In the "Nihonshoki" there is a description of a sumai match in which one competitor kicked the opponent to death, and it is said that sumai in this period was the beginning of sumo (Japanese-style wrestling).
『日本書紀』に捔力で相手を蹴り殺したとの記述があり、この時代の捔力が相撲の起源とする説もある。