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🥋 A sumo stamp 🥋 To stamp in sumo
to shiko

to shiko

9.9
To stamp each leg out to the side as a sumo training exercise
  • verb
  • Jargon
: realizar shiko
  • Sumo wrestlers shiko every day to build strength and improve their balance.

Examples

  • The coach demonstrated how to shiko properly before the training session began.

  • He shikoed before the match to warm up.

  • During the ceremony, each wrestler performed a powerful shiko in the ring.

  • After shikoing, the wrestlers felt more agile.

  • Sumo wrestlers shiko every day to build strength and improve their balance.

  • The coach demonstrated how to shiko properly before the training session began.

  • During the ceremony, each wrestler performed a powerful shiko in the ring.

Surface Forms

shiko infinitive
shikoed past
shikoed past participle
shikoin present participle
shikos third person singular

Etymology

Shiko as a verb comes from the same Japanese term 四股 and means to 'stomp' the legs outward as a training move and ritual in sumo. So, to shiko is to perform that strong stamp to build strength and show readiness.