EVENT DIRECT INC.
Mississauga Ontario
905 271-9381
Mississauga Ontario
905 271-9381
Sumo Suit Rules and Instructions
Includes: 2 sumo suits, 2 helmets, 12’ x 13’ mat, rules list
Setup
Whoever steps outside the ring or touches the ground with anything but their feet loses in a "best of three" tournament.
Legal Moves:
Includes: 2 sumo suits, 2 helmets, 12’ x 13’ mat, rules list
Setup
- Find flat, preferably grassy area that is free of any sticks, sharp objects, rocks, standing water, drop-offs, or protruding objects. This area should measure approximately 25’ x 25’ as wrestlers may fall off of mat.
- Unroll mat.
- Place suits, gloves, and helmets on mat.
- Velcro strip should be on the back of the suit.
Rules
- All participants MUST REMOVE SHOES before stepping onto mat.
- Use suits only on the 12' x 13' safety mat.
- Participants must be over 5' tall and 16 years of age or older to use the suits.
- All users must remove sharp objects; eyeglasses, watches, bracelets, necklaces, and earrings should be removed.
- Those under the influence of alcohol or drugs should not use equipment.
- Keep all sharp objects, silly string, gum, candy, food, other sticky substance, water, and pets away from mat and
suits.
- Participants MUST wear the helmets (keep in mind these are NOT SAFETY HELMETS) while playing.
- Have people available to help participants in and out of suits and have extra people stand outside mat to keep
participants within the mat surface.
- Wrestlers must not begin until referee indicates that match has begun when both wrestlers are ready.
- Spectators should surround the mat and keep wrestlers from stumbling off of mat.
- Provide water for thirsty participants at a safe distance away from mat.
- Do not use a wet mat and do not set up mat close to standing water.
Whoever steps outside the ring or touches the ground with anything but their feet loses in a "best of three" tournament.
Legal Moves:
- Belly Bumping (most effective method)
- Pushing
- Pulling
- Lifting
- Having Fun
- Laughing at your opponent
- Illegal Moves:
- Grabbing
- Stepping out of the way of a charging wrestler