Did you know this about Sumo Wrestling?

sumo wrestling became a sport of the Japanese royalty. Gradually, the fighters started wearing typical costumes made of precious silk material with rich embroidery naming the feud they served. The tradition of wearing this typical costume has continued till today. This precious silky suit is called keshō-mawashi.

The greater the number of wins ensures a place in the next competition. For this reason the junior wrestlers compete every other day that is seven times while the top most wrestlers participate only once in the competition.

To conclude the day, a short ceremony is held. This ceremony holds a lot of importance and is conducted to eliminate the negative energy from the dohyo (ring). It is not appropriate to leave before this concluding ceremony.

In Osaka the Sumo Championship is held at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium. It is an indoor stadium with a seating capacity of 8,000 people. The championship is held in March each year.

The best seats can cost a fortune, but many general seating areas can go for as little as $35 dollars a match. Tickets for sumo matches are easier to snag for morning or afternoon matches, since early matches see fewer crowds. Sumo is one of the best ways to explore one of the most beloved traditions of Japan. It is difficult to secure tickets by phone without knowledge of the Japanese language. Fortunately, great websites like buysumotickets.com do all the work for you! Sometimes Sumo Tournament tickets can also be purchased online at the official Sumo homepage.

By all appearances you’d think a sumo wrestler spent a lot of time on the couch with several buckets of the fried chicken, when in fact a professional sumo is a very disciplined and committed individual. Though they do consume huge amounts of food, a sumo wrestler is a professional athlete who adheres to a very stringent diet and exercise regimen.

Another point of interest for me was how Sumo’s sometimes “lock-up”, these two hulking masses of human flesh lean into each other, and hold tightly to the only real hand hold you can find on a Sumo-his silk diaper. It seems that for several seconds both Sumos resign themselves to rest and gather energy for their next surge of strength. I don’t know the physics involved here, but it seems to me that the force required to leverage the amount of mass a Sumo represents must be incredible.

The first authenticated record of Tenran-Zumo was written in the year six hundred and forty-two. The term Tenran-Zumo translates into English as “sumo in the imperial presence”. According to the writings, Empress Kogyoku summoned all of her palace guards and made them perform sumo as entertainment for her guests. This is a practice that still continues to this day in several parts of Japan.