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Basic techniques

An indigo-mawashi sumo wrestler drives a gray-mawashi opponent upright across the dohyō boundary with close body pressure

Sep 13, 2026

Yorikiri

Yorikiri is a basic sumo force-out in which close body pressure drives an opponent across the dohyō boundary.

An indigo-mawashi sumo wrestler uses both open hands to push a gray-mawashi opponent across the dohyō boundary

Sep 13, 2026

Oshidashi

Oshidashi is a basic sumo push-out using open-hand pressure against the torso to send an opponent beyond the boundary.

Two sumo wrestlers demonstrate Tsukidashi, as strong palm thrusts land in rhythm with sharp forward steps

Sep 13, 2026

Tsukidashi

Tsukidashi is an official sumo kimarite in which repeated strong palm thrusts to the chest or shoulders drive the opponent out.

Two sumo wrestlers demonstrate Tsukitaoshi, as the thrusting attack itself causes a fall rather than an upright exit

Sep 13, 2026

Tsukitaoshi

Tsukitaoshi is an official sumo kimarite in which strong palm thrusts knock the opponent down, whether the fall occurs inside or outside the ring.

Two sumo wrestlers demonstrate Oshitaoshi, as open-hand pressure at the torso ends in a fall

Sep 13, 2026

Oshitaoshi

Oshitaoshi is an official sumo kimarite in which one or both hands, opened in a hazu shape, push the opponent down.

Two sumo wrestlers demonstrate Yoritaoshi, as sustained close contact becomes a leaning drive that ends in collapse

Sep 13, 2026

Yoritaoshi

Yoritaoshi is an official sumo kimarite in which close body pressure advances the opponent and then forces the opponent down.

Two sumo wrestlers demonstrate Abisetaoshi, as the winner covers the compromised posture from above and lets body weight finish the fall

Sep 13, 2026

Abisetaoshi

Abisetaoshi is an official sumo kimarite in which the attacker places full body weight over an opponent who is arched backward or bent low and crushes the opponent down.