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Is this a martial art? I was driving home a few weeks ago, and heard an advertisement for Sumo Wrestling on the radio. Apparently, it's becoming more popular.

 

I've always thought it was more a sport than a martial art, and that you need to have some serious mass on your body to do it well.

 

Can anybody shed any light on this subject?

 

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Yes, sumo is a martial art. Technically, track and field events, shooting a gun and many other things are also. Basically, anything that involves war/training for war is classified as a martial (meaning warring) art.

 

With all the obese people in the world, particularily the USA, I'm not surprised if it became popular here.

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why? are fat people only the ones allowed to practice sumo?

 

Of course not, but body size can be a huge factor in the sport of judo.

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Yes, sumo is a martial art. Technically, track and field events, shooting a gun and many other things are also. Basically, anything that involves war/training for war is classified as a martial (meaning warring) art.

 

With all the obese people in the world, particularily the USA, I'm not surprised if it became popular here.

 

how can track and field aka running be a warring art.

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What do running and throwing things have to do with war? You've never been in the military, have you?

 

Most sports were originally done for military fitness and training.

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how can track and field aka running be a warring art.

 

You've never heard of "runners" in the military? Long distance running began with runners carrying messages back and forth to troops, or back to base from the battle. Relay runners didn't pass batons like they do today, but rather messages from one runner to the next.

 

Javelin, discus and hammer throwing was competition with combat weapons of the times.

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