Sumo Wrestling

In honor of my and little baby sumo wrestler's (Fitzgerald's baby) birthday, I wanted to explore sumo wrestling. Sumo wrestling is a real, professional sport that is very popular in Japan. Sort of like wrestling here in the United States, two sumo wrestlers face off to be the best sumo wrestlers they can be, hopefully winning the grand champion title or yokozuna. Originally, sumo wrestling was a tool to entertain and appease Shinto deities. Many of the guidelines used when setting up the wrestling matches are still used today as they have been used in the past. However, the wrestlers do not only come from Japan. Many people around the world train to become sumo wrestlers. Most recently in 2017, an actual Japanese native won the yokozuna after 20 years. At a young age, sumo wrestlers have to leave their homes to eat, sleep, and train very hard. They also have to live a strict life to watch what they say and what they do in public as many people are looking up to them. Sumo wrestlers look the way they are portrayed in movies, however, it is a real life profession.

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2080.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/38742096