For the next 24 hours, I’ll be training with two of the world’s heaviest sumo wrestlers- Yama and Rami - alongside Igor Voitenko. With just five hours of training, we’ll step into the ring ...

When former professional sumo wrestler Ryuichi Yamamoto recently arrived to teach his first class at a Jefferson County jiu jitsu and martial arts studio, one of his prospective students could not ...

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Naturally, that’s the unranked newcomer, Akio (Scott Keiji Takeda): an 18-year-old from a troubled background who, though small by sumo standards, has dreamed of becoming a wrestler since childhood.

Sumo wrestlers in traditional attire practicing in a gym, Tokyo Japan. Ancient sport, Japanese tradition. Sumo, wrestling and training with Japanese people in ring for fight, tournament and ...

Argentina and Japan may be separated by thousands of kilometres of land and ocean, but Hiyori Kon is helping bring the two countries closer through the traditional Japanese sport of sumo.

Cuddling with our dogs is supposed to be relaxing and fun, right? We come home from a hard day of being alive and we're so excited to cuddle our pups. We missed them! We love them! Apparently, ...

An intense stare-down between wrestlers. It’s believed salt wards off evil spirits. Sumo wrestling is steeped in tradition and ritual, and watching a match can be a unique cultural experience in Japan ...

Its members train at a sumo practice ground of the Kizukuri Junior High School, from which Asahifuji graduated. Over the years, Aomori Prefecture has produced many great wrestlers, including ...

But rarer, nonexistent even, is a theatrical work about sumo wrestling. Now, Lisa Sanaye Dring’s “Sumo” is transporting Off Broadway audiences at the Public Theater to an intimate sumo ...

Yet there is someone beneath even him. Naturally, that's the unranked newcomer, Akio (Scott Keiji Takeda): an 18-year-old from a troubled background who, though small by sumo standards, has dreamed of ...