Japan’s seemingly unchanging ancient sport of sumo may already be at peak optimization

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“Japan’s seemingly unchanging ancient sport of sumo may already be at peak optimization”

You can walk into a sumo stable in Tokyo in 2026 and see roughly the same training patterns and methods as you would have in 1826.

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