I am at a sumo tournament right now. I like it so far, even if I don't fully understand all that's going on. First a guy comes out and sings (chants). Then two sumo wrestlers get up, and start stamping around the ring. They don't have fluid motions at all. It's STAMP, then kind of squat...but not all in one motion.
It's interesting to see these large wrestlers in comparision to, say, the slim Japanese salaryman in his dark suit.
Wow, this (comparatively) little guy just threw a much fatter person out of the ring. Tricky!
Ohh okay. The singing guy at the beginning is singing out their names. And then the wrestlers can step up to the ring. They're only stamping on one side of the ring. The program says they stamp to drive bad spirits away; aren't there spirits on the other side, too?
Another smaller guy just owned a big one. This is like almost-ballet, something that's almost-choreographed, but where the players are just a little off from one another. It's definitely ritualistic. So how do you tell what wins here? Bigger bodies, or bigger brawn? You wouldn't think a smaller but muscle-ey person could stand a chance against sheer weight, but I keep seeing it happen.
I'm tired. I was up till 3 burning my photos to CDs, then I woke up at nine. Meanwhile, I still can't get hold of Charles! :( Argh.
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