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Sumo: Not Just for Heavyweights
By Nathan Toohey
Issue 12
December 2, 2004 - February 10, 2005

 
Nathan Toohey
Sumotori: Next Generation
You don’t have to go to Japan to take up sumo wrestling: Moscow has a number of sumo schools offering classes to just about anyone who wants to learn.

While the history of sumo wrestling in Japan is over 1,000 years old, in Russia the sport has been making waves for considerably less time. Prior to 1992, when the International Sumo Federation was formed and with it the Sumo Federation of Russia, sumo was a subsection of the Judo Federation of Russia. With the advent of international amateur competition, Russia’s sumo wrestlers started winning tournaments — even at world championship level. A major breakthrough for Russian sumo wrestling came in 2000 when Ayas Mongush of Tuva became world champion in the middleweight category.

 
Nathan Toohey
SUMO CLASS: giant steps
For those interested in taking up this portly sport, several clubs have formed around town that can coach you in the fine art of sumo. They all offer classes for children in various age groups, but adults can also be accommodated, and like the international amateur competitions (and unlike the professional Japanese tournaments) they are open to women as well as men and have different weight categories (light, middle, heavy and open). Women might find some inspiration at the Sumotori Educational Center’s sports school: The school’s director, Yelena Pakhomenko, won first place in the under 65-kilogram weight division at an international sumo tournament in Estonia in August.

See the Sumo Federation of Russia’s web site for further information: sumo.boom.ru/eng/engindex.html.



Borets Children-Youth Sports School
37 Borovskoye Shosse, Corpus 1 (M. Yugo-Zapadnaya)
733-5767,

Detsky Park Usadba Trubetskikh v Khamovnikakh State Educational Center
5 Savelyeva Ul. (M. Sportivnaya)
201-0425,

Sumotori Educational Center
9 Institutsky Per., Dolgoprudny (Moscow region)
408-7283,

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