People wey sabi sumo. People wey go welcome you.

1. Tie your mawashi

   Your instructor go help you tie di traditional sumo belt and prepare you for di experience.

2. Warm up together

   Start with stretches and movements wey go prepare your body. Follow wetin di instructor show you at a pace wey you dey comfortable with.

3. Understand di rules

   Learn di basics of sumo history, how person dey win a bout, and di proper behaviour for dohyo, di sumo ring.

4. Practise di basics — keiko

   Try di traditional movements wey form di foundation of sumo training. Your instructor go explain and show you each exercise.

   Shiko

   Raise and lower each leg one after di other to practise balance and di special sumo leg stamp.

   Koshiwari

   Spread your feet wide, lower your hips and practise how to control your posture.

   Suriashi

   Practise sliding steps and keep your feet close to di ground as you move.

   Teppo

   Learn how to push forward and how your arms and feet work together.

   Butsukari-geiko

   If your instructor decide say e dey suitable, try controlled pushing practice with a level of effort wey suit you.

5. Try a bout — torikumi

   Learn di order: bow, do chirichozu, put both fists for ground, start di bout, then bow again. Learn wetin chirichozu mean and wetin kinjite, di techniques wey dem ban, be. Di instructor go adjust each supervised bout to suit di people wey dey take part.

6. Take photos to remember di day

   Finish with photos beside di sumo wrestlers so you go remember your time inside di ring.

Na example of di programme be this. Exercises, order and duration fit change because of di venue, group or conditions that day. Na di instructor go decide which contact exercises and bouts to offer. You no need take part in every activity. Tell us wetin your group need when you send enquiry.