Re: Sumo Terminology: Heya

[John McTague <tableslam17@yahoo.com>]

The term is used in "professional" wrestling, as well.
A stable of wrestlers, like the "Hart Foundation" or
"nWo", consists of wrestlers with similar qualities. A
stable tends to be a group of "bad guys" that gangs up
on individuals. I suppose the similarities to sumo are
few, but I just couldn't keep this to myself.

Unagiyutaka

--- John Racine <gaijira@tky2.3web.ne.jp> wrote:
> I realize that one of the definitions of 'stable' is
> "people or products
> having a common origin", but I can't think of
> another sport that uses this
> term to describe its training facilities or 'teams'.
> 
> Can anyone tell me why 'stable' was adopted as the
> standard English
> translation of 'heya'?
> 
> Tell me it's not because rikishi eat like horses.  
> :)
> 
> Sukebeejima
> 


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