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!
Can’t Make Practice? — 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
ABOUT YAMAMOTO SUMO DOJO
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
SCHEDULE
- Sunday, October 17, 11 am – 2 pm
- Sunday, October 24, 11 am – 2 pm
- Sunday, November 7, 11 am – 2 pm
- Sunday, November 14, 11 am – 2 pm
- Sunday, November 21, 11 am – 2 pm
- Saturday, December 4, 11 am – 2 pm (practice tournament)
- Sunday, December 5, 11 am – 2 pm
LOCATION
I&I Sports
19751 S. Figueroa Street Carson, CA 90745
(The dojo is in the BACK of the building.)
NOTE: We will be moving to a NEW location in 2022 . . . Stay Tuned!
NOTES
- Fee: $10 per session (FREE for ages under 18)
- All participants need their own mawashis (sumo belts).
- Please arrive by 10:45 am. Class with Yama will start at exactly 11:00 am.
- Three-month packages to be offered soon.
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.