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Step by step
The whole movement in words, so no part of it depends on watching a video. Described in the standard right-handed form.
Left-handed: these steps are written right-handed, as the syllabuses write them. Read every left as a right and every right as a left, and the throw is yours.
- Take a right-handed grip and pull them forward onto their toes as for the shoulder throw.
- Turn in fast, back to their chest, and instead of standing to lift, sink straight down, dropping onto one or both knees beneath their centre.
- Keep the sleeve and lapel pulling forward and down over your right shoulder through the drop, so their weight follows you.
- Their body is drawn over your shoulder line by the drop; bow forward as they pass.
- They land on their back in front of you while you remain low; keep the sleeve until they are down, then rise.
Receiving it
The entry feels like seoi-nage, then the floor drops out: they sink beneath you and your weight is already committed. The rotation is quick and low. Tuck your chin early, follow the turn, and slap with your free left arm; there is less time in the air than a standing throw, so the breakfall must be a reflex.
About this technique
A shoulder throw finished by dropping the body: tori enters as for seoi-nage but sinks low, often to one or both knees, so uke is drawn over the shoulder line by the drop rather than lifted. Common in competition; drill the deep entry carefully.
Key points
- The drop replaces the lift: sink under their centre, do not collapse forward
- Their chest must be tight to your back before you drop
- Keep your own head up and back straight as you sink
Te-waza (hand techniques)
In combinations, counters and transitions
- combinationIppon-seoi-nage into Seoi-otoshi
- combinationO-soto-gake into Seoi-otoshi
- combinationSeoi-nage into Seoi-otoshi
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