Dynamic Sumo

by Clyde Newton

Book Overview

This introduction to the exciting world of sumo wrestling offers an insightnto sumo's history, rituals and techniques. The daily life of a rikishi isxamined, as is the role played by non-Japanese... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 4770025084
• ISBN13: 9784770025081
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Kodansha
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.5" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

Dynamic sumo

Dynamic sumo is a pleasant book to read. It is a well-written introduction to the different aspects of sumo. It is a source for beginners and also for people with intermediate knowledge.The history-section is especially good. The author has chosen essential parts of sumo`s history and spices it up with snippets of some spesific events. The descriptions of 20th century great wrestlers` careers is also included.The photographs and drawings are high class. Photos of bouts catch the strength and skill of the wrestlers in crucial moments and some of the photos can be considered real masterpieces both in timing and angle. The written explantions are accompanied with graphical illustrations which makes it easy to follow the text.In a nutshell Dynamic sumo is a very good book with interesting facts, good layout, excellent graphics and an ability to make one hungry for further information over the great sport of sumo.