Sumo Wrestling Is Making an Impact in NYC

Sumo Wrestling Is Making an Impact in NYC

Earlier this year, Lisa Sanaye Dring’s play Sumo opened at New York City’s Public Theater to positive reviews. The play was set in the world of students learning the craft of sumo wrestling in Tokyo, and gave audiences a sense of what the process of training to compete in the sport in question was like. But fictionalized depictions aren’t the only way New Yorkers are getting to see what sumo wrestling is like; a real-life school dedicated to the…