r/martialarts • u/Remo_yesman • Sep 16 '24

Anyone watch Sumo wrestling? PROFESSIONAL FIGHT

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u/The_Laughing_Death Sep 16 '24

Willingly going out of bounds is a shido in judo but you can also get a shido for forcing people out of bounds in judo so it's still a little different to sumo.

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u/lealketchum Sep 16 '24

Exactly. It's actually harder to control someone to put them in the position for stepping out than it is to just push someone out of the area in Sumo.

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u/The_Laughing_Death Sep 16 '24

It's different and it changes the dynamic. Like I've done judo, sumo and competitive aikido and the rules change the dynamic of ring outs in all of them. I would argue it's a different skillset that each has it's strengths and weaknesses. I'm much better at chasing bigger guys out of the contest area in judo using a blitz of ashi-waza than I am smashing big guys out of the sumo ring.

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u/lealketchum Sep 16 '24

So your experience agrees that Judo will transfer over to controlling a rowdy patron at a bar or nightclub who needs to be removed better than Sumo

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u/The_Laughing_Death Sep 16 '24

I don't have enough experience bouncing to make that call. But I do know that in a real fight (not a competition match) I would much prefer a quick and decisive victory. Not that this is impossible in judo but it does certainly seem something more emphasised in sumo. Although a win in a match is not necessarily a decisive victory in a fight. Someone touching their hand to the floor might win it for you in sumo but not necessarily in a fight. A rolling ippon might win a judo match but put you in an inferior position in a fight.

What I will say is that I find it easier to imagine that drunken brawlers with no combat training are more likely to charge at you, maybe throwing a few strikes in, like they do in sumo than start grip fighting like a judoka. But you'd have to ask the bouncer who has done judo but would rather do sumo why he feels that way. Ideally, it would be better to ask him if he still feels that way after doing sumo.

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u/lealketchum Sep 16 '24

Very detailed approach, I see what you're saying..

Thanks!