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	About Sumo / Chiyonofuji / Chiyotaikai / Terao by Thomas Staedeli
		The dohyo is 18 feet square and 2 feet high and is constructed of a special kind of clay.
		Over the dohyo suspended from the ceiling by cables is a roof resembling a Shinto shrine with four giant tassels hanging from each corner to signify the seasons of the year.
		The rikishi climb into the dohyo and go through a short ritual ancient in sumo tradition after which they depart to be followed by the other team entering from the opposite aisle to repeat the ritual.
	www.cyranos.ch /sumo-e.htm (2497 words)

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		Shikiri-sen The white lines in the center of the dohyo from which the rikishi begin a bout.
		Tawara The narrow bales of straw that mark the perimeter of the dohyo.
		Originally, they were to allow the gyoji to enter the ring back when the tawara were full-sized bales of straw; now they give a few extra centimeters of fighting space to hard-pressed rikishi.
	www.sumotalk.com /terms.htm (1246 words)

	Robothon - Mini Sumo
		The dohyo interior is defined as the dohyo area surrounded by and including the border line.
		A dohyo is a cylinder with a height of 2.5 cm (1 in.) and a diameter of 77 cm (30-5/16 in.), consisting of aluminum base and fl, steel sheet metal on top.
		The outer edge of the dohyo, the border line, is indicated as a white circular ring with a width of 2.5 cm (1 in.) and an outside diameter of 77 cm (30-5/16 in.).
	www.robothon.org /Robothon2004/minisumo.html (1643 words)

	In the Hall of the Mountain Kings: March 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		After this group of wrestlers left the dohyo, Asashoryu entered, accompanied by two attendant wrestlersâ”one of whom held a sheathed swordâ”and a gyoji with a tassel hanging from his paddle.
		This was the largest number of banners yet to appear and the crowd cheered wildly as the yobidashi walked around the dohyo and the announcer shilled for the rice porridge.
		The shinpan to the east and west of the dohyo were each flanked by two wrestlers, the next pair to compete.
	mountainkings.blogspot.com /2005_03_01_mountainkings_archive.html (4443 words)

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		These motions are the same as one does when entering the grounds of a temple: raising the arms shows you have no concealed weapons, clapping hands signifies spirits and bodies are purified, and hitching up the apron frightens away evil spirits, as well as signifying a wrestler's intention to win the match.
		The dohyo is a raised platform of tampered earth and forms a 20 foot square.
		Embedded in the earth of the dohyo are bundles of rice and straw--forming a circle about 15 feet in diameter.
	www.just-de.0catch.com /JapanJournal/Junenews.html (793 words)

	Sumo FAQ - Torikumi
		For the first half of the day, young, thin men often with their hair loose climb upon the dohyo in an almost empty and dark arena and clash.
		The bright lights for television start coming on at about three in the afternoon, and the seats fill during the Juryo bouts until the climax of the misubi-no-ichiban (final match of the day) which features one of the higher ranked sekitori.
		In the center of the dohyo are buried six things: torreya nuts, washed rice, chestnuts, kelp, squid and salt.
	www.scgroup.com /sumo/faq/faq5.html (668 words)

	Grand Sumo Watching (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Looking at this photo, you may feel it's very far from the dohyo, but my first impression was "we can have a quite good look from here".
		The roof on the dohyo : Represents a Sinto shrine.
		He stamped on the dohyo : A yokozuna lifts first one leg to the side high in the air, then the other, bringing each down with a resounding stamp on the ground.
	www.konno.info /pvt/sumo/sumo02e.html (676 words)

	Virtual Sumo Manual (v1.05)
		Dohyo Sense attribute--the better sense a rikishi has about where he always is in the dohyo, the harder it is to push him out.
		Dohyo Sense: The better sense a rikishi has about where he is on the dohyo, the harder it is to push him out.
		As nokosu is lost the rikishi moves closer to the edge of the dohyo; move over the tawara (straw bale edge) and you lose.
	tanises.com /virtualsumo/downloads/manual105.html (4941 words)

	Mini-Sumo Rules
		A Dohyo is an aluminum cylinder with a height of 2.5 cm and a diameter of 77cm (including the border line).
		During the games, it is up to the referee to decide whether the Dohyo can continue to be used or whether it should be changed when a scratch or tear less than 5 cm in length appears on the Dohyo surface.
		The exterior area of a Dohyo extends at least 100 cm from the border line.
	www.eyewyre.com /eyeons/sumobot/rules.php (1695 words)

	Though these principles are now apparent in Japanese society –as they are still ingrained in Japanese culture- I fear ...
		The Dohyo, the wrestling ring, is the focal point of Shintoism in sumo.
		The Dohyo consists of a raised platform on which the rikishi battle and is made of compressed clay with a thin layer of salt spread over the top surface.
		Sumo commences with a ring ceremony, the Dohyo Matsuri, during which the rikishi is purified.
	static.eastasiacenter.net /keishajohnson/fall2003/sumo.htm (793 words)

	Makunouchi Dohyo-Iri
		A top gyoji leads the procession to the dohyo and takes his place in the middle of the dohyo.
		The rikishi line up beside the dohyo with the lowest ranked rikishi at the front of the line.
		The dohyo is square; the match takes place in the circle in the middle.
	www.magma.ca /~sumo/s101miri.htm (281 words)

	In the Hall of the Mountain Kings: February 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The dohyo was at its center, set into a raised trapezoid of packed earth barely larger than the ring itself.
		Until the 20th century, sumo matches were held outdoors, often in dohyo under canopies to protect wrestlers from rain and snow.
		Before then, the canopy over the dohyo was modeled after roofs of traditional farmhouses in the Japanese countryside.
	mountainkings.blogspot.com /2005_02_01_mountainkings_archive.html (2797 words)

	Yankees in the Dohyo: American Ascendancy in Sumo Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Sumo tournaments were once again performed for the pleasure of the gods, and the rituals which still mark every bout of every tournament became institutions.
		Konishiki's sumo was also lacking in grace; the rikishi himself described his technique as "strictly offensive." As the largest sumo wrestler in the recorded history of the sport, Konishiki won when he was able to square up an opponent and drive him straight down or back.
		Konishiki's successful opponents were able to avoid such direct confrontation -- not an easy task given the confines of the dohyo and the importance of a strong tachi-ai, but well in reach of the more talented wrestlers.
	www.frictionmagazine.com /sport/articles/sumo_print.html (1652 words)

	Rules
		The dohyo is a cylinder with diameter of about 1200 mm.
		The outer edge of the dohyo, the border line, is indicated as a white circular ring with a width of about 50 mm.
		The exterior area of a dohyo extends about 300 mm from the border line.
	www.sm.luth.se /gradschool/Course/Legobot/2_2_1_Sumo_Rules_031016.html (1734 words)

	Northest Robot Sumo Tournament - Rules (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A dohyo is a cylinder with a height of 5 cm (2 in.) and a diameter of 154 cm (60-5/8 in.), consisting of aluminum base and fl, steel sheet metal on top.
		The outside edge of each line is 20 cm (7-7/8 in.) apart, and they are centered on the dohyo.
		The outer edge of the dohyo, the border line, is indicated as a white circular ring with a width of 5 cm (2 in.) and an outside diameter of 154 cm (60-5/8 in.).
	www.nwrst.com /rules.html (1593 words)

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		The ring (dohyo) in which the shobu takes place is 15' wide and is covered by a roof.
		In ancient times, this roof was held aloft by pillars which surrounded the dohyo, but in modern Japan, the roof is suspended from the ceiling.
		Before entering the dohyo, the sumotori must wash his mouth out with water and throw salt into the dohyo.
	truesilver.11net.com /download/157WHE~1.TXT (3090 words)

	A complete glossary of Sumo terminology
		Five judges sit around the dohyo to help officiate the bouts.
		The name is derived from suna, or sand, and kaburi, to wear on one's head.
		A spectator sitting in the first few rows around the dohyo may be hit with flying sand from the bouts in the ring.
	www.sumotalk.com /glossary.htm (1320 words)

	Sumo
		Last trip I posted this next scene, from a different angle, but that day was rainy and overcast -- here's the tower outside the Kokugikan again, with the colorful banners in all their glory.
		The rules are simple: to win a sumo bout, the rikishi must push his opponent out of the ring (or dohyo or cause any part of his body to touch the dohyo.
		Sitting around the dohyo are five judges, in formal fl kimono.
	www.wunderland.com /WTS/Rash/words/04japan/sumo.htm (890 words)

	Yokozuna Dohyo-iri
		The Yokozuna then walks to the middle of the dohyo and faces the stadium front (where the emperor has his special box in Tokyo).
		Upon returning to the side of the dohyo and his attendants, the Yokozuna spreads his arms and performs his final claps.
		The dohyo is now ready for the day's top level action.
	www.magma.ca /~sumo/s101yiri.htm (291 words)

	Re: Dohyo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Seelye: I think the original reason of the elevated dohyo is for audiences to see sumo matches easily, just like the same reason for the elevated stages for boxing matches, wrestling matches, theatrical plays or music performances in the open flat space.
		The elevated dohyo make them a lot easier for rikishi to role to avoid injuries than hit the flat surface of dohyo.
		I have seen several rikishi injure >themselves in falling off the dohyo, ie Wakanohana, Mitoi, Tomonohana, and >it would seem that if the dohyo was level with the floor, that we would >have fewer injuries and more exciting sumo.
	www.banzuke.com /94-4/msg00085.html (274 words)

	BLIP Sumo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		eneral: Defeat the opposing Rikishi (sumo wrestler) by knocking them off the dohyo (fighting space) or by being furthest advanced on the dohyo when the last tile is drawn.
		The Rikishi (sumo wrestlers) begin each bout at opposite ends of the dohyo and fight until one has knocked the other off the end of the dohyo, or until the 'deck' of thirty tiles is exhausted.
		N points for the player who has advanced the furthest from their starting position when the bout ends, where N is the number of planks advanced including the starting space.
	www.theblip.com /sumoinfo.html (1962 words)

	"Sumo Shimpo April 2004" on www.sumoshimpo.com
		The Round Rock Dohyo is the first permament outdoor sumo training facility constructed in continental North America since the completion of the “Dohyo of Dreams” in 1997.
		Takanohana Oyakata (former yokozuna Takanohana) was observed at the dohyo edge dressed in formal wear and serving as one of the shimpan.
		The middleweight division was the strongest one at the “Dohyo of Dreams” that day despite reigning California division champ Franklin ‘Buddy’ Buddemeyer being on the sidelines due to a practice injury.
	www.sumoshimpo.com /2004/apr_04.html (3377 words)

	Sumo FAQ - Kimarite - Masumi Abe
		Pushing by means of grabbing opponent's Mawashi (also mitsu: belt) on the front side near the stomach (mae-mitsu) also counts as an oshi.
		Koshikudake is called when a rikishi loses balance for some reason, and falls to the dohyo.
		Pressed at the edge of the dohyo rim, lean back, support opponent's weight on the stomach, then twist to either side to let him go first.
	www.scgroup.com /sumo/faq/faq7.html (2682 words)

	Comments on 18419 \| MetaFilter
		General: Defeat the opposing Rikishi (sumo wrestler) by knocking them off the dohyo (fighting space) or by being furthest advanced on the dohyo when the last tile is drawn.
		Players alternate playing a single tile to move, or multiple tiles to attack until a Rikishi is knocked off the dohyo or the draw pile is exhausted.
		The defender must repond by playing two '4's or be thrown down the dohyo.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/18419 (748 words)

	Sumo Madness quiz
		In the top divisions, salt is thrown into the dohyo to purify it prior to the match.
		To qualify for Yokozuna, a wrestler not only has to prove himself on the dohyo, but must also be worthy of the promotion based on his demeanor and conduct off the dohyo.
		Two Yokozuna, Wajima and Futahaguro, did not live up to the standards off the dohyo, and left sumo in disgrace and became professional wrestlers.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz/quiz17321213d5e28.html (433 words)

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