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

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

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.

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

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