when I lived in the UK,
there was a television channel that followed the the top
sumo division, until today I had always thought the sport was so formalised and serious,
but looking at these choreographed clips there is a lighter side to the sport, it is called shokkiri, (初っ切り, a comic sumo performance), it is
like a fun, anything-goes style bout in which the wrestlers perform typically
forbidden moves, much to everyone’s delight,
even the referee is in on the act!
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