Sumo’s the national sport but baseball is the popular one. People even get excited for the high school national baseball tournament. I don’t think people care about watching any sports in the US below the college level.
A sumo wrestler is like a defensive lineman in gridiron football, combined with a judo competitor. Sumotori can shove their opponent down or out, they can hit with an open hand, they can do BJJ-style “no gi” throws, or grab the belt for leverage and/or do judo-style trips and throws. Yeah they’re fat but beneath that they are like half muscle. Most matches are over in under 30 seconds, many under 10.
Dude, watch some high level matches, they collide like freight trains, punch each other in the face five times and someone inevitably ends up making a 300 pound mass of muscle and fat their bitch.
I’ve been writing brief (a few sentences) breakdowns of many of the daily matches over in the sumo sub. Today (day 9) had some good stuff to check out.
The live videos go down not too long after streaming but this one’s up for now, and I recommend checking out this match. If it’s gone when you get to it the highlights will be up tomorrow.
National sport? We beg to differ.
!sumo@lemmy.world
I feel like sumo is the Imperial sport and baseball is the National sport
Sumo’s the national sport but baseball is the popular one. People even get excited for the high school national baseball tournament. I don’t think people care about watching any sports in the US below the college level.
Fuckin sigma. Sumo has so much AURA
But, to be sure, it has great physical impact too
Isn’t it more like WWE than Greco Roman Wrestling though?
A sumo wrestler is like a defensive lineman in gridiron football, combined with a judo competitor. Sumotori can shove their opponent down or out, they can hit with an open hand, they can do BJJ-style “no gi” throws, or grab the belt for leverage and/or do judo-style trips and throws. Yeah they’re fat but beneath that they are like half muscle. Most matches are over in under 30 seconds, many under 10.
For more info see this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA8wS_t5Lv8
For English-commented matches see: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/sumo/
Dude, watch some high level matches, they collide like freight trains, punch each other in the face five times and someone inevitably ends up making a 300 pound mass of muscle and fat their bitch.
https://youtu.be/yOfMtyGShPA
I’ve been writing brief (a few sentences) breakdowns of many of the daily matches over in the sumo sub. Today (day 9) had some good stuff to check out.
The live videos go down not too long after streaming but this one’s up for now, and I recommend checking out this match. If it’s gone when you get to it the highlights will be up tomorrow.
Even professional wrestling like WWE is more intense in Japan, Strong Style is not a joke you can see the impact difference in striking power
It’s all real if thats what you’re asking
oooh… for some reason when they said “WWE” my sleep-deprived brain read “MMA” lel.
Damn, professional KFC eater’s? You really are stealing America’s culture.