Sumo wrestlers are fighters who don’t posses muscular physiques and do not practice a regular athlete’s training routine. All sumo wrestlers maintain their weight to be as possibly heavy as they can, making people wonder what could have made them fast with that kind of weight on them. The answer to that is their way of training and their unique fight diet. Gaining weight is very important for a sumo wrestler. They treat weight gain as part of their training for there are no weight divisions or weight limits in this sport. They can basically be as heavy as they want them to be. Actually, a Sumo wrestler’s daily calorie intake can reach as much as 8,000 kilo calories which is more than twice the calorie intake of an average male.

These kind of fighters starts their day at around 5:00 in the morning going directly to the place wherein they start they training with an empty stomach. They believe that strenuous training with an empty stomach is an advantage in the effort of gaining weight. It helps slow down the body’s metabolism making it more difficult to burn calories.

Around 11:00 in the morning, fighters take in their first meal of the day. For an average person, you can call it a feast for they are served with many different meats, vegetables and fish. It is a pretty big meal for they must eat and eat for them to gain weight. They call this meal a “Chankonabe” and practically, anything can go into chankonabe. This meal is very rich in protein and served with other side dishes. By not eating overnight and doing training first thing in the morning, a Sumo wrestler’s body is turned in to a fat storing mode. They can basically eat anything and everything what is served infront of them. Sumo wrestlers sit forming a circle while they eat 5 kilos of meat and a minimum of ten bowls of rice in one sitting.

Right after a heavy meal, they are instructed to go directly back to their bedrooms to take a long nap. By doing this, it helps sumo wrestlers to effectively gain weight faster as all the foods are being stored as fat in their body.

Around 6:00 to 7:00 in the evening, these fighters would come back to the dining table – yes, for dinner. One may say that such fight diet regimen and habits are unhealthy. It may be true as Sumo wrestlers usually die at an earlier age as compared with an average adult male. Obesity is a risk factor for different ailments, diseases and complications that can wear out body.

Though it has not been proven scientifically why such fighters die early, they still live on what they believe, continuing the tradition that is being passed on from generations to generations. Sumo wrestlers believe that these are the methods, the fight diet and habits that they need to follow to become great fighters.

In taekwondo the color of the belts vary, as they signify the progression of rank, and how well the student is advancing. It can be a long and labored time for the student to move up the ranks, and the amount of time it takes will depend on there knowledge and how well they adapt to learning the different techniques of the art. Below are listed the different colors and belts in this martial art along with what they mean.

White belt
The white belt symbolizes birth or the beginning for the stylist. Students who wear this belt are just on the start of there road of learning and picking up as much knowledge as they can about this fighting sytem so they can continue learning.

Yellow belt.
A yellow belt signifies the first ray of sunshine to fall on the student, giving them new power to continue progressing with this martial art. Students who have a yellow belt have taken a big step in knowledge and broadened there minds about this great style of fighting and defense.

Green belt
A green belt shows the student is growing, or that a seed has been planted and is beginning to grow into a plant. A green belt symbolizes the students are continuing to progress down the road of learning with this martial art and are redefining and improving there techniques that they have learned.

Blue belt
Blue belt is representative of the sky and that the plant is continuing to grow and is heading towards the sky. Students with blue belts are increasing there knowledge of this style more and more and are moving higher up in the ranks with the plant growing higher and higher. As this stage more information on the art will be learned so the student progresses even more so.

Red belt.
The red belt is the symbol of the sun with increasing strength giving energy to the plant to grow even more. Students with red belts are higher up in rank and the plant is continuing its growth towards the sun. Red belts also caution students to be careful at this point as there knowledge and techniques have progressed to such a rate.

Black belt
Black belt is as high as you can go. The black symbolizes the darkness that is out there which is beyond the light of the sun. When a student is given a black belt they can begin to start teaching other students. Black belts can see who are the best students. Black belts can train others and proceed in the never ending cycle of improving ones training.