A sumo wrestler is like a defensive lineman in gridiron football, combined with a judo competitor. Sumotori can shove their opponent down or out, they can hit with an open hand, they can do BJJ-style "no gi" throws, or grab the belt for leverage and/or do judo-style trips and throws. Yeah they're fat but beneath that they are like half muscle. Most matches are over in under 30 seconds, many under 10.

For more info see this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA8wS_t5Lv8

For English-commented matches see: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/sumo/

It's all real if thats what you're asking

Dude, watch some high level matches, they collide like freight trains, punch each other in the face five times and someone inevitably ends up making a 300 pound mass of muscle and fat their bitch.

https://youtu.be/yOfMtyGShPA

I've been writing brief (a few sentences) breakdowns of many of the daily matches over in the sumo sub. Today (day 9) had some good stuff to check out.

The live videos go down not too long after streaming but this one's up for now, and I recommend checking out this match. If it's gone when you get to it the highlights will be up tomorrow.

There are a lot of very valid criticisms of American football. I love it, sometimes in spite of myself, but I won’t fault anyone who thinks it’s an overly-managed made-for-TV snoozefest with no rhythm whatsoever. For better or worse, though, those helmets and pads do not make it any less of a violent “manly” sport. Far from it: they are the way Americans make ourselves feel better about watching a literal bloodsport with a ball.

The way the game moves and the ruleset reward explosive impacts, and the unlimited substitutions mean players are selected and trained to optimize delivering and enduring that violence instead of, say, actually running for 80 minutes. The result is a dozen hits a game that would make a “biggest hits of the season” compilation video for rugby or Aussie rules. Also chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

Hand egg without brain shell.

Vs cushioned hand egg?

AckSHully an egg has a pointed end and a rounded end. American footballs are prolate spheroids.

Really? I'm anything but an expert in Japanese history but weren't they very anti-western back in the empire's days?