What's wrong with my Nage Waza?

Question

For some reason my Nage Waza has just gone to the dump lately. Can a Judoka please explain in great detail how to perform a throw? I think the problem is my hip and foot placement.

Answer 1

Could be you're not breathing correctly. Sometimes when you're out of shape or are fatigued, you tend to hold your breath instead of timing it with your movements when you perform Nage waza(throwing techniques) and I find that this usually turns the whole throw into a tug of war match with the uke. It tenses all your muscles and you end up with a bad stance and feel off balance.

Answer 2

Well I would have to know what is going wrong with it. Have to see you performing it to really tell you what you are doing wrong.

I  couldn't tell you in great detail how to do a throw because there are a lot of throws, and each one requires some minute and specific details that you have to feel or see, and can't necessarily be articulated. Additionally, there are sometimes problems that can only be felt.

One thing you can do is ask your opponent/Uke what you did wrong. Most of the time it is your partner who can tell you if you didn't get low enough, or didn't place something right.

More than breath holding, I find most people develop problems in throwing by not concentrating or forgetting about kazushi. Without the off balancing a lot of your throws will feel awkward, and will not work. What happens after someone has taken a break or something of the sort, their foot and hip placement is right, by all visible means they look to be performing the technique right, they just forget the kazushi.

Kazushi makes the throw, and is the difference between a throw being effortless, and requiring you to muscle through it.

If you were throwing properly, and now you are sucking, chances are it isn't your hip and foot placement, it is more than likely kazushi, and not doing a slight pull before a forward throw, or a push to a corner during a rear throw, etc.

Without seeing exactly what you are doing wrong, or knowing exactly what the problem is that is the best I can do.

Answer 3

Kore ha nan desuka? ..... Fuso? <---surangu desuka?

Watashi no heta na nihongo wo yurushite kudasai  : )

de ha mata!!!

Edit: Nihongo ga hanasemasuka? ...... I didn't think so and I'll bet that none of you do other wise the statement above would have at least gotten a laugh. You say, "I've had martial arts training in Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu (Ninjutsu), Tae Kwon Do Chung Do Kwan, Muay Thai, Judo, Brazilian Jujitsu, Hapkido, Aikido, and Maharlika Kuntaw " yeah right .............fake!!!!  You could have at least replied with a simple, "Nihongo wo rikaisuru nowa muzukashii desu." and I would have been satisified or even gotten a laugh out of my original statement and told me to go jump off a bridge and that would have surficed, but you just proved that you have no knowledge what so ever in the question you're even asking.  Some one claiming to have all those "Japanese Arts" under his belt would have at least laughed at my original statement. ..... FAKE!!!!!!!!!!! but then again about 90% of all of you are with out a doubt.  Don't use Japanese terminologies if you don't want Japanese replies to your questions you fake chumps!!!  I'll take the thumbs down .... it would be an honor to be regarded as "truthful" instead of what the majority of you are.

What's wrong with my Nage Waza? .... here's your answer: You don't even know what it is so why worry about it!!!

Answer 4

Hi there

They key to nage techniques is balance. Most practitioners i have seen tend to use force and aggression first rather than second. Although force is necessary you become rather screwed when you try to use it against people much larger than yourself. The key to all throws is setting up and taking your opponents balance first. Once you do this the throw is easy. Throws require you to place your body into the best position so you can use it as a fulcrum or leaver. Sometimes you may manipulate someones shoulders and head before you use your hips to throw them. Its hard to explain and takes many years of practice to grasp. But like the others have said ask your uke or instructor to see what you are doing. It may be obvious or it may be something else. All techniques have a beginning a middle and an end. If you miss the first two parts out and go straight to the end then they will fail totally. Break it down and make sure you have each part right before moving onto the next. Remeber to effect someones balance you can pull them, push them or compress them by taking their spine away from them! Develop a skill for feeling and assessing uke's point of balance before you throw them. Take your time when learning and dont rush through techniques. Thats what the dojos for. To learn! :-)

Best wishes

idai