About to wrestle

here, two combatants reach the end of the ceremony and are about to crouch and attack.


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Blog: Sumo Westling
Date: May 11th 2005

After relaxing in the morning, I decided to head out to a Sumo Wrestling match at the Ryogoku Stadium and see the preliminary mathes of the Grand Summer Tournament. Upon my arriaval, I caught some of the Makuuchi division wrestlers (these are the big boys!) as they made their entrance into the arena. Inside the octagon shaped arena where the floor seats are gouped in four's and are cushions, I ... read more







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