Sumo wrestlers in youth

Project Rikishi - a series of portraits of sumo wrestlers at the beginning of their sports career. History of Japanese sumo wrestling dates back to the Heian period ("period of calm"), ie the time interval from 794 th to 1185 th years. And, as is the case with any other species of the ancient martial arts, this is not just a sport, fight or competition. This alloy, which has a place and history, and religion, and the organization of free time, and, in fact, athletics. The roots lie in the sumo worship the gods - this is the meaning was originally in this type of fight. Well, now we know how to sumo's most famous Japanese professional sport.
Their faces show reverence; most of them piercing look. Such a view - a kind of training in the fight contemplative, because sumo - is not just bodily strike it and psychological struggle, expressed in a conflict of views - in the truest sense of the word. Sometimes an experienced fighter can fall from its assertive look less big rival, and this is the essence of the philosophy of sumo. Yet the massive body of sumo is also important - even many younger wrestlers weigh well over a hundred.
34 photos via royalcheese.





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