“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 […]
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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 […]
“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. […]
“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 […]
I was finally able to return to teaching classes this month. I remember that in June of last year, I suddenly fell ill and was taken to the emergency hospital, where I was diagnosed with leukaemia and was hospitalised for about one month. I vomited blood, urinated blood, and could […]
Happy New Year!! What kind of year do you want this year to be for you? It’s important to clarify your goals, not just for new year’s resolutions or this year’s goals. If you know where you want to go, you’ll know what to do now, and as you work […]
This year is almost over. What kind of year was this year for you? This year was a big year for the MMA ITO DOJO, Submission Arts Wrestling, and for me personally in many ways. At the beginning of this year, I became the “Daihyō Shihan” the Grand Master of […]