And up and down. Move your feet to the beat!
I went for a Sumo tournament some time ago. It was interesting and boring at the same time :)
To get one of the highly anticipated tickets I had to get up at 5 am catching the last tickets at 6 am in Asakusa, Tokyo. The Finals were at 6 pm, so 12 hours of constant fighting. Beginning with the bad Sumos until then the Mongolian Yokozunas (two, one for the east and one for the West) finished the tournament.
The funny thing was that in the beginning it was allowed to take pictures just from the side where you could see everything and practice shooting with bad light.
The ritual until fighting for approximately 20 seconds takes about 5 minutes. Here the Sumo prepares for the fight. Collecting all energy he can get out of his body putting it in that one moment when he tries to beat the master.
Ben
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