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Two sumo wrestlers demonstrate Tsukaminage, as the opponent is clearly airborne before being cast behind the overarm grip

Sep 13, 2026

Tsukaminage

Tsukaminage is an official sumo kimarite in which an outside rear mawashi grip lifts the opponent fully off the surface and throws the opponent behind the gripping side.

Two sumo wrestlers demonstrate Uwatedashinage, as the overarm grip draws forward while the attacker’s ungripped-side foot moves away

Sep 13, 2026

Uwatedashinage

Uwatedashinage is an official sumo kimarite in which an overarm mawashi grip and arm control pull the opponent forward and down as the attacker opens the body.

Two sumo wrestlers demonstrate Shitatedashinage, as the inside belt grip draws forward while the attacker clears the opposite foot

Sep 13, 2026

Shitatedashinage

Shitatedashinage is an official sumo kimarite in which an underarm mawashi grip pulls the opponent forward and down as the attacker tightens the armpit and opens the body.

Two sumo wrestlers demonstrate Koshinage, as the attacker’s hip becomes the fulcrum beneath the opponent’s center

Sep 13, 2026

Koshinage

Koshinage is an official sumo kimarite in which the attacker places the hips deeply beneath the opponent, loads the opponent onto the hip, and throws.

An indigo-mawashi sumo wrestler turns an opponent off balance using an outside belt grip reached over the opponent’s arm

Sep 13, 2026

Uwatenage

Uwatenage is a sumo overarm throw made from an outside mawashi grip above the opponent’s inserted arm.

An indigo-mawashi sumo wrestler lowers and turns while throwing an opponent from an inside belt grip beneath the opponent’s arm

Sep 13, 2026

Shitatenage

Shitatenage is a sumo underarm throw made from an inside mawashi grip beneath the opponent’s arm.

Two sumo wrestlers demonstrate Kotenage, as the trapped forearm and elbow become the lever for the throw

Sep 13, 2026

Kotenage

Kotenage is an official sumo kimarite in which the attacker wraps an opponent’s inside arm from the outside, presses it down, and throws without a mawashi grip.

Two sumo wrestlers demonstrate Sukuinage, as the lifting inside arm, not a belt grip, supplies the decisive leverage

Sep 13, 2026

Sukuinage

Sukuinage is an official sumo kimarite in which without holding the mawashi, an inside arm turns upward beneath the opponent’s armpit to scoop and throw.

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.