About



I'm Sawato Kawamura, I was born in Santa Cruz, California in 1987 and began training Jiu-Jitsu in 1997 at the age of 10. I am currently a second degree black belt under Master Claudio Franca who is based out of Santa Cruz. I have been living in Japan the last few years and currently still an active competitor as well as head instructor of PEACEMAKER.

Belt Lineage:

GM Helio Gracie > GM Francisco Mansor > Claudio Franca > Sawato Kawamura

Partial List of Achievements:

2018 Dumau Kyushu Open-Adult-Black Belt (Weight 1st place) (Open Weight 2nd place)

2017 IBJJF Asian Open-Adult-Black Belt-(Open Class- 3rd place)

2017 Dumau All Japan-Adult-Black Belt-Light (Weight-1st place)(Open Class-2nd place)


2017 Dumau All Japan No-Gi-Adult-Black Belt-(Light Weight-1st place)(Open Class-1st place)

2017 JBJJF Kyushu Open-Adult-Black Belt-(Open Class-1st place)

2017 IBJJF Japanese National-Adult-Black Belt-(Middle Weight-3rd place)

2016 Dumau South Japan-Adult-Black Belt- (Middle Weight-1st place)(Open Class-1st place)

2016 Dumau South Japan(Spring)-Adult-Black Belt-(Light Weight-1st place)(Open Class-2nd place)

2016 Dumau Tokyo-Adult-Black Belt-Light Weight-(2nd place)

2015 Dumau South Japan-Adult-Black Belt-(Light Weight-1st place)(Open Class-1st place)