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Originally Posted by Manatee
All I have to say is, ARGH. It's a great throw but sometimes the guy just stiff arms you and hunches over so you can't get in. Real defensive like. I can normally nail it if someone doesn't play real defensively. I was looking at how Koga breaks his Ippon-Seoi Nage down and it seems to alleviate someone who likes to fight really defensively. Here's a video of Koga showing how he does it.
YouTube - KOGA
Anyone have any recommendations on how I can finish this throw? What sort of techniques do you use to set it up, when do you strike? I mostly do a left side ippon seoi nage, I don't drop. Any tips would be helpful. |
I'm not sure where your problem is at. To me, a stiff arm is a gift for me to use ippon seoi. Hunching over can also help with the throw since they are already off balanced a little, but if they are too far over to get your hips in then the over the back grip is money from there.
How are you gripping for your entry that the stiff arm is preventing you? Is it a double stiff arm?
Break one of the double stiff arms. I usually pop the arm up since they generally have a high lapel grip when they double stiff arm. I aim at the wrist or the elbow when I pop the arm up. With my other hand I already have an established grip at the arm pit. When I turn in I use my body for the torque to get kuzushi instead of just pulling with my arm. By the time I've finished dropping my base and fully turning they are already loaded and all I have to do is turn them over.
You can also roll your shoulder back so that the stiff arm goes over your shoulder. I do this sometimes to close the distance. The bad part is that uke's arm sometimes is too high for a "safe" seoi and leaves an opening for hadaka jime. To counter this I grip at the elbow with my same side hand and pull the elbow down into the ippon/bicep grip with the other arm as I turn in. This grip setup is slower than the one I described above and lower percentage for me (as far as getting the ippon).
I hope some of that made sense. -ken