Wednesday, November 07, 2007

In this throw the arms and shoulders push the opponent back and over his right leg. The action of the arms is not isolated. They start working before or at the same time you step out with your left leg.

This throw is my particular favourite. I've studied it for a long time and have come to the conclusion that the action of the arms is most important especially the right arm.

This throw seems deceptively easy. One reason for this is that it is easy to move the feet quickly and get the right leg almost in position. For this reason everybody tries it. However, because of bad arm work in the majority of cases, it rarely comes off.

With his right leg in position, it is often possible for an experienced man to hop forward until his arms come into play and with further hopping and hooking with his right leg force the throw through. However, to move in quickly and throw the man on the spot needs positive armwork. Look carefully at the arms in the plates.

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