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This ended up better than I expected! Also found a friend with a variety of martial arts experiences to help out!
My, not in depth, research on Saifa ended up kinda short. It seams no one knows who created it and Wikipedia suggests it may have been created by Miyagi (since the other branches of Naha-te don't use it). Its name being another death metal album title that says very little to me in terms of intention or objectives.
One of Gichin Funakoshi's "forgotten" throws, called by the master in two different ways: 捻倒 / Neji-daoshi ("Twisting downward") in his 1925 book and 獨樂投 / Koma nage ("Spinning top throw") in his 1935 book. Funakoshi Sensei tells us that this throw is an application of the Tekki Shodan kata (ナイハンチ初段の變手 / Naihanchi Shodan no hente).
Some of the Funakoshi's throws I covered in a recent event: 咽押 / Nodo osae (Heian Shodan), 谷落 / Tani otoshi (Heian Godan), 燕返 / Tsubame-gaeshi (Heian Godan).
Particularly in relation to the latter, one of the meanings of the verb 返す / kaesu, i.e., "to retaliate," was analyzed: the final fluent exercise shows precisely the Tsubame-gaeshi throw as a kaeshi-waza against a possible disruption of Tani otoshi.
from time to time I use video do remember my bunkai ideas. This is a collection of Heian/Pinan Sandan applications, going through the kata move by move. (We had a bit of fun with the headlocks in the middle. ;-) )