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Just how ancient is sumo? - Lee Thompson

Trace the history of sumo, and explore how the sport was designed and modified to reflect ancient Japan’s culture and traditions.

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Sumo wrestling is known across the world as a beloved form of ent

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Fun fact, early samurais trained sumo, they then developed the jujutsu styles from sumo which had different names. Kano studied these jujutsu styles, founded judo, then the Gracies learned judo and made BJJ. And then we got the UFC.
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we need the riddles back
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@ck7642 From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 1
That was so good!!
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All traditions are invented.
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I never knew about this. Thank You, TED ED!
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I enjoying watching the highlights of each basho on NHK world, what a show! About 25% of the time, there's one in progress.
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Sumo wrestling is actually the oldest sport in the world that is still played. There have been other sports that were invented earlier but no one plays them anymore.
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wakatakakage won the may tournament.
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How many other 'long-standing traditional' cultural aspects around the world are actually just products of a crisis management campaign like this'
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1:38 This animation is so clean.
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@ArkhBaegor From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 15
Incredible animation!
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@theWZZA From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 26
There was a YouTuber who called himself NattoSumo. He made great videos on each day of the tournament, but NHK forced him underground. It was fun while it lasted.
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@Phaellet From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 63
DO ONE ABOUT CAPOEIRA!
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I started watching Sumo last summer on Twitch, and it's quickly become one of my favorite sports to watch!
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The last time I was this early, Sumo was just being invented🙂↕️💅
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@Kaikaku From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 35
Hm, after which time an invented tradition becomes a regular tradition?
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@eerwwful From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 62
I think it really shows how Japan adapted to changing environment in history so cool
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I'm a teacher. Sometimes the librarian would leave a cart of books in the teacher's lounge for a week before she threw them away. I'd always pick out little non-fiction books meant for 4th graders.

I think because they were so approachable and bite-sized, I actually formed some strong memories with them. I learned a lot.

So I appreciate that this video is only 5 minutes.
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@Arins-vlogs From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 133
This is such a nice explaining of it, very rare to see such important aspects of the sumo culture mentioned
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@鳥-c6l From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 67
As a Japanese viewer, I love that the kanji in this video are actually correct and not just random Japanese-looking characters