Our 3rd Q&A. Some excellent questions, as usual. Read more →
This is not very common but quite a few Europeans like to do the side takedown this way. Read more →
Not a very common technique but effective. Read more →
The direction of the throw makes it more like an uki-waza, where the throw is to the front. Read more →
This is a good technique to do when the standard Matsumoto Roll doesn't work. Read more →
This is the famous osaekomi turnover named after Kaori Matsumoto. Read more →
These 2-on-1 gripping styles are the most common ways a side takedown is done in modern competition. Read more →
Side takedown is a cross between drop kata-guruma and yoko-otoshi. Read more →
Briggs Sankaku is a wrist-control form of sankaku that is designed to be more of an osaekomi turnover than a strangle. Read more →
This is an osaekomi turnover that makes use of the legs to sankaku uke's arm before doing a forward roll to end up in a form of ushiro-kesa-gatame. Read more →