He fought a sumo fight (角力: another kanji expression for sumo, and it is written as 捔力 in "Nihon Shoki") with TAIMA no Kehaya (a powerful regional family in Yamato Province, present Nara Prefecture) under command of the Emperor Suinin, and won the fight, after an exchange of ferocious kicks, by breaking Kehaya's lower back.
垂仁天皇の命により、当麻蹴速と角力（『日本書紀』では捔力）で互いに蹴り合って腰を踏み折って勝った。