JAPANESE PRO SUMO STAR: HANDS-ON COACHING
Rapidly Boost Your Sumo Skills!
Multi-time World Sumo Champion, YAMA, with 30 years of sumo experience, coaches you directly. His Pro Sumo top division success, and his unique insight will help you with customized sumo guidance, so you can develop your own, most effective style.
Yama’s Message …
Sumo is NOT one-size fits all. You need to cultivate your own style, based on your body type, physical assets, and mentality, to maximize your own strengths. I can give you personalized advice, to expedite your sumo success. Get better now!
PRO SUMO LEVEL AUTHENTIC TRAINING
YOUR SUMO POTENTIAL
Master Sumo Fundamentals
Best Tips for Rapid Mastery.
Customized Advice
Get specific pointers that YOU need to focus on.
Special Sumo Sessions
Specialized classes for target groups also available.
Advanced Training
Refine your skills with more advanced sumo knowledge.
Japanese Pro Sumo Experience
Feel the intensity of real sumo training!
Pre-Competition Sumo Seminars
Work as a team to prepare for international matches!
Sumo Self-Training Guidelines, by YAMA
For those with schedule conflicts or who are out of town, be sure to keep in good sumo shape, so you’re ready to wrestle! MORE
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Zoom Consultations with Yama
Learn from Yama at any distance, as he offers video calls on sumo practice, technique, diet, and much more. Yama loves to talk about sumo, so he provides this service at a reasonable rate, including an interpreter. Schedule today, to get some Pro-level tips, and up your sumo game!
YAMA – COACH PROFILE
- 30 years Sumo experience
- 5 years in Japanese Pro Sumo
- Pro Sumo Divisional Champion (2x)
- World Sumo Champion (2x)
- Heaviest Japanese Sumo Wrestler EVER
- Acting: over 300 TV shows & 4 feature films
- US Sumo Open Head Judge (annually since 2014)
- Coaching Americans, hands-on, since 2014
LOCATION
KAIZEN DOJO
1824 W 182nd Street, Torrance, CA 90504
SCHEDULE
- Sunday, July 31: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
- Sunday, August 14: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Weekend Seminar (with guest coaching from Japan) – $20 for one day or $30 for both
- Saturday, August 27: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Sunday, August 28: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Weekend Seminar (with guest coaching from Japan) – $20 for one day or $30 for both
- Saturday, September 3: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- Sunday, September 4: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
* Seminars are leading up to the US Sumo Open on September 10.
NOTES
- UPDATED Fees (beginning in AUGUST, 2022): $15 per session (only $10 for age 19 and under) **
- Please pay the fee in full before you start practicing.
- All participants need their own mawashis (sumo belts).
- Please arrive on time.
- Schedule is updated every month or so.
** We have run over 1,500 sumo practices in Los Angeles for over 24 years (since 1998), and the fee has been only $10 for all 24 years. During this time, practice fees were never enough to cover dojo rental costs, and our coaches (including YAMA, for the past 10 years) have volunteered their time. After 24 years, we’ve finally raised the fee by $5, to try to cover the dojo rental fees. Thank you for understanding.
DOJO TEE
$25.00 – $30.00/tee (Size S – 6XL)
ZEKKEN
This is the official dojo emblem, worn in competition. Only available for approved, long-term students, with Yama’s consent. Authentic, imported from Japan.
$45.00
SUMO BELT – MAWASHI
All sumo belts are OFFICIAL thickness and strength, with special knitting, from Japan, and are approved for official tournaments worldwide. These are real sumo belts, used throughout Japan in both amateur and professional sumo.