Sumo Falls - A Compilation of Sumo Falls, Tumbles, & Throws

http://samuraidave.wordpress.com/2008/01/27/sumo-more-than-just-big-guys-in-t...

If you thought sumo a sport of slow moving fat guys in thongs engaged in an aggressive shoving match, guess again.

As any follower of Sumo knows, Sumo wrestlers are fast, strong, and agile. They also know how to take a fall real well. And they get tossed around a lot.

The following is a series of falls, tumbles, and throws from several tournaments: Sept '06, May '07, July '07 in Nagoya, and Sept '07. There's also scenes from an outdoor exhibition in April '07.

I went early in the day for the Nagoya Basho and caught some of the junior wrestlers so this vid has wrestlers from the very top to the very bottom of the sumo hierachry.

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[Deutsch187]

the fast music doesnt fit cos they are fat and slow!

[RoninDave]

you obviously didn't watch the video or have ever been to a sumo match. They are not fat or slow.

[Tamerplane]

What do you mean they are not fat?

[RoninDave]

they are not fat in the medical sense - the ratio of body fat compared with muscles.

[Tamerplane]

You got numbers and sources?

[RoninDave]

1) why do you care?

2) pick up any book on sumo

[martyxcallsiefer]

DOSUKOI

[RoninDave]

@baltimoreboy777 pffffttt.... like you would know

[wilbur111]

@Tamerplane

"Sumo wrestlers are physiologically different from the average obese Joe in two ways. First, their weight is made of mostly muscle instead of fat. Musashimaru’s body fat percentage at his heaviest, for instance, was around 20%. Compare that to the typical 500-pound man with a 70” waist (if, indeed, one can fathom a “typical” man of this enormity), whose body fat is about 35% of his weight."

From brainlova.blogspot.com/2005/09­/hey-obese-americans-sumo-wres­tlers-say.html

[araibira]

Very Awesome video!! People who don't understand sumo are ignorant, it's one of the grandest sports in the world.

[BobSpotOn]

Well I figured they had a different type of "Muscle" structure than most sports would be.

[CombatSportFan]

@Tamerplane Why do you need numbers when you can see most of these guys, for their size, are in excellent physical condition and are in no way obese or out of shape?

[Adamjansson]

they need alot of muscles to push back their opponent or even lift them up, the fat just help them keeping their feets on the ground ;)

[outlawtorndoa]

well he also thinks that this song sounds like anything other than generic metal with a dude throwing up into a mic. either way cool vid with the sound off

[edsheadsaid]

Don't be ridiculous, of course they are medically fat, nobody can be 180cm tall and 160kg without being 'fat', it is impossible.

Of course rikishi are incredibly strong, and can be explosively fast, but you really are on a different planet if you think they are 'not fat in the medical sense'.

[manson19x]

SUMO is an awesome sport.....!!!!! These are some of the best athletes in the world...!!! Id like to any of you faggots talk shit about their culture around them....ha ha