“The first S.A.W tournament in Australia” About two years after I came to Australia and established the S.A.W Australian branch, my students were finally at a level where they could compete, so I wanted them to compete, but at the time, the only grappling tournaments were judo, and there were […]
Yearly Archives: 2025
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The 2025 S.A.W Competition was held on June 7th. There weren’t as many competitors as last year, but there were some good takedowns and good leg locks. Checkout the video!!
“Dealing with the frustration of not being able to speak English” To get more students, I did demonstrations of judo and S.A.W with Ron in many different places. If there was a martial arts event in Brisbane, we did it at the competition venue. Sometimes at a university, and sometimes […]
This is a video of me teaching a S.A.W class the basic technique for attacking from the Top Quarter Position (Top Turtle Position). This will be followed by Part 2 and Part 3.
“Kyokushin Karate Brisbane” Besides Phil and Ron, I also became very close with the people at the UQ Judo Club, who helped me out in many ways. Among them was another coach at the UQ Judo Club, Paul Nelson. He was the president of Judo Queensland, and he also helped […]
“The birth of the S.A.W Australia Branch” From the sparring and S.A.W demonstration on the second day after arriving in Australia, the students at the UQ Judo Club showed great interest in S.A.W. Some of them became my students later while continuing to practice Judo and started to learn S.A.W. […]
Online Training Course for Martial Arts, Health & Fitness, and Self Development You will learn the details of the MMA ITO DOJO’s unique Striking technique “The Budo Footwork” The “Budo” footwork is to not rely on physical strength, but rely on breathing techniques and connect with the “Centre of our […]
“Phil Brain” Phil guided me inside the UQ martial arts gym, which was very impressive. There was a large shower room and a changing room, and I changed into the Judo Gi I borrowed from the judo club. I brought my S.A.W black belt from Japan because I thought it […]
“University of Queensland Judo Club” Let me tell you the story of when I first arrived in Australia. It was 1993, and I was 25 years old. I had come all the way here with the ambition of opening a martial arts dojo in Australia and spreading Submission Arts Wrestling […]
“SAW standing techniques are the technique of handling those strikes and controlling them with grappling.” At a time when mixed martial arts had not yet been properly established, the SAW founder Shihan Hidetaka Aso created Submission Arts Wrestling with the desire to establish a grappling style that could be used […]