Sumo wrestling is a Japanese form of wrestling in which the two competitors fight within a circle. The first one to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, or to step outside the ring, loses. Part of the sumo tradition is to fight dressed only in a "mawashi." There is a move to allow younger, amateur sumo wrestlers to wear sumo pants, similar to cycling shorts, but the professional association is refusing to bend the rules. (story)

"You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else." -- Albert Einstein

samurai: coming from the aristocratic warrior class in pre-industrial Japan; sumo wrestling began with the samurai and ronin warriors

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