Banzuke

chirichōzu

A clap and open-arms gesture showing the hands are empty.

Chirichōzu is the gesture wrestlers make while squatting face to face before a bout. They clap and then spread their arms wide, turning their palms to show their hands are empty. A yokozuna makes the same gesture in his ring-entering ceremony.

sonkyo
The balanced squat wrestlers hold facing each other.
shikiri
The crouch-and-stare routine before a bout.
dohyō-iri
The ring-entering ceremony before the top-division bouts.

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