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Originally Posted by rudel.dietrich
Why has Mongolia for the last 20 years been producing far more top sumo athletes than Japan itself?
Is it socio economic?
Or something else?
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I don't know the answers. One of the reasons mongolians may be so good in Sumo is related to the mongolian wrestling art of Bokh which is similar in that a wrestler loses when anything but his feet tough the ground, but they don't wear a mawashi so mongolians learn other techniques rather than relying on grabbing a big belt on their opponent. That answer is from a google search. I wasn't aware of Bokh before today.
