Obi-otoshi
帯落 · おびおとし · belt drop · said OH-bee oh-TOH-shee
- 2nd Dan, black belt, British Judo Association
- 3rd Dan, black belt, British Judo Association
- 4th Dan, black belt, British Judo Association
- 5th Dan, black belt, British Judo Association
- 5th Dan, black belt, Real Federación Española de Judo y Deportes Asociados
- 3rd Dan (Sandan), black belt, United States Judo Association
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About this technique
A hand throw driven from the belt: tori takes the front of uke's belt, shifts behind uke's right side, and scoops uke's upper left leg from behind with the other hand to throw them backwards. One of the Kodokan techniques recognised beyond the Gokyo, and a useful answer to a partner who stands square and heavy.
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A technique to uplift and throw down the opponent by grabbing the front side of his belt with the right hand, pulling it forward while stepping behind him and holding his hip from the front side with the left hand to break his balance backward.
Key points
- Take the front of the belt with your right hand
- Shift behind their right side as you pull the belt towards you
- Your belt hand and your scooping hand move as one
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Te-waza (hand techniques)
At a glance
, classification, Gokyo set, Kodokan number, contest rules, grades that require it
- What it is
- Nage-waza (throwing techniques), Te-waza (hand techniques).
- Kodokan number
- 107 (OOS).
- Contest rules
- No rule singles it out.
- Required for
- 2nd Dan (British Judo Association)
- 3rd Dan (British Judo Association)
- 4th Dan (British Judo Association)
- 5th Dan (British Judo Association)
- 5th Dan (Real Federación Española de Judo y Deportes Asociados)
- 3rd Dan (Sandan) (United States Judo Association)
Step by step
These steps describe the standard right-handed form without relying on the video.
Left-handed: these steps use the standard right-handed form. Swap every left and right.
- Face your partner and take the front of their belt with your right hand; feel for the knot to place the hand.
- Pull the belt towards you and, at the same moment, shift your body behind their right side.
- Reach your left arm across the front of their body and scoop their left leg from behind, high on the thigh.
- Lift with the scooping hand while the belt hand keeps pulling, so their balance breaks backwards.
- They fall backwards and land on their back; keep hold of the belt so they land under control.
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Receiving it
A hand takes the front of your belt and your partner moves behind your right side, then an arm crosses your front and scoops your left thigh from behind. Your feet lift and you go down backwards. Tuck your chin and slap with both arms as your back meets the mat.
VI judo notes
The belt is the easiest landmark on a judogi, so this is a friendly throw to find: feel for the knot at the front to place your right hand. The posture it answers, square and heavy, is also one you can read through the grips before committing. Move behind their right side without letting the belt go, and slide your left hand across their front and down to the back of their left thigh so it never leaves their body. Keep the belt as they go down so you know where they have landed.
In competition
, how often it scores at IJF level, and two contests where it worked
No score recorded in senior IJF competition between 2020 and 2026, across 73,099 contests. That is a fact about modern contest judo rather than a gap in the data: the technique is taught, examined and classified, and it does not score at this level.
In combinations, counters and transitions
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None recorded yet. Nobody has written down a counter to Obi-otoshi, or a combination it belongs to. You can suggest one.
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