Henderson pulls hard on the lat and lifts his right foot. This is necessary because he must turn his body on a vertical axis.ģ. Henderson’s posture has gone from hunched over to upright. He also begins to pull Thomson to the right with his grip on the lat. Notice the position of Henderson’s right foot, he is preparing for the sweep. Henderson identifies the block, and while he is unable to step his right foot to Thomson, he can make Thomson step to his right foot.Ģ. Blocking Henderson’s leg prevents these takedowns, at least on that side.
Most takedowns from this position are predicated on stepping into “the danger zone” between in opponent’s feet. Meanwhile, Thomson extends his overhook arm to deftly block Henderson’s right leg from stepping in. He can pull Thomson’s triceps to move him to the left, and his lat to move him to the right. His underhook hand grabs Thomson’s latissimus dorsi (lat) to use as a handle.
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Henderson understands how to properly wrestle from over-unders. Here, Henderson executed a slick foot sweep, which I picture below and explain step by step.ġ. Both men achieved standard over-unders where each fighter held corresponding underhooks and overhooks with their heads on the overhook-side shoulder. The best bit of clinch wrestling in Henderson vs. Most fans find this boring, and fair enough, but wrestling well in an upper-body clinch requires finely honed skill, skill most fighters (and wrestlers) do not possess. Thomson and Henderson demonstrated an impressive amount of technique wrestling from over-unders, in fact, parts of their fight resembled a moderately high-level Greco-Roman match.
Most wrestlers don’t spend enough time practicing this sort of upper-body situation, and many wrestlers and coaches would rather avoid the high level of risk associated with it. If you go to a scholastic wrestling tournament, you will even see coaches of very good wrestlers urging their athletes to avoid over-unders. They spent much of their recent bout in the over-under position (MMA people refer to this as “the clinch”), a wrestling situation where very few American wrestlers are comfortable. Their fighting clearly shows that they receive quality wrestling coaching, and that they actually take this coaching to heart. Gaudy wrestling resumes or not, Thomson and Henderson do an awfully good job applying their wrestling abilities in a prize fight. Henderson placed fifth at 157 pounds at NAIA nationals, a nice achievement, but one which pales in comparison to the wrestling accolades boasted by some of his UFC contemporaries. When Henderson graced their lineup, Dana’s wrestling program won an NAIA national championship. I’m not just talking about the wrestling program the entire school closed its doors a few years ago. Henderson wrestled for Dana College, which no longer exists. Last modified June 15, 2007.The wrestling of Makovsky and Jorgensen Part I The wrestling of Makovsky and Jorgensen Part II Return to the Judo Information Site This page is copyright © 1997/2007 by Neil Ohlenkamp,, USA.
Key point: “Be sure you keep your side tight up against your opponent’s side.” See videos of experts executing osotogari, or this detailed lesson on Osoto Gari. Your other leg then sweeps the opponent’s leg out from under him/her using your body as a single lever motivated by pelvic action. In teaching one of his favorite techniques, World and Olympic champion Yamashita emphasizes the importance of good style, while acknowledging the special demands of competition.Īs you step close to the outside of your opponent’s foot you push your opponent off balance to the rear corner while holding him/her close. A relatively simple, yet powerful, throw it has been popular in tournaments and effective for self-defense.For more information get Osotogari by Yasuhiro Yamashita. Osotogari, or major outer reaping, is a leg throw.
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