The opponents enter the ring and perform a series of rituals. They bow to each other and the referee. When both wrestlers have gotten into the starting stance, they will try to push the other out of the ring or make them touch the ground with something other than their feet.
The bout is called a match in sumo wrestling. It would occur during a tournament or basho.
The activity itself is referred to as Sumo, but it the competition itself can be refereed to as a sumo bout. The important tournaments are called Basho.
Nobody knows for sure- some say as early as the 8th century. Sumo as a somewhat organized sport with rankings started around the end of the 18th century.
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you would be naked as simple as that
your out of the tournament
In Japanese, there is no visible indication, it is determined by the context. He was a sumo wrestler. There were ten sumo in that stable.
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the bout goes to whoever gets the next touch whit no time limit
What English-speakers think of when they say "sumo" (i.e. heavyset men wrestling) is also called "sumo" in Japanese. Basically, sumo is sumo!
Sumo is a Japanese sport. There are Chinese sumo wrestlers.
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