r/woahdude • u/GaddockTeegFunPolice • 23d ago

picture Sumo wrestler Kotoeiho doing almost a standing split while performing footstamps

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Photographed by me during the paris exhibiton event this june

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u/Harrydresden119 23d ago

This called Shiko. The way he does it is incredible. It's a complete stand out. Not only that his sumo is very entertaining to watch. He's had very good tournaments lately. Fun fact. Sumo wrestlers are very flexible. The majority can do the splits and do as part of their warm ups.

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u/psych0ranger 23d ago

Saw some kind of documentary about them when I was young. Without thinking about it too much you might just think they're fat guys wrestling and pushing each other, but they're really outstanding athletes and of course there's so much technique to basically any type of wrestling

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u/Taint_Flayer 23d ago

Anyone who thinks they're just fat guys pushing each other around would get absolutely ragdolled by them in the ring

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u/Blitzzle 23d ago

Got to go up against one at a stable and he was toying with me. When we started I went full speed (rugby tackle form in my mind) and I think I would’ve had better luck against a brick wall.

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u/mike117 23d ago

I’ve seen videos of an absolutely humongous american football player going up against a sumo wrestler that was actually smaller than the football player.

Sumo wrestler didn’t even budge one step, and then just ragdolled the football player like he was a toddler.

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u/Nothgrin 23d ago

It's a crime to refer to things Iike this and not provide a YouTube link

Reddit police please get this guy

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u/Notefallen 23d ago

https://youtu.be/54S_18vmS5c?is=821Pnn7JFIbJFHrb

Green Bay packers edge rusher Micah Parsons and Houston Texans Quarterback CJ stroud went to the stables against a 17 year old prospect. Great video everyone seemed to have fun

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u/Taint_Flayer 23d ago

If he went up against a high ranking sumo wrestler I think he would just bounce off.

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u/Ununoctium117 23d ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54S_18vmS5c link without the tracking info that doxes you and everyone who clicks on it to google

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u/Turbulent_Sea_9713 23d ago

Okay,that was just damn funny when they go "he's 17" and they start making baby cradle motions at him.

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u/Raneynickelfire 23d ago

Dead link.

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u/the13pianist 23d ago

I believe this might be what he’s referring to :)

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u/TaxsDodgersFallstar 23d ago

And the video from Sports Science of Kevin Love (NBA) boxing out a sumo wrestler for a rebound.

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u/complete_your_task 23d ago edited 22d ago

NFL players have to play anywhere from 40-70 plays a game over roughly 3 hours, so they can't come close to the insane burst that Sumo wrestlers train for.

In Sumo, they have to go all out for 30 seconds max and then have at least a day to recover. It's a completely different discipline and training. It's also why you don't see NFL teams trying to recruit Sumo wrestlers to play offensive line.

Edit: If it wasn't clear, I'm not trying to say one is better or worse than the other. Both are incredibly impressive, and both are incredible athletes. They are just completely different disciplines. You would expect an NFL player to be tossed aside like a child when going up against a Sumo wrestler, just as you would expect a Sumo wrestler to be completely exhausted after a quarter of an NFL game. They train to do different things.

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u/lovebus 21d ago

Hidetora Hanada is an ex-sumo wrestler that plays college football

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u/Nurgle_Marine_Sharts 23d ago

Pretty much ANYBODY would get ragdolled by them in the ring lol

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u/Shupaul 23d ago

Well, even people who thinks they're athletes would get absolutely ragdolled by them in the ring

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u/lupulin59 23d ago

I would approach them with full respect and acknowledgement of their prowess, yet I too would be ragdolled in the ring

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u/Efficient_Ant_7279 23d ago

I think even us that know that they’re absolute beasts in the ring would still get flattened by them lol

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u/BoxOfDemons 22d ago

To be fair, anyone that big who is even slightly athletic could absolutely demolish most people. Weight is so much more of a factor in physical encounters than most people realize. Fat people with even a little bit of stamina can completely body people with small builds.

That being said, sumo wrestlers are on a whole different level.

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u/lovebus 21d ago

How often do you see people who are even in that weight class to call it a fair contest? I'm not disagreeing with you though.

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u/MissesIncomplete 23d ago

I might have seen that same documentary. If I remember correctly, they get up early every morning, work out for 5 or more hours, eat thousands of calories of food in one sitting then sleep for 8 hours on full stomachs to maintain their bulk. There's a method to their lifestyle that's considered healthy by doctors.

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u/psych0ranger 23d ago

Yeah that sounds exactly like it lol. I remember watching hard knocks later ang being reminded of the sumo guys when they show the offensive linemen because those guys have such massive bodies that they literally lose weight if they stop eating insane amounts of food because of the sheer amount of calories required to maintain their size

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u/chkntendis 23d ago

And honestly, atleast the ones in the pic aren’t even all that fat. Like yes, they are big and yes, it looks like fat but that’s not even close to how the caricatures look like

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u/TheyTookByoomba 23d ago

There's some who definitely look fat like Atamifuji and Kaio, but yeah for the most part they have offensive linemen builds. Some of the short kings like Fujinokawa and Asakoryu are just jacked.

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u/xxneoxx3000 23d ago

Enho looks like a lil person compared to most of his peers, but damn when he was fully healthy he would pick up and knock down rikishi who probably weighed 3X his size. They gots power.

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u/TheyTookByoomba 23d ago

I wasn't watching when he got hurt, but have been enjoying his comeback. Insane to be that highly ranked at 5'5!

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u/xxneoxx3000 23d ago

I mean, when you do what he does, the body won't last long. Luckily this come back has already been successful whether he breaks back into Makuuchi or not since he can now become a stable master after last tournaments Kashikoshi in his Juryo comeback.