1, Chain Submissions
In sparring or in a fight, it’s important to keep applying techniques one after another every time you fail one, until you immobilise them and submit them, like drawing them into spider webs.
When you make a mistake or fail one technique, you should think,
“It’s a good opportunity for the next technique”
Because that mistake and failure becomes a good setup for the next technique.
“All the techniques are connected together like a chain”
It’s a very important concept in Submission Arts Wrestling.
2, Devastating Leglocks
One of the strengths of SAW is that it has a wide variety of leg locks in the system that you can learn in detail step by step.
If you can use a strong leg lock, you can easily destroy your opponent’s legs.
In real combat, if your opponent’s legs are destroyed, they will not be able to stand up and fight again.
3, Takedowns
Learning practical takedown techniques is essential if you think about street self-defence situations. SAW put a great emphasis on takedowns.
You can damage your opponent with a big throw, and if he flinches for even a moment, you can finish him off with a ground technique.
If this were on concrete instead of a soft mat in a street situation, one throw would destroy his fighting ability, and you wouldn’t have to resort to ground techniques.
4, Counter Throws and Takedowns Against Striking
Many variations of counter throws and takedowns against striking is one of the key features of SAW too.
It’s safer to Intercept a strike and take down your opponent than to exchange strikes with them.
Lucky punches happen often, but lucky takedowns don’t.
5, Self-defence
We practice techniques always making the assumption about actual fighting to be able to handle any street situations.
6, Budo Spirit
SAW is a Japanese martial art, so you have to embrace the Budo spirit.
Budo spirit came from the Japanese ancient Samurai philosophy.
It’s more important to be a respected person than just becoming a good fighter in SAW training.
