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	Sumo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wrestlers in the lower divisions are regarded as being in training and receive a subsistence allowance, in return for which they must perform various chores in their training stable.
		A top division wrestler who is not an Ozeki or Yokozuna and who finishes the tournament with kachikoshi is also eligible to receive one of the three sanshō prizes awarded for technique (ginōshō), fighting spirit (kantōshō), and for the defeating the most Yokozuna and Ōzeki (shukunshō).
		On entering sumo, the rikishi are expected to grow their hair long to form a topknot, or chonmage, similar to the samurai hairstyles of the Edo Period.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sumo_wrestler (3831 words)

	Sumo -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Sumo (相撲 Sumō), or sumo (The sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down) wrestling, is today a competition contact sport wherein two wrestlers or rikishi face off in a circular area.
		The sumo tradition is very ancient, and even today the sport includes many ritual elements from when sumo was used in the (The native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan) Shinto (A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny) religion.
		Wrestlers in the Makushita and Sandanme divisions can wear a form of traditional short overcoat over their yukata and are allowed to wear straw sandals, called (A sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes) zori.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/su/sumo.htm (3398 words)

	Sumo Wrestling
		Sumo appears in the earliest histories of Japan, the Nihon Shoki and the Kojiki, and in early Shinto.
		In the later feudal periods, it was occasionally used as a method of resolving political disputes by sending forth sumo wrestlers to decide the issue; rather similar to the feudalistic European practice of using champions to decide the right of an issue by might.
		The rules of sumo are majestically simple: one of the two wrestlers loses when he is forced out of the wrestling ring which measures about 15 feet in diameter or if anything other than his feet touch the playing surface.
	www.crystalinks.com /sumo.html (1024 words)

	Independent Lens . SUMO EAST AND WEST . About Sumo \| PBS
		Sumo is mental as well as physical: the goal is to break your opponent’s concentration and either make him fall or force him out of the dohyo, or ring.
		Sumo is changing rapidly, and some view this as a metaphor for Japanese society’s own rapid changes, or as a result of globalization.
		Run entirely by sumo wrestlers, the association is fighting to preserve sumo’s ancient traditions against the modern trappings of amateur sumo and its Olympic ambitions.
	www.pbs.org /independentlens/sumoeastandwest/sumo.html (945 words)

	News-Star - Life - Sumo wrestlers branded pound-foolish 10/3/97
		Sumo is hoping the coming year will be a landmark of sorts - professional sumo wrestlers will be featured in the opening ceremony of the Nagano Winter Olympics, which begin in February.
		American-born Konishiki, the heaviest wrestler in sumo history at 605 pounds, was among the injured, although he sat out only four days.
		One of the reasons Sumo wrestlers may be gaining weight is because of changes in their diet.
	www.news-star.com /stories/100397/life_sumo.html (497 words)

	0026 Professional Sumo Wrestlers
		Two wrestlers compete against each other in a circular ring and are judged by a referee and five judges who are at ringside.
		Sumo wrestlers belong to a stable or training area where they live and work under the guidance of a stable master, coaches, and higher ranked wrestlers.
		Sumo wrestlers are assigned to one of 11 ranks.
	www.loihi.state.hi.us /CARINFO/SPORTOCC/SUMO.HTM (875 words)

	Sumo Wrestling
		Sumo prints from the 18th and 19th century prove the popularity of the sport in the past.
		The marching-in of the wrestlers is a sequence of formal rituals.
		The wrestlers are accompanied by two assistants - one walking in front and one behind him - the one behind is usually hard to spot.
	www.artelino.com /articles/japanese_sumo_wrestling.asp (456 words)

	postcards: Japan and sumo wrestlers
		Sumo players are revered by the Japanese for their patience, strength and endurance.
		Before each match the two wrestlers perform elaborate rituals of tossing salt to purify the ring, squatting across from each other and going through a series of motions such as boxing the ground with their fists.
		The wrestler can use over 70 different techniques to force his opponent out of the ring but violent manoeuvres such as eye gouging, choking and kicking are prohibited.
	www.ivenus.com /travel/postcards/ER-GoGlobal-wk53.asp (788 words)

	Burke's Backyard Archives 2003 - Sumo Wrestlers
		Sumo wrestling is a national obsession in Japan, and is followed by millions of fans on national television.
		It has the same profile as rugby league or AFL in Australia, and the master Sumo wrestlers, or Yokozuna, are revered as sporting heroes.
		The loser is the first wrestler to have any part of the body other than the soles of his feet touch the ground or to leave the ring before his opponent.
	www.burkesbackyard.com.au /2003/archives/2003/overseas_specials4/sumo_wrestlers (350 words)

	Sumo Wrestling
		The first documented account of a Sumo fight was written in 712 AD in the kojiki, which is an ancient book of records (Sharnoff 1).
		Finally the wrestlers and referees face the front of the stadium and execute a series of elevated foot stamps to cleanse the dohyo.
		The wrestlers then perform elevated foot stamps and in harmony smack their palms together in order to call upon the good spirits.
	www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us /History/Japan/03/singer/singer.htm (1240 words)

	Indian Express: Lean spell ahead for sumo wrestlers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		If a wrestler is judged to be carrying more weight than his frame can handle, he will receive an official warning from the association and a recommendation to go on a diet, she said.
		Many sumo watchers say the problem is a result of lessstrenuous training sessions for the wrestlers, resulting in bouts of pushing and shoving in which the heaviest man wins, rather than wrestling based on quickness or technique.
		Sumo, a 2,000 year-old sport with roots in Japan's indigenous Shinto religion, is a one-on-one sport fought by athletes trying to wrestle each other down or out of an elevated clay ring.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19990429/isp29008p.html (494 words)

	Sumo Wrestlers
		Entering Sumo at approximately the same time, it was Takanohana who seemed to show the most promise.
		In 1989, only one year after entering sumo (he was 16) he became the youngest rikishi to ever win the Makushita championship.
		He later became one of the youngest sumo to reach the rank of yokozuna.
	mcel.pacificu.edu /as/students/sumo/sumo_site/sumo_wrestlers.html (403 words)

	ipedia.com: Sumo Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Sumo, or sumo wrestling, is today a competition contact sport wherein two wrestlers or rikishi face off in a circular area.
		Sumo (相撲), or sumo wrestling, is today a competition contact sport wherein two wrestlers or rikishi face off in a circular area.
		Sumo wrestlers are ranked in a system dating back hundreds of years.
	www.ipedia.com /sumo.html (480 words)

	CNS: May 08, 2002: Sumo wrestlers clash in New Jersey
		American sumo wrestlers have to rely on size and strength because they are not as technically skilled as their Japanese counterparts.
		While there are differences in amateur sumo in the United States and professional sumo in Japan, such as weight divisions in the amateurs (a lightweight is anyone under 187 pounds), and the use of salt to purify the ring in Japan, the rules and rituals are largely the same.
		Sumo wrestlers rub their hands and show the open palms to the competitor, to signify that they will be fighting without weapons.
	www.jrn.columbia.edu /studentwork/cns/2002-05-08/502.asp (1094 words)

	Sumo
		Sumo is a Japanese kind of wrestling and Japan's national sport.
		The basic rules of sumo are simple: The wrestler who either first touches the floor with something else than his sole or leaves the ring before his opponent, loses.
		The wrestlers are living in special sumo stables where the rules are very strict, especially for beginners.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e2080.html (253 words)

	Sumo Wrestlers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		We offer Sumo Wrestling with the safest and finest quality Sumo Outfits available anywhere due to the quality of materials and workmanship used to make them.
		Sumo wrestling is one of the most popular interactive games in the world.
		Participants are whisked into the world of sumo wrestling as soon as they step into the huge foam filled suits.
	www.djphantom.com /sumo_wrestlers.htm (138 words)

	Sumo Wrestling
		Sumo combines some of the most public forms of Shinto ritual with the stupendous sight of wrestlers weighing up to 265 kilograms (around 580 pounds) apiece slamming into each other.
		Those who are successful enter a stable of wrestlers which is owned and trained by a retired successful wrestler called an Oyakata; there are around 30 stables.
		Like any good spectator sport, sumo attracts much commentary and a lot of the commentary is based on coincidence and trivia.
	hkuhist2.hku.hk /nakasendo/sumo.htm (1204 words)

	Oriental Planet - sumo wrestlers
		It analyzes other topics as well: cheating by Sumo wrestlers and Chicago school teachers, the prevalence of certain given names among different ethnic groups, and the appeal of crack dealing as a...
		The economist, the sumo wrestlers and the drug dealers Steve Levitt's world is economics, but he has no patience for inflation charts or stock market tables.
		Sumo Wrestlers We offer Sumo Wrestling with the safest and finest quality Sumo Outfits available anywhere due to the quality of materials and workmanship used to make them.
	www.bigorientalplanet.com /sumo/sumowrestlers (950 words)

	I Love Watching Konishiki (& other Sumo Wrestlers) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Sumo Wrestlers, and have loved the sight of a huge, beautiful Sumo Wrestler ever since I first saw a picture of one when I was 8 years old.
		My other question is: I would love to correspond on a regular basis with a huge Sumo Wrestler who would be interested in corresponding with me & maybe meeting me someday.
		As I said, I prefer Sumo Wrestlers who are REALLY HUGE, but I would be interested in meeting any one that is over 300 lbs..
	park.org /Cdrom/Pavilions/IBM/Konishiki/SumoThreads/9/9_4.html (383 words)

	The Japan Times Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Sumo wrestler Baruto, aka 20-year-old Kaido Hoovelson, was encouraged to come to Japan by his judo coach, who described the life of a wrestler as "a lot of sleeping, a lot of eating, a little bit of training.
		Out of 708 wrestlers in Sumo's six divisions, 59 were born outside of Japan.
		Perhaps fearing a gradual foreign takeover of Japan's ancient sport, in 2002 the Japan Sumo Association limited the 55 stables to one foreign sumo wrestler each (a few stables already had more than one foreign wrestler when the rule was introduced).
	www.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20050301zg.htm (1154 words)

	Amazon.com: Sumo: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Both fl-and-white and color, they feature sumo wrestlers as moving sculpture, their monumental bodies slick with sweat or gritty with the dust of the ring.
		Wrestlers undergo years of strenuous training-and some pretty serious eating-in order to compete in bouts that last minutes or sometimes seconds; the sweaty clash of huge bodies is but the final act in a prolonged contest of intimidation and concentration.
		Sumo at its finest is a primal struggle-but with no forces of evil to overcome.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0811825485?v=glance (1229 words)

	Sumo Wrestlers' Stew
		Every day, while the senior wrestlers are resting after their 6-hour morning workout, the younger ones retire to the kitchen, to chop up meat or seafood and vegetables.
		Fortunately the cause of the sumo wrestlers' vast size is not the contents of the chanko but the amount that they eat-dieters have no need to worry!
		This recipe is served during sumo tournaments and features chicken because four-legged animals (down on all fours) and fish (no hands or feet) might be bad luck.
	www.globalgourmet.com /food/special/2001/japantable/stew.html (341 words)

	HISTORY OF WRESTLING. Free term papers for college, book reports and research papers. Welcome to Great Essay
		Wrestlers are not allowed to pull hair, kick, punch, grip the edge of the mat, use head locks, and bend an opponent's arm more than 90 degrees or use any hold that may endanger the physical well-being of the opponent.
		Wrestlers start on their feet, and points are accumulated by taking the opponent to the mat and exposing his back.
		If a wrestler attempts a throw and ends up being taken down by his opponent, his opponent does not score points and wrestling is restarted from the neutral position.
	www.greatessay.com /essay/008204.html (2007 words)

	Development of predictive equations for body density of sumo wrestlers using B-mode ultrasound for the determination of ...
		Development of predictive equations for body density of sumo wrestlers using B-mode ultrasound for the determination of subcutaneous fat thickness -- Saito et al.
		Development of predictive equations for body density of sumo wrestlers using B-mode ultrasound for the determination of subcutaneous fat thickness
		Injury of Japanese professional sumo wrestlers in hospital.
	bjsm.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/37/2/144 (2822 words)

	wrestlers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		While there are many different sumo wrestlers in Japan, this page will focus on a few of the most famous ones.
		Here are a few more sumo pictures of some famous Japanese Sumo wrestlers.
		In fact, there is evidence that sumo is gaining respect as a sport in the United States.
	www.bridgewater.edu /~dhuffman/soc306/I99grp4/wrestlers.htm (103 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Sumos split over shorts squabble
		A row has broken out in Japan over whether sumo wrestlers should be allowed to wear shorts when competing.
		Traditionally, sumo wrestlers compete naked, apart from a small arrangement of wrapped cloth, known as a mawashi.
		The suggested new "sumo pants", which resemble cycling shorts, were devised by the sport's amateur association as a way of overcoming the youngsters' inhibitions about competing in a state of near-nudity.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/4379851.stm (198 words)

	Diets Of Sumo Wrestlers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Sumo East and West by L Lin'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">With some of the most prominent foreign wrestlers including Akebono skirts sensational issues like harsh sumo training techniques and overabundant sumo diets.
		Just thinking about sumo wrestlers makes my stomach churn.
		Sumo wrestlers health risks are not decreased due to their athleticism!
	www.naturalhealthforlife.com /diets/dietsofsumowrestlers.html (512 words)

	EAT: How SUMO wrestlers eat to maintain their excessive weight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		I am sure that many people are aware of SUMO wrestlers, those obese wrestlers in Japan who wear
		SUMO wrestlers eat 2 times a day, lunch and dinner but not breakfast.
		meal for almost all SUMO wrestlers of the modern era.
	www.cyclingforums.com /showthread/t-46756.html (326 words)

	Frantisek Staud - photography
		Sumo wrestlers during morning practice in a Tokyo professional Sumo stable, Japan
		Sumo wrestlers fighting during morning practice in a Tokyo professional Sumo stable, Japan
		Sumo wrestler stretching during morning practice in a Tokyo professional Sumo stable, Japan
	phototravels.net /japan/index-sumo.html (1026 words)

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