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Dedicated to Seeking Ken Zen Ichinyo

13. Basic Instruction for Zazen

Placement of Cushions

Positions of the Hands

The Lotus Positions

Stabilizing the Body

Adjusting the Vision

Initial Deep Breathing

Breathing in Meditation

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14. Okinawan Tegumi

Introduction

Tegumi and the Origins of Okinawan Sumo

Gatherings, Venues, and the Sumo Ring

Differences Between Okinawan and Japanese Sumo

Master Directors, Referees, and Announcers of Okinawan Sumo

Principal Techniques of Okinawan Sumo

15. Biographies of Okinawan Tegumi Meijin

Akarie Matsuzo

Hawaii’s Kawasaki vs Okinawa’s Kinjo: The Confrontation

Kawasaki Kitatsu

Kinjo Masayuki

The Kawasaki and Kinjo Match

Uezu and Ishikawa: A Confrontation of Small Wrestlers

Uezu Jiryo

Ishikawa Seijin

The Match

Okinawan Sumo in Postwar Japan (c. 1946-1956)

Kushi Jokei: Sumo Critic

Makishiugan: The Big Venue

The Future of Okinawan Sumo

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Foreword

I wonder if it was 1940 or 1941 that I first noticed that remarkable photograph in the display corner of Matayoshi’s Photo Studio on Uenokura Street in Naha. It was a photograph portraying two men standing together, bare-chested. Their musculature was very impressive. One man wore a topknot, and at a glance I could tell he was a sumo wrestler. By comparison, the other man was very short and narrow-shouldered. However, his deeply trained muscles and bone structure were not inferior to that of the six-foot sumo wrestler.