Vancouver Institute of Self Defense

SELF DEFENSE FOR THE REST OF US

Autumn demonstrates a classic Tomo Nage or foot-in-stomach throw (this is just one type of Sutemi-Waza or sacrifice throw). Uke is Heather. A key element in Jujitsu is to do something counter-intuitive, something not anticipated by the attacker. An example would be to go with a grab and pull instead of resist it, or in this case to deliberately fall down, dragging the attacker with you - which off-balances the attacker and leads to what, in some forms of execution, can be a devastating crash-fall.