Funny Accidents of Sumo

Sumo（相撲）

Sumo is Japan's national sport; its history goes back to ancient times.
Originally, sumo was not just a sport, but an event used to tell whether crops would be good or not by seeking the divine intention of the gods.
From about the sixteenth century it developed into a spectator sport.
In modern sumo, the wrestlers, two at a time, pit their skills against each other in the round sumo ring which is 4.55 meters in diameter (or 15 shaku - 14.9 feet - using the old Japanese unit of measurement).
The wrestlers are bare-handed in their bouts and wear only a loincloth, called a mawashi.
Before the bout commences, the wrestlers perform a series of ceremonial warm-up exercises and rituals. They stamp their feet, wash their mouths out with water and dry themselves with paper, and toss salt onto the ring, a ritual purification symbol.
The referee (gyoji) indicates when the wrestlers should get ready, whereupon they position themselves opposite each other, then bend forward and touch their fists on the ground to ready themselves for their charge.
When both are ready they charge and start pushing, thrusting and grappling.
The first one who touches the ground with any part of his body except the soles of his feet, or who is pushed out of the ring, is the loser.
There is just one professional sumo organization, which holds six tournaments (called ozumo) a year, three in Tokyo, and one each in Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka. Each tournament lasts fifteen days.
The individual sumo wrestlers are moved up or down in rank according to how many victories they obtain in each of these tourneys.
Top of the ranks are the yokozuna, or grand champions; in the past three hundred years only 68 have reached this grade (as of 2005).
Since the 1990s, foreign wrestlers have been prominent among those rising to high ranks. Two Hawaiians (Akebono and Musashimaru) and one Mongolian (Asashoryu) made it to the rank of yokozuna. (All sumo wrestlers use professional names.)
Sumo, as the national sport, is highly popular, and is enjoyed by people all over the country through television and radio broadcasts.

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[12valvepower1]

i think the ref  aint supposed to fall

[MrLimitededition23]

@bduddy55555 nope

[bduddy55555]

Is it the same guy?

[xoCookiesncreamox]

The first one is great. Classic.

[raraito]

Whats funny about two fat guys fighting?... okay, nevermind

[MancBluesman]

Not funny or interesting at all total waste of time.

[ermaduk]

i laughed so hard at the first one.. hilarious!

[SonOfGoForkYourself]

being a gyoji is dangerous work.

[mumiakickboxer]

Muito bom!!! Obrigado!