Sumi-otoshi — the aikido/judo/taiji connection

By Admin · Monday, June 30th, 2008

Sumi-otoshi (the four corners throw) appears in aikido, judo, and taijiquan. Consider the following clips: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsmkLHhQ4UE] This is an aikido version done smoothly against a student. …