Quote Originally Posted by Von Milash
Hey Munky,

In my amateur view, one thing I've noticed about judo is that the guy who gets the successful throw (and the point?) can soemtimes be the guy who ends up in the more precarious position, or even the guy that looks to have take the worst of the blow. Can you comment on this? Thanks.
Hey Von, to get the 10 points for a clean throw (ippon) the other guys needs to land on his back with force. A wazari can be scored by making the ooponent land on his back without force and yuko's are 3 point scores given for various things. If a chap is thrown with force onto his back thats the end of the contest. Sometime the 'thrower' can end up in an odd position after the throw has been executed but rest assured the other chap is on his back.

Also it all depends on the type of throw. The very first throw you see in my vid is a drop seionage (one armed drop shoulder throw). The opponent went sraight on his back and to be fair the agressor didn't need the armbar because the point had already been won. If you can point to an example somewhere or maybe in the vid of what you mean then i can look at it. However in my experience the thrower always lands in the dominant position so that he can go straight into a hold down or sumission if need be. Stands to reason that if your opponent is going onto his back you will follow him down in a dominant position. Sometimes the uke (opponent) will twist out of the throw (not land on his back) but even then he is giving the agressor his back and lining himself up for a koshe jime (like the one you pointed out in the vid)

Almost all the time the thrower ends up the dominant person once is goes to ground. is this what you are asking? Maybe i have misread your question.