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Standing on stage at St. Bart’s Square in central London, looking out over 14,000 cheering fans, all I could think was, “How does a guy like me get to a place like this?” It was June 2001, and I was performing alongside world-renowned artists like Tony Bennett and Paul McCartney as part of the celebration [...]

Sumo Wrestlers and Trapeze ArtistsA good example of the approach I am currently taking to my stock photography can be seen in a recent shoot based around a Sumo wrestler. The idea originated from a shoot I did a few years ago. I had photographed flying trapeze artists to illustrate concepts such as teamwork, risk [...]

Sumo Wrestlers and Trapeze ArtistsA good example of the approach I am currently taking to my stock photography can be seen in a recent shoot based around a Sumo wrestler. The idea originated from a shoot I did a few years ago. I had photographed flying trapeze artists to illustrate concepts such as teamwork, risk [...]

Japonese wrestling, often called Japan Pro Wrestling, is a comparatively fresh arrival in Japan in comparison to its more ancient counterpart Sumo wrestling. As an adaptation of standard American pro wrestling, Japonese wrestling never really kicked off in its home country until Rikid_zan made it gigantic by galvanizing his countrymen right after WWII. From then [...]

When Fred comes back from the states, he always has new stories about the changes in America. We were sitting in a bar watching sumo when Fred suddenly wondered when we would see women’s sumo wrestling on mainstream television. I was unaware that women’s sumo wrestling had enough wrestlers, sufficient popularity, or adequate sponsorship to [...]

Sumo Wrestling is a popular competitive contact sport in Japan where a wrestler attempts to force his opponent either out of a circular ring, called the “dohyo”, or to touch the ground inside the “dohyo” with anything other than the soles of the feet.  Japan is the only country where the sport is practiced professionally [...]

SUMO WRESTLING DIET – A lot of people have already heard of this sport and the place that it originated. If you’re familiar with this, you already know that participants in this sport purposely gain weight to their advantage. The traditional wrestling that originated from the land of the rising sun, Sumo Wrestling. In this [...]

 An ancient Japanese contact sport, Sumo wrestling received Imperial patronage and today is still heavily based on 1500 year Shinto religion and ritual.  Sumo wrestling is not only the oldest of Japan’s various martial arts, it also evolved into the most distinct and ritualistic, to this day still heavily centred around the Shinto religion. [...]