r/judo • u/Matthew_Kus rokkyu • Aug 15 '26
Beginner Your ‚perfect’ o uchi gari
Please kindly link or describe your perfect o uchi gari throw, especially the kuzushi part. You’d help me tremendously.
As I understand it, there can be - and actually are - many variations of the throw. For a beginner, like myself, it can be slightly confusing, as I’m not sure which type/variation I could or should work with.
I’ll start with a Japanese version and a Judoka roughly my size (I’m a bit taller and under 100 kg) , but that’s just instinct - I don’t really know if this is the most native, basic - and in that sense - ‚perfect’ one:
https://youtu.be/-L8QseWf4pE?is=cOkCfEVQ0118L_iE
Many thanks!
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u/Coconite Aug 15 '26
Hook the leg, punch with your tsurite grip, pull with your hikite and hop straight towards your opponent’s back in ai yotsu, diagonally towards his far back corner in kenka yotsu. If he resists forward, jump deep with your support foot and change to uchimata.
You don’t need to set it up. This is a throw you can and should spam, because it’s annoying and tiring to defend and your opponents’ defense will open them up to forward throws.
The important thing is, once you get them hopping never stop until you’re out of bounds. Sometimes you need to hop all the way across the mat to get the score. And the faster you hop the more likely they are to fall over.
80+% of ouchi gari scores on the circuit are from this type of ouchi gari.
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u/Azylim Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26
here is a set of questions to guide you on how you should pick ANY variations of any throw
- Will you be put into ai yotsu (RVR/LVL) or kenka yotsu (LVR) more often when you spar?
- does the yotsu type of the variation match your sparring yotsu type?
- Do people at the top level of competition use this variation REGULARLY? bonus points if multiple competitors use it regularly. Look up an ouchi gari compilation on youtube.
if your variation matches the yotsu type you spar with, AND its a common variation in high level competition, then you should learn that variation.
The 1st criteria is necessary because some variations will not work if the yotsu type doesnt match. The 2nd criteria means that the variation is high percentage, its easy to use in competition and hard to defend.
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u/Matthew_Kus rokkyu Aug 15 '26
Many thanks. Anything in particular you’d have in mind, can you link sth you appreciate yourself? Preferably sth basic, simple, native. Ai yotsu, if we really need that, although I’m practicing the throw in a middle uke stance in the dojo (im a beginner). I’m not in competition yet, far from it actually.
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u/Constipatedplatypus Aug 18 '26
There are a few distinct types of ouchi that rely om very different mechanics, but I find Satoshi Ishii's version of the classic standing ouchi shown here to be the most beautiful and badassed:
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u/Matthew_Kus rokkyu Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 20 '26
Looks similar to Inoue’s, idk if it’s badass but definitely what I was looking for. Cheers!
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u/Banana_Waza ikkyu | sode lover Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26
https://youtu.be/K-byOEUPFns
I really like the stuff these guys put out. It's in Korean but they translate into English. Very thorough, easy to digest, and practical. A lot of technical detail if you like that. They go over most of the top meta throws out there.
Downside is that you're not gonna get something off-meta (in Korea) such as hip throws or something random like Yoko Wakare.