Judo Techniques

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Mike Lewis from Christian Martial Arts. We're going to talk today about some Judo techniques. Pretty much we will be talking about three basic throws. The first is O goshi and Taiotoshi and then O soto gari. First starting out with O goshi which is a hip throw. If your opponent, you're locked up with your opponent, what you do is you're going to drop your center of gravity below his center of gravity in order to get him up into your hip and be able to push him over. So you can actually, of course depending on the rules to grabbing around the head and etc., I grab underneath the arm here, I twist in to make sure my body is twisted in the direction that I want him, that I want to throw him, I'm going to lower my hips underneath his so that I'll be able to pick him up onto my back. It's an execution to where his body weight is coming in towards me and all I'm doing is I'm dropping my body weight low enough to be able pick him up off the ground using his momentum also to flip him over. The next throw that we're going to talk about is Taoitoshi and it's pretty, pretty much the same thing as far as direction goes. His body is coming in towards me and he's going to end up on the other side. So this time though you have to pay attention to footwork. His foot steps across the centerline of his body. There's a invisible line that sorts of splits his body in half, he steps across. Maybe he's going for an O soto gari or throw himself and all I do is take his arms and his body and twist and then just take out his leg as he goes around. His body weight comes in towards me, it ends up over here to other side. The next throw is an O soto gari, that's where he's come again but I'm off balancing him backwards. So instead of crossing his little centerline, he steps straight forward, towards me. We're locked up together, I come in with my right leg, I'm also using my upper body; my shoulder, my chest and everything to push him back and then sweep out the leg. Very important that you get the body off balance. If you don't, you're pretty much in the same position. Just to show that, he moves his foot forward, we're locked up together. From here, we're in the same position, he can throw me back, I can throw him back. So it's very important that you are the first one to get the off balance. So there's the three basic Judo throws that you'll see; O goshi, Taoitoshi and O soto gari."