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- From: satadd00@nx10.mik.uky.edu (scott andrew taddiken)
- Subject: Brenda's judo throw.
- Message-ID: <C1KqsL.IvD@ms.uky.edu>
- Summary: I think I've got it.
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- Organization: University of Kentucky
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:19:32 GMT
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- I should have thought harder from the start. I've made too many false
- starts, but I think I can give the best name for it.
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- It is hiza guruma, done in the old-fashioned style.
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- The original form of hiza guruma was as follows: Step in front of uke's
- right leg with your left leg, then step in closer (and to your right front
- corner) with your right leg. Throw him to his right front corner by
- twisting hard to the left.
-
- This broke knees. Also, it may not have been fabulously effective in
- randori. Hence the modern interpretation of the throw.
-
-
- Here is a throw I use in a similar situation:
-
- It is annoying when a partner takes a grip high on the lapel, then pulls the
- elbow of that hand down hard, making an obstacle between our bodies. It has
- much the same effects as a stiff-arm strategy, but to a lesser degree: it makes
- it harder to throw, and harder to be thrown. Say he is gripping high with his
- right hand, pulling the elbow down. I grip the center of the back with my
- left hand, and pull him tightly to me with both hands, stepping behind him
- with my left leg (pretty easy to do, since he's usually facing his right side
- into me). Drop low enough that my left leg becomes a "hurdle" for him to fall
- over, and drop him to the rear.
-
- I call it tani otoshi, which seems as good a name as any.
-
- Postscript: I may have been overly judgemental when I wondered "out loud"
- about Brenda using her left leg simultaneously to block opponent's
- right leg and get the drive of the throw. She said she brings her
- right leg forward and twists to the left; she didn't say what she
- does with the right leg once it gets there. Probably, she drives
- to the rear or left with it. This would satisfy my doubtfulness
- about the power of the throw.
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- Scott Taddiken, University of Kentucky
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