Whizzer Throw
Takedown · Standing
A counter throw from the clinch: from standing against a deep underhook to side control. The moment is when he digs the underhook and drives his weight forward into you. Clamp your arm over his as a whizzer, tight at his armpit, and hang your weight on it to stop the drive. Step your whizzer-side leg across in front of him and pivot in one motion so your hip lands in front of his and lower; then turn hips and head away and pull the trapped arm across your hip, so he goes over it toward the whizzer side. A loose whizzer or turning in before his weight comes forward lets him pull the arm out and take your back. If he senses it and drops to a single leg, go back to the whizzer.
How to do it
- They take a deep underhook; clamp your arm over theirs as a whizzer, tight at the armpit.
- Put your weight on the whizzer to stop their drive, and wait until their weight comes forward onto you.
- Step the whizzer-side leg across in front of them, hips lower than theirs, stepping and pivoting in one motion so your hip ends up in front of theirs.
- Turn your hips and head away, pulling the whizzer down and pulling the overhooked arm across your hip.
- They go over your hip: keep your weight over them as they fall and land on top in side control.
Key details
- The whizzer is tight at the armpit: a loose whizzer lets them pull the arm out and take the back.
- Hip in front, then turn: without your hip in front of theirs there is nothing for them to go over.
- Use their forward drive, and do not turn in before their weight comes onto you.
- Pull the overhooked arm across your hip as you turn.
- Step and pivot in one motion: crossed feet leave you out of position.
- The same entry works as uchi mata: load them onto your hip with the whizzer, then lift the inside of their thigh with your leg while your head goes down, like a seesaw.
Common mistakes
- A loose whizzer. — Space at the armpit lets them pull the arm out and take the back. — Clamp tight at the armpit.
- Throwing without stepping across. — Your hip is not in front of them, so they simply walk around you. — Put your hip in front first.
- Falling with them onto your back. — Your weight goes with theirs: they land on top of you. — Keep your weight over them as they fall.
- Letting go of the whizzer to post a hand as they fall. — With the arm free the throw ends in a scramble instead of on top. — Keep the whizzer clamped on the triceps through the landing.
If they defend
- They step behind you. → Turn into them and square up.
How to drill it
Partner takes an underhook, 8 slow throws each side on mats.
Safety
Keep hold of the arm so the partner can breakfall; do not land on their head or neck.
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