#uta abe

Your girl did an involuntary handstand courtesy of this throw.

Thankfully I'm okay, but it goes to show I gotta step up my handstand and cartwheel exercises up a notch in order to escape and to prevent myself from getting a bump on the head.

Being a fan girl of Uta Abe and knowing this is her favourite throw made it extra fun to execute. I saw the gleeful grin of my fellow judomate and knew we were onto a good thing. The split-second hip swiveling made me feel like a real judoka and it was natural to move faster and faster...

And then... Boom!

Like all favourite throws of top judoka, this is a power throw.

Oof. I had to take a while to recover from a fast one as an uke.

Will spam Uta Abe's YouTube vids later to view her version. 😁

Okay, so I viewed one of her randori sessions. Uke almost hits the tatami with her head but Abe's swift forward momentum and subsequent roll helps uke roll forward instead of face planting to the tatami?

I think uke at least did land heavily on her shoulder 😂 ouch.

Her opponents are usually vertically flying through the air whenever she does the sode or the koshi guruma.

YouTube commenter: "The sweetest-looking assassin on the planet"

🤔

Have you seen the bjj girls, commenter?

😂

Btw,

Have you recently thanked an uke for helping you learn? 😉