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Shvoong Home>Lifestyle>Sports & Recreation>Uchi-Mata (Inner Thigh) in Karate Review

Uchi-Mata (Inner Thigh) in Karate

Academic Paper Review   by:Tauheed    
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This throw is the number one contest throw. Possibly the reason for this is that in contest people defend and fight in a crouched position with their legs spread wide. This is not an ideal position  from  which  to  attack.  But  it  is  a  natural  tendency  to  retreat  into  it  when  competing against a good man. A man who adopts such a position is a sitting duck for uchi-mata.
 
Stand in the right natural posture with the man who is taking the throw bending forward with  his  leg  spread  wide.  Pivoting  on  your  right  foot  swing  your  left  foot  round  and  close  in behind your right. As soon as your body and left leg have pivoted into position, with your right leg sweep back and upwards into the top of the opponent's thigh. This should lift him into the air. Now pulling strongly with your left hand across your body turn your man in the air and drop him on his back.
 
The important point with this throw is to turn completely round so that you are facing the same way as your partner. If you only manage to turn three-quarters round the chances are that you  will  not  be  able  to  sweep  your  man  up  into  the  air.  As  your  leg  sweeps  up  into  the opponent's  crotch  your  arms  should  be  pulling  him  strongly  forward  with  your  head  dipping down towards the mat. For a smaller man it is necessary to put his left leg through or between the opponent's leg when he first starts to pivot so as to get right underneath.
 
If necessary in the sweep be prepared to stretch your leg up almost vertically with your forehead brushing the mat. It is this extreme range of the throw that makes it very difficult to stop when once the thrower has got into position. The whole movement of the throw should be as fast as possible especially the initial leg movements. One of the counters for this throw is to get out of the way of the sweeping leg by jumping slightly to the right side and closing your own legs together. If the thrower is attempting the throw properly by putting his heart and soul into it he should go sailing past and turn a complete somersault by his own efforts.

 
This gives an indication of the amount of effort to put into this or any other throw. In this throw the thrower should make sure that he does the throw so fast that he doesn't give his partner time to get out of the way or close his legs. There is a tendency when practising this technique to take undue regard for the opponent's comfort. Providing you sweep into the opponent's crotch with the broad expanse of upper back part of your right thigh it should cause him nothing more than a slight uneasiness. As can be seen, the preceding three throws are for use against somebody leaning forward. To  get  the  best  effect  in  practice  try  to  combine  them  with  one  of  the  rear  throws  of  the  leg throw section. If you attack strongly with a leg throw to the rear the opponent should react by bending  forward.  As  soon  as  you  get  this  reaction  come  strongly  in  for  one  of  these  forward throws and if you fail in this because your partner suddenly braces back instantly try a rear throw again. An example of this is inner leg sweep (o-uchi-gari) followed by the inner thigh (uchi-mata) followed by inner leg sweep again.
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Published: August 22, 2010   
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