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

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

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.

Six pairs of sumo wrestlers demonstrate pushing, force-out, slap-down, thrust-down, and two belt throws around a dohyō

Sumo Technique Directory

A category-by-category index to the Japan Sumo Association’s 82 kimarite, with five non-technique results identified separately.

Two sumo wrestlers at the edge of the ring during a yorikiri force-out

Kimarite

The officially recorded winning techniques and non-technique outcomes used to describe how professional sumo bouts are decided.