This is a fully revised and updated book with the profiles section altered to feature the new top 18 wrestlers. This book aims to explain fully all the rules of Sumo, the lifestyles of the wrestlers and the different ranks, the elaborate ritual ceremonies and various moves allowed. Lyall Watson is the author of the bestsellers "Supernature, the Romeo Error Lifetime" and "Heaven's Breath". Trained in marine biology and animal behaviour, he has also written "Whales of the World", "Lightning Bird" and "Gifts of Unknown Things".