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@@nicocontreras5366 if he starts right leg foreward what direction would be best or would you go for a different throw

This technique really EVENS the playing field and gets your attacker on the ground ___👇___ where he is at his most vulnerable. It's also very simple and I learned how to do it this morning from our *Sensei Shintaro*

3:55 ouchi chained to uchi mata

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How did it go?

Went well thanks mate I've since go on and got my green belt. Working on the techniques and terminology for my Blue belt. My goal is to get my black belt before I'm 30. I'm 26 now. Stay safe mate Keep training 👍👍 @@kbanghart

Well that’s cryptic as fuck

@@rescuedogs2729 Yea I know the definitions. But I want Shintaro's point of view. Not everyone agrees.

I'd say it's the difference between catching and lifting and trapping and pulling. Think of the word definitions and the shapes that apply. A hook, like a fishing hook or question mark shape ?, has a straight/semi straight line that starts to turn back on itself ear one end. An object enters the space it creates and gets trapped inside the partial circle by a foot/barb. Also think of old cartoons where a character gets pulled off stage by their neck with a giant hook. The hook catches the object, traps it, and pulls it away. When you attack with Ko Soto Gake, your leg wraps around your opponents foot, trapping it, and pulls it while you add kuzushi up top to complete the throw. With reaping, think of a scythe, the tool the grim reaper carries, which farmers use to cut down wheat and grass. It's a cutting tool. It starts as a straight line and curves a few degrees, but is straighter than a hook shape because the point doesn't start to circle back on itself. A scythe is rigid yet flexible, sharp, and is used to cut. It travels in a circle from a central point, and, like the blade of a curved sword, slices into and through something. Your success with a reap often comes with how rigid your leg is. When you attack O Soto Gari, your leg is thrown towards your opponent with a slight curve to it, foot and toes pointed down. This allows you to tense up and drive through with the entire leg and the hips, but instead of wrapping and trapping your opponent like a hook, your slightly curved leg catches their leg or hip, and combined with your mass and momentum plus kuzushi, lifts them up with the leg as you follow through, throwing them. A hook traps and pulls, a reap catches and lifts/cuts through. Confusion definitely comes with inner reaps because often the tori will entirely wrap the leg with their own, creating te hook. This certainly helps, especially as you follow through with different directions as they attempt to escape, but it's ultimately not necessary to hook an uki's leg when doing o uchi gari. You can still reap their leg out from the inside with a slightly curved leg if all goes well, and it's the most basic version of the throw. A hooking throw requires the hook though, by definition.

Gari is a reap, Gake is a hook. Gari throws have you forcefully "cut" the leg away so that gravity takes the place of the leg/post. These are big, violent throws, generally. Gake throws focus on hooking a leg, so that the opponent cannot step out when you drive and add kuzushi. Simply, reaps cut away the feet like a scythe and hooks trap the leg in place.

Hi Nico, Isa here responding for Shintaro while we're all social distancing. Usually techniques are applied in randori from an athletic stance. Since o uchi is a one-legged throw, you want to make sure you're not too side-on when you attack.

@@isa100kg Thank you Isa, since 2007 I have had some problems with Ouchi haha, I never stop learning.

David Cantor lol. Not sure where that came from. Its cringe. Is this my friend David Cantor from HS wrestling?!

@@Shigashi84 The one and the same. Its been a long time.

David Cantor hope youre doing well man!!!!!

@@Shigashi84 Yeah, you know, life is a trip. Its been really cool seeing all the content you have been putting out as of late.

Amit Sardal 4:05 is ouchi to uchimata combination

Hi Amit, Isa here responding for Shintaro while we're all social distancing. Sometimes depending on how the partner reacts to o uchi, the throw will look like uchi mata or a mix of o uchi and uchi mata.

@@isa100kg thank you. Uchi Mata has always confused me. That Ouchi bit cleared not just Ouchi Gari but also Uchi Mata. I guess depending on what the direction of my kuzushi is, I can do either. :)