Northern Sumo

22/05/2026

15/05/2026

Attention everyone! The big one is here!

The 2026 Oceania Sumo Championships will be held on Saturday the 27th of June, at the St. Ives Sports Centre, in St. Ives Sydney.

Wrestlers and grapplers from around the country as well as so far confirmed a team from across the pond in New Zealand will be converging on Sydney to determine the best Sumotori in the continent!

Registrations are OPEN! https://smoothcomp.com/en/event/32096

The complete range of weight classes for both men and women will be ran as well as a teams event, including Featherweight mens (under 70kg) division for those lighter leaner athletes.

We are excited to be hosting the event this year in a bigger venue! The sports centre will provide us ample space and facilities as well as seating for our audience.

See you on the Dohyo! Hakkeyoi!

20/12/2025

One of our OG's and honorary gyoji for the Christmas Cup, Alex! 💪🏽

20/12/2025

Northern Sumo's Tom winning the Technique Prize at the Christmas Cup 💪🏽

20/12/2025

Northern Sumo's Robbie and Jacob winning the Fighting Spirit award at the Christmas Cup 💪🏽💪🏽

20/12/2025

16/12/2025

Mike vs Heith
Play off match for 1st place.

16/12/2025

Congratulations to coach Mike for taking out 1st place at the recent Christmas Cup tournament.
Mike lost to Heith during regulation rounds, but was able to take out the win during play offs!

Also congratulations to our student Tom Carroll for taking out 3rd place. Tom had displayed stellar techniques the whole day, and was consistently on the leader board!

13/12/2025

13/12/2025

Thankyou to the Australian Sumo Federation for putting on the Christmas Cup at our club!
Special thanks to Caleb Hudson, and to our wonderfully knowledgeable commentators Kimba, and Amy from Sumo Mainichi!
Thankyou also to Ben from The Tegata Store who provided some awesome merchandise& memoribalia as prizes, as well as adornments around the competition space.

And lastly thankyou to the owners of Northern Mixed Martial Arts, Lorenzo & Tonks, for letting us use their gym space, not only this weekend, but every week that we train here!