Hand-prints of famous Sumo wrestlers can be found at the Ryogoku train station which you can compare to your own hand. There are 3 annual tournaments in Tokyo, each lasting for 15 days in January, May and September, book your tickets months in advance. Sumo is known to sell out fast, ...
Rhea Ripley is an Australian professional wrestler with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE; 2017– ) known for her distinctive metalhead aesthetic and her physical strength in the ring. Her signature move is the Riptide. Bennett was involved in multiple
Nakizumo is one of the seemingly absurd fun facts about Japan. The country hosts an annual Nakizumo, or Crying Baby, festival where sumo wrestlers compete to make infants cry. The first baby to cry is believed to be blessed with good health, and the event is considered a delightful and u...
and in the process he molded wrestlers into child-friendly stars. Outside the ring he lured performers away fromrivalcompanies and broke the long-standing regionalism of wrestling organizations as he took his eastern-based business national. Although McMahon made many enemies, his bold changes revolu...
During this annualSumo festival, sumo wrestlers hold babies in their arms in an open-air ring and the baby who cries first is proclaimed the winner. It. is believed that baby who cries first will be blessed with good health. The sumo wrestlers try their best to make the babies cry. Some...
Also known as “Dirty Boxing,” this strategy involves tying up an opponent in a clinch and either going for takedowns or punishing them with elbows, punches, stomps and knees. This is particularly popular with wrestlers and those with a Muay Thai background. ...
While most Westerners conjure thoughts of sushi, samurai and sumo wrestlers when they think about Japanese culture (and they wouldn’t be wrong), these notions barely scratch the surface of the Japanese people and their multi-faceted culture....
One of the coolest fun facts about Japan: they have a ritual where sumo wrestlers make babies cry. Sounds like a dream for me, but a nightmare for parents. However, the ritual is said to bring good luck. The Naki Sumo is a 400-year-old Japanese ritual where babies engage in a baby...
These altercations involve loud bellows, slapping and biting, and a style ofshoving similar to Sumo wrestlers, but are rarely, if ever, fatal Once pregnant, the female prepares a particularly elaborate nest which may actually include more than one level for her to store food or just move abo...
The Japanese consume about 7,461 tons of horsemeat each year(Richard W.M. Jones) Sumo wrestling in Japan can be traced back 1,500 years. Wrestlers weigh 300 pounds or more and train in a heya (room, stable) operated by former sumo champions. Younger sumo wrestlers are traditionally requir...