Chapter 5
Throwing and Scoring Techniques

Bruce Gabrielson, PhD
1994 US SOMBO Team Coach

Standing SOMBO/JUDO Throws

Throws from standing are called Tachi techniques in JUDO. While traditional wrestling takedowns normally score low in SOMBO, primarily due to the attacker following his opponent to the mat, a number of high scoring throws common to JUDO wrestling are directly applicable to SOMBO throwing techniques.

The following throws represent basic core JUDO techniques. Since each involves gripping the jacket, they have no direct wrestling counterpart. The JUDO name for each throw in included in parenthesis. It is important to point out that a sacrifice throw with the opponent being thrown to his back is not scored the same as when the attacker falling down during a throw.