The Wrestling Ring (dohyo)


This entry I will write about the ring that all Sumo tournaments take places and the events of the ceremonies. First, we all know that Sumo matches take place in a ring (dohyo) which is 4.55 meters, 14.9 foot in diameter and 16.26 square meters. Also for 175.0 square foot in the area of rice-straw bales on top of a platform made of clay mixed with sand. Moreover, every year there will be a new ring is built for each tournament by the bout callers (yobidashi) and at the centre are two lines, the shikiri-sen behind which the wrestlers position themselves at the start of the fight. This is the measurement and the structure of the ring that only suitable for sumo wrestler to have a fights with their opponents.

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