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I’ve never known too much about the ancient Japanese sport of Sumo, but it’s always caught my eye. The strict customs, traditions, and ritual surrounding Sumo and the jaw dropping proportions of its participants are fascinating. This amazing picture came out of the UK’s Guardian and shows the current Yokozuna, the Mongolian Asashoryu being thrown by the Georgian Kokkai. Wouldn’t want to break that guy’s fall.
It gives one pause to wonder what life events happened in order for these two, a Mongolian and a Georgian, to be so far from home, and after a life of climbing the ranks to the pinnacle of Japanese sumo, to face off for this brief moment in time.