Philadelphia Sumo Club

Get connected .... draw strength

May Fortuna smiles on all who are stepping on to the dohyo today. We will be cheering for you!

The event starts at 9:00 AM PST on March 28 and you can watch the event live here:

Dohyo 1: https://www.youtube.com/live/fifp5nMwEQ4?si=gnHi8fdUSqqg5A9F

Dohyo 2: https://www.youtube.com/live/F7J73N-LsT8?si=d04XUQvN8jJ44bBY

We agree with Cheeky Sumo .... Eating is training!

Update: The Philadelphia Sumo Club was going to be a spin off of the Phoenixville Sumo Club. A young man from Philadelphia drove the 45 minutes to Phoenixville just about every week for almost a year. He was ready with our support to get the club up and running when life happened.

The Phoenixville Sumo Club is still committed to bringing Sumo to Philadelphia. We have the experience, skills and knowledge. What we need is people who want to learn and place to train.

If you are interested and can commit .... The Phoenixville Sumo Club will partner with you to get Sumo active in Philadelphia.

Reach out on social media or email to either the Philadelphia Sumo Club or the Phoenixville Sumo Club and let's meet on the Dohyo!

We are working to bring Sumo to Philadelphia. Phoenixville is about an hour from Philadelphia. If you don't want to drive, and you can be at the Paoli train station by 10h45 ... Let me know. I'll pick you up and take you to practice.

Zane Murphy of the Phoenixville Sumo Club

To paraphrase Maître Adam Adrian Crown:

The dohyo is a spiritual place. A place to cultivate knowledge, strength, and courage. The three things needed to overcome challenges of the mind, body and spirit. The dohyo cultivates power not over others, but over oneself.

This is the way! Don't worry about getting a grip. Keep your opponent in front of you, keep your hips low, push up with your arms and drive forward with your legs. Beautiful, no panic, fundamental Sumo.

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Philadelphia Sumo Club – Update

To quote Robert Burns “The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” The Phoenixville Sumo club worked with a fine young man weekly through 2024. He learned the basic fundamentals of Sumo. He learned how to coach and teach Sumo. He learned about conducting inclusive practices safely. Together we were going to start an active Sumo Club in Philadelphia Spring 2025. He was going to run it weekly, and the director of the Phoenixville Sumo Club would come down once or twice a month.

Then life happened. He has had to take an indefinite hiatus.

The Director of the Phoenixville Sumo Club does not have the time or resources to do Sumo every week in Philadelphia.

We need a new person(s) who are willing to learn and to shoulder the load …. Is that You?

Reach out and let’s make Sumo happen in Philadelphia!

Inter-camp sumo tournament at Gila River, Arizona, ca. 1944. Gift of the late Harry Shigemori Tanaka Family. Japanese American National Museum (97.37.1). What is the Day of Remembrance on February 19, 2025: This day commemorates the signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942. The order authorized the forced removal of Japanese Americans from the West Coast during World War II. Although a horrific situation, the Japanese spirit of Sumodo lived on. Sumo could still be found in the internment camps. We acknowledge the travesty and try to honor the wrestlers before us. #sumo #sumowrestling #sumostrong #ussumo #martialarts #combatsports #wrestling #americansumo #startingsumo #grappling #cymo #相撲 #japaneseamerican #dayofremembrance #westcoast #arizona

2025 will be the year we bring Sumo to Philadelphia

Holliday Greetings to all. We look forward to being on the dohyo in 2025 and growing Sumo in the city of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection.