life is a struggle
and sumo is a metaphor for this...
Shishi and Takahashi, in Juryo level (2nd division of pro sumo) are grappling... Shishi is hyuuuge, as Hokuseiho, now in Makuuchi level is hyuuuge... and these huge guys supposedly should have an advantage
But mainly they can get really hurt when the guys who have technique really know how to throw them down
Just working through an idea, and I'm sitting on the couch, sipping some wine, and thinking about this.
There are no weight classes in sumo (just as in real life), and generally you're not going up 1-on-1 [and, frankly, that's not what most life is like.]
Watching a different match and one of the wrestlers paused because it seemed he thought he had already lost... but the gyoji (sumo referee) will clearly indicate this, so he should have kept fighting. The dude did eventually lose. You keep fighting until there is a clear signal that you lost....
...but going back to Shishi, he caused trouble because he had kept going well after he pushed the guy out of the ring. wtf, dude
...and now this ain't a metaphor for life but me bitching about specific wrestlers to get their shit together. Look, maybe you need to go back to Makushita for a while and polish up. Because that is just sloppy.