Ashi-Waza (Leg-Throws)

O-uchi-gari (major inner reap)

When a man stands with his feet fairly wide apart his weight and balance will be evenly spread. The idea of this throw is to take one leg away suddenly causing him to fall over. This is not so easy as it sounds. A man sensing that you are going to reap one of his legs away will either close his legs or shift his weight to his other leg. The essence of this throw is to catch him with his legs spread wide and in the actual execution of the throw make sure that his weight is mostly over the leg you are hooking away.