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COPYRIGHT 2002 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc.
The vanguard of sumo wrestling these days is not in Osaka or Kyoto but in and around New York, where a few top sumotori have been honing their skills in anticipation of the World Sumo Championships, which are to be held this month in Poland. These Americans, who have come to sumo relatively late in life, from stalled careers elsewhere in the oversized-guys industry (football, pro wrestling, bar bouncing), have adopted a training regimen that bears little resemblance to the usual stomping of feet and tossing of salt. The new approach was on display recently at the South Street...
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