Tai Otoshi
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Last week we work a lot on the Tai Otoshi. Personally, I find this move hard to hit sometimes, because people lean forward far enough when locking up that I have a hard time sneaking in. But I do find that I hit it opportunistically from time to time, rather than as a planned attack.
There are a few things that really stood out to me as we worked on the Taio. The first is the collar grip. It should really be in the middle of the chest, a little lower than one normally grabs. But most important here is that when you step in to throw, the hand wraps into the Gi, allowing you to press your fore arm and elbow into the person’s chest to really put power into the throw.
Now, that might sound pretty straight forward, but here is where it seems many of us were doing it wrong: Don’t step in, and then get your arm wrapped in. You have to wrap as you step. It’s all one move.
The next item is the placement of the the foot that is not doing the trip. For me, that’s normally the left foot. Too many of as have been putting that foot to close to the opponent. If you’re having problems with you Taio, try this: First foot steps in (in between the victim’s legs, but a little bit in front of the feet), second foot steps in (just liek you are used to)… but wait. Take the second foot, and move it further from the victim. Not to the side, but out in front of them further. See if that helps.
The final key is once you’ve turned, and really start to throw, pull the person intially forward with the hand you have on their sleeve. don’t wrap tham tight into your body. Cast them forward and out, almost like you would wit a fishing rod. Once they start to fly, then you suck in and back to the body.
Anyway, I hope that helps. Those three things really tuned up my Tai Otoshi.
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