, not in such ordinary circumstances as men. The Nihon Shoki states that in 469, Emperor Yuryaku ordered his ladies-in-waiting to take off their clothes and fight. And during the period of Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598), one Buddhist nun, who had a powerful physique, defeated all male opponents in charity competitions.
During the Edo period, there was onna-zumo or women's sumo. True, it arose in Osaka, in areas where there were brothels. In them, prostitutes fought either with each other or with blind men. Of course, it’s difficult to call it full-fledged wrestling, but female wrestlers even took fighting names for themselves - directly related to their profession. For example, Titigahari (Swollen Breasts), Tamanokoshi (Testicle Palanquin) or Kaisato (Joy Quarter Oyster).
In the middle of the 18th century, women's sumo reached Edo, the future Tokyo. The fights were held at the Asakusa Temple until they were declared immoral and banned. But the people continued their fun unofficially and not on the territory of the temple.
During the Meizdi period, women were forbidden to fight with men, but they fought with each other, and in 1891 newspapers wrote about an entire women's theater troupe that demonstrated professional fights. However, since 1926, women's professional sumo was completely banned, and the ban has not yet been lifted, although world championships are even held in “amateur” women’s sumo (the first was held back in 1997).
Traditions of wrestlers
You can only become sumo students after graduating from high school. First, all newcomers receive amateur status and are automatically enrolled in the third division, called makushita. If a student wants to seriously engage in sumo, that is, to become a professional in the future, then he needs to start going to training before the age of 25.
Personal names and surnames are not used in this Japanese martial art. Upon admission, wrestlers must choose a special pseudonym (sikonu). They will use it in the future to compete. In addition, wrestlers and mentors in sumo also address each other by pseudonym. If desired, the student can change the sikona, since there are no strict rules or restrictions.
The formation of a wrestler's body occurs only during training due to weight gain and muscle growth. Students must strictly follow a special daily routine. Wrestlers must get up with the first rays of the sun, followed by a morning toilet and a grueling 5-hour training on an empty stomach. During it, the student needs to show utmost concentration and dedication, which is why it is very important to go to bed early in the evening in order to get enough sleep. The morning workout is followed by a hot shower and a hearty meal (without restrictions, even on alcohol). At lunchtime, a 3-hour nap is required. Before dinner there is a short training session, then rest.
The transition through the divisions to the professionals is traditionally very slow. Wrestlers must prove their worth and desire to become a professional sumo wrestler with blood and sweat. It’s no wonder that only a few out of hundreds make it to the major leagues. One of the reasons for this trend is the increased injury rate among wrestlers. Sumo is full body contact, throws and falls. Considering the mass of fighters, every injury can be fatal. Professionals experience chronic problems with the spine, joints, and fingers.
Sumo wrestlers are not as fat as they seem
Of course, from photographs of sumo wrestlers it is clear that they are overweight. And the average weight of a professional sumo wrestler is 157 kg, and the famous wrestler Konishiki reached 310 kg. The thing is that in professional sumo there are no weight classes, so fighters who want to rise to the top must gain weight.
But judging by the research cited by O. Ivanov in the book “Sumo - Living Traditions of Ancient Japan,” there is less fat in the body of a sumo wrestler 178 cm tall and weighing 138 kg than in the body of a Japanese businessman 172 cm tall and weighing 75 kg. And studies conducted in 2013 showed that the average percentage of fat among all sumatori of all leagues is 14, while in the Japanese male population it is 15-19.
Presumably, under a thick layer of fat there are powerful muscles. Even in sumo schools, trainers prefer to take boys who are not fat, but athletic or skinny ones, because they believe that initially a fat guy will be lazy, because he has already brought himself to this state.
However, professional sumo wrestlers are impressively sized people. They not only sew huge clothes and shoes for them: even the toilets in the Kokugikan sumo palace are one and a half times larger than ordinary ones.
The spirit of the samurai Sumo is the fight of giants and giants. Why is it difficult for the whole world to understand her?
Two huge Japanese men in loincloths that look like large thongs go out onto a round earthen platform, stand opposite each other in a half-squat, with their legs spread wide apart, and try to push the enemy out of the area. This is sumo, a sport that everyone knows about, and at the same time this knowledge is limited only to external attributes. Information about this traditional Japanese wrestling is blurred by rumors and fantasies, often far from reality. Lenta.ru collected the main myths about sumo and found out whether they have a connection with reality.
Historically, sumo is not a sport at all. As an applied martial art, it developed rapidly at the end of the 14th and beginning of the 15th centuries. Initially, it was understood as a means of educating the spirit and strengthening the body of samurai. Seeing sumo, a ritual performed at the court of the shogun, the military ruler of Japan, is described in the chronicles of that time in separate chapters. They contain subtle symbolism, without which sumo today cannot be imagined.
Later, sumo from the samurai training system mutated into a full-fledged cultural layer, because, developing its “elite” part, it penetrated into the people. Ritual fights during festivals dedicated to thanking the gods for the harvest began to be held around the same time, at the turn of the 14th-15th centuries. Fast forward 300 years - and by the middle of the 19th century, sumo was becoming not just applied wrestling, but part of the national culture of the Japanese of all classes. Then there were the upheavals of the 20th century, powerful economic and technological progress, but sumo remained an unshakable value for the Japanese, who were inclined to preserve traditions.
“Sumo is everything. This is culture, history, religion. This, to put it in English, is lifestyle. This teaches a lot. How to start living without problems, how to become a normal man, how to behave. That’s all,” Estonian Kaido Hevelson, one of the few foreign professional sumo wrestlers in Japan, tells Lente.ru. There he performed under the name Baruto Kaito - it is taken from the Japanese name for Baltic.
Baruto Kaito
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And now an important remark that will drive you into a stupor. All this applies exclusively to Japan - only there, strictly speaking, does professional sumo exist with all its rituals and traditions that are strange to the untrained eye. Everything else - national championships, continental and world championships - is held in a more familiar, academic-sports form and is of an amateur nature. That’s why sumo should be considered on two levels – professional and amateur.
Simply because sumo is a sport everywhere, but in Japan it is a lifestyle.
It would be more accurate to say: nowhere do they practice sumo like in Japan. At the age of 19, Baruto entered heya, a sumo school. Although let's say it correctly: according to Japanese tradition, powerful wrestlers are called rikishi, and before becoming great champions, they go through a difficult path.
So, Baruto is an Estonian, at the age of 19 he worked as a security guard, unable to pay for higher education, and at the same time he studied sumo, where he came from judo. Representatives of the Japanese federation came to one of the tournaments, they liked Kaido - and they invited him, say, for an internship. The big, strong Estonian relatively quickly settled into a completely foreign country and, in transit through the university club, ended up at the Mihogaseki school, which also became a school of life for him and his new comrades.
“I never understood why you have to get up at 4:30. We cleaned up at this time, but I knew that this could be done a little later. Only then did I realize: you just have to be perfect,” recalls Baruto.
Briefly, the daily routine of young hei students looked like this: 1) getting up at 4:30, cleaning the area and preparing the dohe - the fighting area; 2) morning training for three to four hours, with the older ones coming down a little later - they are allowed to do this; 3) by 10-11 o’clock in the morning the future rikishi would go to breakfast; the younger ones did the cooking, and the older ones sat down at the table first; 4) after breakfast, a little time for myself, then cleaning again, and by 3 p.m. the evening training began. Then follow the same pattern: cooking, dinner, and a little later sleeping in a room for 12 people.
And so on in a circle. The first time Baruto was released from hei was two and a half years later. His passport had expired and he had to return to Estonia for a while. Otherwise they wouldn't have released me.
The Japanese, to put it simply, are confused. There is not a single thing in professional sumo that does not carry some meaning. Dohe is made for each tournament by a team led by a master with ten years of experience; clay of a special type is selected for it and carefully compacted, and then sprinkled with sand - as a sign of purity. Then salt is thrown on top - this is no longer purity, but purification. Now it will be terrible: women are strictly forbidden to enter the doha, and if this happens, it is necessary to call a Shinto priest - he must perform a purification ceremony.
Photo: Itsuo Inouye/AP
Above the doha hangs a kind of roof, symbolizing a Shinto shrine. The judges speak exclusively Japanese, and they speak a lot and quickly - they encourage the wrestlers during the fight. There is a whole sumo district in the Ryogoku area of Tokyo, where a grandiose palace was built to host tournaments. “This structure is surrounded by special tassels of different colors - these are the seasons. Sumo is a very symbolic sport. Any action that takes place here has an explanation,” confirms Yuri Golubovsky, senior coach of the Russian sumo team.
Tournaments (hombasa in Japanese) are held not only in Ryogoku Palace, but throughout Japan. They begin on the first of every odd-numbered month and last approximately 15 days. So there is no way to forget about the great rikishi; in Japan they are real rock stars. Powerful, gigantic, with a traditional bun at the back of the head - wrestlers, as a rule, attract crowds of spectators. “In 2012 I became champion, I was a star,” Baruto says. A year after this, the Estonian ended his career due to constant pain in his knee, but then he worked for four years on local television - this stranger, who became a champion in Japan, was so recognizable.
Remember that there are two levels: professional and amateur sumo? Well, the great Japanese rikishi practically never go beyond the boundaries of their small but rich world. In fact, this is forbidden to them.
So, professional athletes do not participate in the World or European Championships (the latter, by the way, was held in Estonia in April, all organized by Baruto), and they are treated rather leniently. It turns out that when talking about the strongest sumo wrestlers in the world, we a priori discard Japanese rikishi. By the way, the Russians were the strongest at the continental championship.
“In Russia and in the world, sumo is viewed only as a competition, a sport. The fighting technique that exists in Japan is not represented here. There are practically no people who have been practicing sumo since childhood. They come from judo, Greco-Roman wrestling, freestyle wrestling, sambo. And this mixing of everything leads to some kind of symbiosis,” says Golubovsky.
Indeed, sumo in its pure form does not exist outside of Japan. “In the world,” the organization of competitions is extremely simplified. They are held in gyms, Doha, of course, not made of clay at all, but of rubber - but with a dome over it. “Simply because Europeans and Americans do not have all the gestures and symbols that are in classical sumo, they do not understand them,” notes Golubovsky. For many athletes, competitions at the continental or world championship level are the first in their lives: they go out, immediately lose, and that’s the end.
Photo: Russian Sumo Federation
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And sumo tournaments do not attract large-scale interest. From the outside, fights often look chaotic, sometimes ridiculous, again due to the insufficient level of training of the athletes. Usually, Golubovsky points out, they not only do not master wrestling skills, but also do not pay attention to the cultural side of sumo, do not study its traditions and do not accept the moral principles to which sumo leads. “For many, this is just a way to extend their sports life,” the coach is sure.
There is no real sumo in the world - this is a fact, but Baruto Kaito believes: the general level of athletes is growing. And along with them, the level of competition should also increase.
Shock: at the European Championships, men had a weight category of up to 70 kilograms, and women - up to 55. But this, perhaps, was something only vaguely reminiscent of sumo.
In Japan there are no weight categories or women's divisions. A wrestler weighing 140 kilograms and a wrestler weighing 200 can compete in Dokha - the former’s chances of winning in this case are catastrophically small. Baruto weighed just two centners and was a champion, won the imperial cup, and in the ranking of the best wrestlers in the country reached second place - an amazing success for a foreigner.
“If you look at a professional from Japan, then his figure... Most people have the opinion that a shapeless mass, a carcass, comes out on the doha <...> And a sumo wrestler must have a set of physical qualities: coordination, strength, stretching, explosive speed. They have huge shoulders, arms, legs, like weightlifters. There is also a belly, of course, but it is needed to gain weight. At the same time, the wrestler is in such physical condition that any professional athlete would envy,” says Golubovsky.
So people who are obese do not go to dokha. Rikishi are athletes with enormous physical strength. In addition, each of them, with their own weight, must do the splits - their stretch is enviable even for those who weigh 65 kilograms. And any MMA fighter would envy their weight-lifting skills. Baruto says: “In wrestling, my normal weight is 200 kilograms. But in life I could easily lose 40 kilograms. My weight did not cause any problems.”
But, again, all this applies more to professionals from Japan; mostly just massive people come to amateur competitions, says Golubovsky. And sumo most often is not their main activity.
In Japan, professionals who rise to the top division and stay there become rich. After winning the bout, the wrestler is given a special kense envelope containing the prize money. Top athletes also have a support group, which includes influential businessmen who provide sponsorship, although they are not officially sponsors.
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Over the years of his career, a rikishi can easily earn a comfortable retirement. Their fees, of course, do not reach the level of football players, but there is a lot of money in professional sumo. A real rikishi always sends part of what he receives to the heya - the school that raised him. By the way, the names that sumo wrestlers take for themselves often come from the name of the school. Baruto is an exception because he is the son of the Baltic Sea.
Japan has not been isolated for a long time, but sumo, traditional and professional, continues to live within itself. What enthusiasts in Europe or America are trying to reproduce most often only resembles this struggle and becomes an adapted version of it: rituals and the spiritual component are discarded, and purely sports regulations are written. The International Olympic Committee, by the way, recently recognized the International Sumo Federation, which means that in the future the Games program may include one more type of wrestling. But the Olympics, according to the charter, is a competition of amateur athletes. And professional sumo wrestlers can only be in one country.
The Japanese live on their own, compete on their own and don’t really let anyone into the world of their sumo. And they themselves do not come out of it. However, there is life without them. Many teams consistently perform at the World and European Championships with varying degrees of success. The level of wrestlers in these teams is often questionable - after all, few people practice sumo. But there are national teams of Mongolia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, in which there are many skilled athletes. However, among the participants there are usually no equals to Russians. At the World and European Championships, domestic wrestlers traditionally take most of the medals, competing primarily with the teams listed above.
Perhaps this is exactly the case when the same word means two different phenomena. It seems that sumo in the form in which it exists in Japan can only exist in Japan. Well, it’s not easy, that’s all. After all, no one in the world plays rounders, right?
Fierce hazing reigns in sumo schools
If a young man decides to follow the path of a professional sumo wrestler, he must immediately forget that he is his mother’s best, since in the coming years only hard work and humiliation await him.
At sumo school everything is strictly hierarchical. The mentor's word is law, and younger students serve the older ones. Hierarchy in everything, including the regime. During bathing procedures, the younger ones rub and wash the older ones. When Georgian wrestler Merab Tsaguriya was asked what was the most difficult thing in sumo, he replied that the most difficult thing was rubbing other people’s backs in the bathhouse. Junior wrestlers sleep in a special corner, and they are provided with only thin blankets, which is why they often catch colds.
The younger ones also cook and clean. They serve at meals and are the last to eat. During training, the older wrestler can drag the younger wrestler by the hair around the site, and the latter follows him on his haunches, feigning humility in every possible way. If he falls, the elder kicks him, forcing him to get up.
No one is complaining: they themselves chose this thorny path, wanting to become professional sumo wrestlers.
Working day
So, about the most interesting thing - the harsh training regime of professional wrestlers. Young rikishi wake up early: around five in the morning the first training begins. Older comrades catch up later (hazing is revered in sumo: newcomers even wash their clothes and wash the backs of their more experienced colleagues).
During training, wrestlers work on the ability to stand firmly on their feet, flexibility and strength. During the warm-up, in addition to the familiar push-ups and squats, athletes do the basic stretching exercise (siko) hundreds of times, raising one or the other leg to its maximum height.
The next exercise (also stretching) is called “matawari” and is performed with the participation of a partner who gently presses on the sumo wrestler’s back, and he, spreading his legs as far apart as possible (almost in a splits), leans forward and tries to touch the ground with his stomach. Hitting and pushing techniques are practiced against a high wooden pole (teppo), on which the wrestler hits with his bare palms.
After warming up, athletes spar either according to the moshai-geiko system (the winner fights with a new partner) or butsukari-geiko (the athlete stands in a standing position, and his comrades, one after another, run into him, trying to push him out of the arena).
“It’s rare that a day goes by without bumps and bruises, because sparring takes place in Spartan conditions - on clay and sand,” says the expert. At 11 o'clock the first break comes: the wrestlers take a hot bath and have a meal. “Having worked up an excellent appetite, athletes eat without restrictions,” our consultant licks his lips.
After eating, all rikishi enjoy an afternoon nap before heading out for evening training. The day ends with dinner, at which, by the way, tired athletes do not particularly limit themselves to alcohol - beer or sake.
The working day of amateur sumo wrestlers takes place in more humane conditions. Training begins not so early and takes place not in a clay arena - dohyo, but in a softer plastic arena. Amateurs even have a day off - usually Monday. “Intensive training takes place on Saturday and Sunday in order to accustom the athletes’ biorhythms to the surge in loads at the end of the week, when competitions are usually held,” explains the expert.
Sumo is a world of strange traditions
The whole life of a professional sumo wrestler is permeated with unusual traditions and rituals.
Before entering the ring, the wrestler throws salt on it to cleanse it of evil spirits. "Dohyo" - the place where professionals fight, looks like a square platform, rising 34-60 centimeters above the ground, made of clay. It is built anew before each tournament, using only ancient hand tools and technologies, as they did centuries ago.
Even more interesting are the rituals in which religion is combined with struggle. During a fertility festival in Japan, one of the fighters fights the spirit of rice. Moreover, if it gives in, the spirit of the rice will be offended, and the crop will perish, but according to tradition, the spirit must win - then the harvest will be abundant. It looks like this: a half-naked healthy man fights with the air, straining monstrously and making terrible faces, and then falls sharply, losing, to the joyful cries of the audience.
There is also a ritual before an important fight: a sumo wrestler drinks fresh turtle blood to gain more strength. The turtle's head is cut off while it is still alive, the blood is strained into a glass, ice is added, and the wrestler consumes all this internally.
Sumo
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City
: Free City • City of Benzograd and Village of Patronovka • City-State • City for the people • City-factory • City-building • City of canals • City between worlds • City under the dome • City-field • Ghost city • City slums • Lost city in the jungle • Lost city in the desert • Iconic place • Caravanserai • Flying City • Small Town • Megalopolis • Vile Hive • Mystical Forest • Noir City • Floating City • Underwater City • Underground City • Last City • Holy City • Shining City • Capital • Still Pool • Upper and Lower City • Ecumenopolis
Village
: A village with an ominous secret • A forgotten village • A farmstead A dank
dungeon
: Azkaban • Alcatraz • Casemate • Concentration camp • Personal prison • Prison planet • Prison zone
School
: Academy of Evil • School of Magic • Ordinary School • School with a Secret • School of Horror
Housing
: Tower magician • Building town • Ghost palace • Bestiary house • Tree house • Haunted house (Lake house • Cursed old house • Bad apartment) • Castle (Impregnable citadel • Dark castle • Fantasy castle) • Second-class car • Trailer instead of a house
Public catering
: Eatery "Greasy spoon" • Cosplay cafe • Dangerous tavern • Tavern "Mug of Ale"
Places of entertainment
: Bad circus • Creepy entertainment • Rusty amusement park • Steampunk entertainment • Scary amusement park • Freak show • Circus of horrors
Horrible places
: Hell Inn • Arkham • Vampire Nightclub • Ventilation • Ghost Town • Ghost Palace • Village with a Sinister Secret • Bestiary House • Haunted House • Lake House • Creepy Lighthouse • Abandoned Laboratory • Abandoned Hospital • Gas Station in the Wilderness • Sinister Playground • Sinister Luxury • Sinister Well • Sinister Island • Sinister Sanctuary • Remains Interior • Sewers • Cemetery • The Flying Dutchman • The Shop That Wasn't Here Yesterday • Small Town • Dead Space Station • Mystical South • Bad Apartment • Abode evil • Dangerous inn • Entrances and gateways • Haven “Enemy's Lair” • Cursed old house • Scary summer camp • Scary amusement park • Horrible party • Circus of horrors • School of horrors
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Sumo is wrestling. You can't punch or kick - but there is a life hack
In general, sumo is a type of wrestling, and is usually won by either pushing the opponent out of the circle, throwing him to the ground, or forcing him to touch the surface with something other than his feet. According to modern rules, it is forbidden to hit an opponent with a fist or foot.
But palm strikes are not prohibited, which some fighters take advantage of, knocking out their opponents with hard slaps. With their weight and physical strength, this is not so difficult. You can verify this by looking at this clip:
