Video 27: Standing Ippon Seoinage
Chances are anyone that decided they want to pick up judo didn’t have their interest piqued because of foot techniques and the minutia of grips. Judo draws students in because they want to learn really cool throws! You’re in luck, Ronda is going to teach you the standing ippon
Here are the main things:
1. Stand square.
Yo, square up! This means it’s down to business. Stand straight on with your opponent and grip tight onto that sleave. Don’t worry about grabbing the lapel or the shoulder seam, you’ll need your other arm for the shoulder throw.
2. Step across with lead leg.
Get a little more than shoulder length apart with a lead leg in front. You want to have one front ahead of the other and get big toe to big toe with whoever is about to catch that seoinage.
3. Pull sleeve, backstep, turn 180-degrees.
Watch “Rowdy” Ronda carefully and try to perform all these movements at the same time. Pull on the sleeve, step and turn your back into your opponent. This is when you secure the other arm.
4. Feet are even.
Remember the triangle of leverage? With your back against your opponent and their arm held over your shoulder, your feet should be together and even. Now you have the power.
5. Lower hips below opponent’s.
Three, six, nine damn she fine, hoping she can sock it to me one more time. Low, get low, get low. Squat down and make sure that your belt is under your opponent’s and that way you have a low center of gravity. This will make lifting them so much easier. Check out how Ronda Rousey lifts up UFC heavyweight Travis Browne!
6. Jam your elbow pit into opponent’s armpit.
Pit to pit. Repeat it, pit to pit. It’s like you’re trying to reach back and around to scratch the back of your neck. The crook of your elbow locks under the opponent’s pit to grab the seam of their judo gi.
7. Lean forward toward pad.
If your opponent wasn’t there, you would fall down. Keep that in mind. If you lean back toward your opponent, they’ll have the leverage and this careful balance of technique will all be lost.
8. Kazushi: Balance breaking.
Flashback to glossary terms. Kazushi is unbalancing. Tsukuri is entering into the judo throw, sweep, or move. Kake is the execution so execute!
9. Lift, bend, turn.
Pull sleeve, backstep, turn 180-degrees, lift, bend, turn. All one fluid motion. No matter if they are near the pad or not, sorry Travis. Practice until you start doing this with your covers in your sleep.
Make Rousey proud with this judo throw because next up is another version of it that you’ll also have to master.