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Origami Sumo Wrestler (Hideo Komatsu)
Origami Sumo Wrestler (Hideo Komatsu)

~~~~~~~info from WiKi~~~~~~
The rules of the match
A sumo match doesn’t start until both wrestlers have placed both hands on the ground at the same time. This leads to quite a lot of faffing about while each wrestler tries to psyche the other out, pretending to put his hand down and then getting back up again.

Once they finally do begin, it is very rare for sumo bouts to last longer than a few seconds – although occasionally they can last up to four minutes. This means that the action is very fast-paced and exciting. A match ends when one of the wrestlers is either thrown out of the ring, or if any part of his body apart from the soles of his feet touches the ground.

Interestingly, the match can also end if one of the wrestlers loses his mawashi, or loincloth – in which case the de-loinclothed wrestler is disqualified. More interestingly still, this rule was only adopted after Japan began to take on European (read: prudish) attitudes toward nudity.

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Model: origami Sumo Wrestler
Design: Hideo Komatsu
Diagrams in BOS magazine #234

I folded them both with old blue foil, 12x12cm. Final size height 6, width 6cm ( when standing)

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Taken on: June 29, 2021
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