Takedowns

I decided today, after Jeremy taught us a simple but effective takedown, that I want to be a takedown animal. Seriously, I love takedowns. It's just so satisfying when you nail them.

Osotogari:

• break opponent's active arm by grabbing the elbow, coming up, then down
  
• step deep, hitting the shoulder hard (ie, commit!)
• as you're stepping with the outside foot, the inside foot is coming up, hooking (higher the better, within reason), and pulling ALL the way through, until your foot is pointing toward the ceiling (again, commit!)
• retain control of the arm, knee on belly.

In the event that you don't have enough leverage, but still have the hook:

• maintain your forward CG (you'll probably be bent over still trying to make shoulder contact)
• HOP around your opponent's outside until you've gotten deep enough, with the right leverage, to finish

This really does work, even if hopping doesn't intuitively seem right.



Videos
Old school video (no audio)
New video, good instruction
Osotogari to Haraigoshi