“My First Visit Home to Japan” When I arrived in Australia and was working hard toward my goals, one of my students asked me, “Aren’t you going back to Japan for a holiday?” At the time, I was so focused on my goal of establishing a S.A.W Australian branch and […]
Submission Arts Wrestling
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This video is a continuation of the previous one, “Submission Arts Wrestling Top Quarter Position Basic Strategy Part 1 (Back Mount and Back Position)” and briefly explains “Chain Techniques” which are the basic attacking techniques from the “Top Quarter Position (Top Turtle Position)” that change depending on the opponent’s resistance. […]
We held a seminar after the S.A.W competition last month. This is a video showing just some parts of that seminar. SAW places emphasis on takedowns and throws, so in this seminar we practiced smooth transitions from takedowns to ground techniques and transitions to leg locks, heel hook variations. This […]
Shihan Aso promoted me from 8th Dan to 9th Dan, the founder’s rank. Here is the official announcement from Shihan Aso. “I am promoting S.A.W Daihyo Shihan Toshiyuki Ito 8th Dan to 9th Dan as the founder’s rank successor. This is because I recognise his achievements so far, his sincere […]
“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 […]
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. […]