Tai Otoshi Reference: The Technique Card, Barrier Drills, the Seoi-Otoshi Comparison Lab, and the Twelve-Week Building Plan

Mat Manual companion guide to "How to Throw Tai Otoshi." Print it. The article teaches why the leg is a barrier and not a sweep. This book is the working reference: the full technique card, grip and stance cards with entry checklists, fit-in progressions that isolate barrier placement, front-corner kuzushi drills, the honest tai-otoshi and seoi-otoshi comparison lab, combination and counter drills, and a twelve-week plan with landing grades at every stage.

Player: ______________________________ Club: ______________________________ Coach: ______________________________ Stance: ☐ Right (migi) ☐ Left (hidari) Partner stance tonight: ☐ Ai-yotsu (matching) ☐ Kenka-yotsu (opposite)

SAFETY, BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE ☐ Ukemi (falling technique) before throws: uke receiving tai-otoshi must have a checked forward-rotating fall — chin tucked, slap wide, no straight posted arm — before the first full rep in this book. ☐ The barrier leg plants low, across the shin to ankle line. It never drives sideways into the knee, never hooks behind the knee, and is never placed on a partner who is tangled, turned away, or already falling. ☐ Tori keeps uke's sleeve through every landing, drilling speed included. An unguided rotation is a failed rep in this book, whatever it looked like. ☐ Never throw a partner who cannot fall safely today. Use fit-ins (Parts 5–6) and a crash mat until their falling can carry the throw. ☐ Mat awareness: tai-otoshi finishes travel forward from uke's position. Check the space in front of uke before every set. ☐ The stop word ends any set instantly, from any player, for any reason. Cause is logged in Part 20.

Part 1: The Technique Card