r/judo • u/One_Walrus8690 • 1d ago

General Training Thoughts on my Seoi Nage?

This was at a judo for BJJ type of class but I’ve recently switched over to a Judo gym since I realized I enjoy it much more. I’ve discovered Seoi Nage throws are my favorite but I can’t say they come easy to me. Just wanted to share.

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u/1308lee 1d ago

When you get to this point you want to be on your toes, and at the angle of the arrow and just FUCKING SEND IT, so rather than jacking her UP, you’re using those muscles in your legs to send her over. Don’t pick UP, to throw DOWN. Once you’ve done that and fell on your face a couple times, you can use her body weight as a counter balance and use your arms to whip down, and in, keep your balance then smash an armbar on. When you stumble forwards, that’s wasted potential energy.

But that’s black belt shit.

You're making a great start 👍

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u/One_Walrus8690 1d ago

Thank you! That makes sense!

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u/1308lee 1d ago

little example of the angle

It’s somewhat of a "hot take" and you’ll find a lot of judo coaches teaching jacking up throws, loading them onto your back and then rotating to finish the throw. It’s fine but if you see any competition videos where there’s a big scramble while they’re flying through the air and it looks messy and scrappy while they’re trying to turn away from being thrown flat on their back and the thrower is grappling and fighting to keep them there… that’s because they’ve lifted rather than throwing down.

Then you see other throws and they’re lightning fast. Over and done with a split second. Whiplash inducing, massive smashes. That’s proper judo imo