Vortex Throw

 

In this so-called sacrifice throw, similar to the Judo technique, the
practitioner falls backward to throw the opponent far to the rear. Also, although other Vortex Throws are typically executed by grabbing the enemy's lapels, the Hazuki Style Vortex Throw is executed by executing a hold on the inner joints of both the enemy's arms and pinning them under the practitioner's arms. Thus it is impossible for the enemy to assume a defensive position to lessen the shock caused by the throw. Depending on the reflexes of the practitioner, it is also possible to deliver a decisive blow after executing the throw. The more aggressive the enemy's attack, the more effective the throw.

Move Origins

The Vortex Throw comes from the throw tomoe nage (巴投), or circle throw. Tomoe nage is an old throw originating from jiujitsu. It is one of the original 40 throws codified by judo founder Jigoro Kano and remains a popular throw in modern competition.

Natsumi Tsunoda, queen of tomoe nage, hitting her signature move in judo competition

"Hazuki Style" Vortex Throw

Throws that prevent the opponent from lessening the shock of the throw (i.e. breakfalling) aren't used much in the sports-focused and litigation-happy martial arts of today, but were more common in the older arts like classical jiujitsu that prioritized battlefield effectiveness. Versions of tomoe nage can be found in historic European wrestling traditions that are quite similar to the move description.

A tomoe nage found in the medieval German fencing manual by Hans Talhoffer
(Talhoffer Fechtbuch MS_Thott.290.2º)

A tomoe nage found in Italian fencing master Achille Marozzo's manual "Opera Nova" as a defense against a dagger attack

Decisive Blow

The full version of the Vortex Throw with the extra inputs has Ryo roll onto of his opponent after the throw and landing on them with a knee drop.

The practical application is that it lands the user of the throw in a dominant position on the ground, enabling further control, strikes, or submissions.

World No-Gi BJJ/ADCC bronze medalist Lachlan Giles demonstrating a tomoe-nage style sweep

Attempting to damage the opponent with the knee drop, while being more in-line with Ryo's fighting style, is a less reliable method of following-through with the Vortex Throw. However, I have seen 2 instances of fights being ended with grounded knee drops in (admittedly low level) MMA recently.

Overthrow

 

With this move, the practitioner takes the opponent's arm and lowers his own body while pulling and choking at the base of the opponent's neck, lifting him onto his back and throwing him.

Similar moves can be observed in other styles in Judo, but what distinguishes it in the Hazuki Style is that the opponent is not released during the throw. Because the opponent's neck is grasped with both hands and the throw is executed while choking, the opponent cannot assume a defensive posture and is flipped completely upside down when falling. In order to develop the muscles needed for the required grip, Ryo practiced by filling an earthen pot with sand and lifting it with only the tips of his fingers.

Move description/video courtesy of Suka Pass.

The Overthrow is the quintessential over-the-shoulder throw seen in various grappling arts and movies since motion pictures were invented. Judo is the most famous for its seoi nage (背負い投げ) shoulder throw and many variations of it are still regularly used in competition today.

Masashi Ebinuma (JPN) vs Antoine BOUCHARD (CAN) at the Budapest Grand Prix 2018

It is somewhat rare in modern MMA, but standing and drop versions do appear occassionally.

Former Olympic judoka Rick Hawn using a seoi nage in one of his MMA fights

Is Ryo gonna have to choke a bitch mad angel?

The description mentions choking the opponent with two hands while throwing them. There is a historical analogue in classical jiujitsu called ganseki nage or ganseki otoshi (boulder throw/boulder drop). A cross-armed double lapel grip on a gi or kimono is commonly used for strangling techniques in jiujitsu and judo. While these chokes are usually applied during newaza ground-fighting in the modern era, applying these chokes while standing was more common historically. Using this choking grip, the user can throw the user over their shoulder, either for the surprise factor or if the choke is being defended. The ganseki otoshi eventually morphed into the shoulder throw of today, but one can still find it listed as a "reference technique" in sources like Kyuzo Mifune "The Canon of Judo."

From "The Canon of Judo"
Top: the ganseki otoshi in action
Bottom: the cross arm grip used to strangle during newaza

Grip Training

Hojo undō (補助運動), or supplementary exercises, refers to traditional physical conditioning exercises done with and without weighted equipment. It is most commonly associated with Okinawan styles of karate. The earthen pots of sand that Ryo lifted are called nigiri gami and are common hojo undō tools.

From Michael Clarke's "The Art of Hojo Undo: Power Training for Traditional Karate"

Arm Break Fire

 

Abridged move description courtesy of Suka Pass.

 A complex move that damages the opponent's arms in multiple areas simultaneously.

While grasping the opponent's arm, the practitioner moves laterally and after delivering a sharp elbow thrust, he quickly takes a reverse joint hold on the shoulder to sprain the opponent's arm, then leaps on to the opponent to finish in a position nearly identical to a reverse cross defense. This fearsome move results in simultaneous damage to several areas of the arm joint.

This is an extremely complicated composite move, and because the transition from one step to the next move must be smooth, it is extremely difficult.

 

 The full Arm Break Fire is composed of 3 moves:

1. Elbow thrust
2. Reverse joint hold
3. Reverse cross defense

The "reverse joint hold" and "reverse cross defense" are established judo techniques known as ude-hishigi-waki-gatame (Japanese: 腕挫腋固) and tobi-jūji-gatame (Japanese: 飛び十字固め) .

 

Waki Gatame

The ude-hishigi-waki-gatame, or armpit armlock, is one of the official joint lock techniques of judo and comes from traditional Japanese jiujitsu. The technique has been used to great effect in mixed martial arts as well, albeit rarely. Former Shooto/DREAM/ONE champion Shinya Aoki famously broke his opponent's arm using the waki gatame in the process of setting up a takedown.

Shinya Aoki vs Keith Wisniewski Shooto: 1/29 in Korakuen Hall

Former UFC LHW champion Jon Jones used a conceptually-similar technique from a whizzer position in his title defense against Glover Teixeira.

Jon Jones vs Glover Teixeira UFC 172

Despite the move's effectiveness, it is rarely seen in competition. This could be due to the waki gatame's high injury potential and the difficulty with training the technique with resistance safely. Even in MMA or Brazilian jiujitsu where the technique is legal, it can be considered somewhat of a dick move. It can quickly cause injury to your training partner with little warning and before they have a chance to tap/signal you to let go. In judo, it's illegal to use the standing variation of waki gatame as part of a throwing combination for this reason. 

A heated confrontation between former UFC MW champion Sean Strickland and ADCC champion Orlando Sanchez during a sparring session. Sanchez used a whizzer crank (ala Jon Jones) while Strickland was preparing for an MMA fight.

Tobi Juji Gatame

Tobi juji gatame, better known as a flying armbar, is a variation of the juji gatame, or cross armlock/armbar in judo. Though all flying submissions were banned in judo competition in 2018, the flying armbar is still common in other grappling martial arts such as BJJ, sambo, and catch wrestling as well as MMA.

Flying armbars are the definition of high risk, high reward moves. They're flashy and can surprise an opponent. However, if done poorly, it can leave you in a vulnerable position and/or give you a concussion from landing/being spiked on your head. Or worse.

Unnamed Leg Takedown

This unnamed throw is executed when Ryo has his back to his opponent, ducks, and executes a throw with his legs.

At first glance, this appears similar to kani basami, or scissors takedown. This move has been banned in judo due to high injury potential, but is still legal in MMA and other grappling arts.

The infamous match between Yasuhiro Yamashita and Sumio Endo that led to the banning of kani basami. Endo tries to go for kani basami against Yamashita and ends up breaking Yamashita's knee. The move was banned shortly after this match.

However, the opponent is taken backwards using kani basami whereas Ryo is throwing his opponent forward. The rolling o-guruma throw used in sambo takes the opponent forward with a somewhat similar scissors motion, but it's not quite the same either.

Rolling o-guruma demonstrated by International Class Master of Sport in Sambo, IVAN VASYLCHUK

 
I hadn't seen any perfect analogues for this move in competition until the 2022 Paris Grand Slam. Muzaffarbek Turoboyev executes a sort of kani basami-soto makikomi hybrid where he scissors his legs and takes his opponent forward, just like Ryo does.

Muzaffarbek Turoboyev vs Nikoloz Sherazadishvili

Sweep Throw

 

 

Abridged move description courtesy of Suka Pass:

This throwing move involves quickly turning and pulling the opponent's neck, then using the leg to sweep up the opponent's inner thigh and throw him.

In Judo, this move is called the Inner Thigh or the Sweep Throw depending on the area of the opponent's body that is targeted, but in the Hazuki Style, the move carries the single name, the Sweep Throw. It can be said that of all the throwing moves of the Hazuki style, which has carefully preserved the nature of the fighting moves of the Warring States Era, that the primary aim is to flip over and drop the enemy rather than throw him a great distance. This is certainly true of the Sweep Throw.

The effectiveness of Jujitsu throws is best demonstrated when the opponent is thrown onto hard ground or a floor rather than on straw mats, at which time, more damage can be imparted to the opponent's entire body than with a simple thrust or kick.

The Sweep Throw does exist in judo and is known as uchi mata (内股) which translates to "inner thigh". The Sweep Throw mentioned in description most likely refers to harai goshi (払腰) which translates to "sweeping hip". Uchi mata is nicknamed "the king of throws" and is one of the moves with the highest percentage of successful use in competition.

While uchi mata/sweep throw is nowhere near as common in MMA as it is in judo, it has been used before at the highest levels of the sport. It is typically used as a counter in MMA, as the opponent driving forward provides part of the setup of the move. This could be used in response to an outside trip attempt:

Former Bellator champion/Olympian Ben Askren gets tossed by Luis Santos as he attempts an outside trip after a failed bodylock takedown.

Islam Makhachev throws Nik Lentz while up against the fence after Lentz tries to use an outside trip

It can also be used to counter forward pressure from an over-under clinch or single leg attempt:

Ricardo Lamas throws Charles Oliveira as Oliveira pressures Lamas into the fence from the clinch

Hall of Famer Ronda Rousey demonstrates both setups in her second match against Miesha Tate.

While the tidbit in the description regarding hard surfaces being worse than soft ones to land on is sort of a "no-duh" moment, there is some historical precedent. In the famous match between Brazilian jiujitsu founder Hélio Gracie and top judoka Masahiko Kimura, Kimura threw Gracie multiple times but was unable to stop Gracie with throws alone due to the soft mats used in the arena.

Kimura pinning Gracie in a kesa gatame (scarf hold) during the legendary match.