決まり手  Winning Moves

A few seconds after every bout ends, two things are called out: the winner's name, and the name of what he did to win it. These pages are about that second name, and about telling apart the moves that look identical the first time you see them.

Read in this order

1. Kimarite: How Sumo Names Every Win More than eighty official names, and the moment that decides which one is called.
2. Oshidashi vs Yorikiri: The Two Most Common Wins Both end with a man walked out backwards. One difference separates them.
3. Push or Grapple: The Two Styles of Sumo Before the techniques, there are two ways of fighting. Most wrestlers prefer one.
4. Uwatenage vs Shitatenage: Sumo's Two Throws Over the arm or under it. That is the entire difference.
5. Henka: The Sidestep at the Charge Legal, effective, and the fastest way to fill an arena with sighs.
6. Hatakikomi: The Win Made From Above The other half of that pair — and not the same thing at all.
7. When a Win Isn't a Technique Sometimes nobody wins the bout. Somebody loses it.
8. Tsuppari: The Rapid Thrust Open hands, alternating, fast. Not a winning move — a way of keeping him away.
9. The Five Most Common Kimarite Two techniques decide half of all bouts. With the official figures.
10. The Rare Kimarite: Moves That Almost Never Happen Five techniques, zero times in 190,450 bouts. The far end of the same list.