O Soto line of throw
This may be a silly question, but I can kind of see reasoning for both ideas. Which is the ideal "line of throw" for O soto? Back down the line of attack, or more perpendicular to the three feet on a line? I've created this handy-dandy graphic to illustrate my question (and ya gotta look at it, cause I spent sooo much quality "on the clock" time making it).
http://members.cox.net/sean_ashby/osoto_line.htmlbeautiful work -- the perpendicular is the optimal line -- we get seduced into the other line by the twist in the ukes body --his shoulders are not in line with the hips and feet so it looks like we want to take him back the way he came but in the end what we are really throwing is not his shoulders but his center and that requires the perpendicular line -- this was one that I did the wrong way for years --
Really nice work with the graphic Sean. I could try to elaborate, but Nick's statement is far more eloquent than anything I could work up.
To be clear, by perpendicular, we're talking about the second pic? (On the bottom?)
yes -- picture two is correct form