Sumo

Sumo is a Japanese style of wrestling and Japan's national sport. It originated in ancient times as a performance to entertain the Shinto gods. Many rituals with religious background are still followed today.

The basic rules of sumo are simple: the wrestler who first touches the ground with anything besides the soles of his feet, or who leaves the ring before his opponent, loses. Fights take place on an elevated ring, called a "dohyo", which is made of clay and covered in a layer of sand. The fights themselves usually last only a few seconds, or in rare cases, about a minute.At the top of the sumo wrestlers' hierarchy stand the yokozuna (grand champion). Once a wrestler reaches the rank of Yokosuka, he cannot lose this status but he will be expected to retire when his results begin to worsen. Many former wrestlers remain active in the sumo world as members of the Japan Sumo Association.

My opinion

Such an interesting Japanese sport. I am very interested in it, because many cartons often describe these sports. The modeling of clothes is very funny. （ha-ha）They are looks so cute and so fat. Their hair style looks like a nutria (hahaha). I like it. In china, we also have wrestling like it, but it is meng’s (one minority like hang) traditional sport. People play it when they celebrate festival. I have ever watched meng’s wrestling before, but I have never played it.