O Soto Gake

According to Welcome Mat Steve Scott, your feet should be positioned directly underneath your hips—if they're any closer you'll be off balance, and if they're any farther away you'll also be off balance. You want your hip to be very close to your opponent's body, almost touching them, and your right elbow and right hip should be connected for proper proximity.

Welcome Mat Steve Scott emphasizes grabbing your opponent high on the back or shoulder area—don't grab too low because they can pop free and escape. You want to grab in a position that allows you to pull their body close to you.

Point your toe and use a hooking motion across the body in a sweeping action, keeping your leg straight and powerful. Welcome Mat Steve Scott warns against a weak bent-leg movement, explaining that if your leg is bent you're off balance and not as strong, so keep everything aligned together for maximum power.

Welcome Mat Steve Scott recommends pulling your opponent's body to you (what he calls the Sambo ripping theory of 'sucking them into you') rather than reaching over their back, which gives them too much room to attack. This close-proximity pull breaks their posture and balance before you execute the sweep.

O Soto Gake (major outer hook) is a judo ashi-waza technique in which the thrower hooks the back of the opponent's leg from the outside using the calf or back of the thigh, trapping the leg at a higher point than ko-soto-gake while driving the opponent backward. The 'o' (major) designation reflects the larger sweeping arc and higher contact point compared to the minor variant, creating more leverage through the longer moment arm.

O soto gake was recognised as part of the Kodokan's expanded nage-waza classification, distinguished from o-soto-gari by the hooking (gake) rather than reaping (gari) leg action. The technique appears in many grappling traditions outside judo as a common outside trip or hook.

IJF: разрешён — Legal throwing technique; IBJJF: разрешён — Legal at all belt levels; UWW: ограничен — Legal in freestyle, banned in Greco-Roman (no leg attacks below waist); Unified MMA: разрешён — Legal throwing technique; ADCC: разрешён — Legal; FIAS Sport Sambo: разрешён — Legal; FIAS Combat Sambo: разрешён — Legal

Оценка опасности 5/10. High — hooking action can cause knee/ankle injury if resisted; moderate impact on landing

Стандартная цепочка подготовки: Grip Setup (Kumi-kata) → Off-Balance (Kuzushi) → Entry (Tsukuri) → Execution (Kake).

Стандартные контрприёмы: Lower Centre of Gravity — bend knees and drop hips to make the throw harder to execute / Lift the Targeted Leg — raise the foot being attacked above the sweeping action / Counter-Throw — exploit the attacker's committed weight to throw them instead / Grip Break — deny the thrower their preferred gripping configuration.

Распространённые варианты: Forward sweep (sweeping the foot in the direction the opponent is stepping); Rear sweep (sweeping the foot backward as the opponent retreats); Combination sweep (chaining sweeps to both feet); Counter sweep (timing the sweep as the opponent initiates their own attack).

O soto gake is scored in IJF competition, often as a variation of o soto gari.

Основные ошибки, на которые стоит обратить внимание: Not wrapping the leg deeply enough — a shallow hook lets the opponent step out / Driving the opponent sideways instead of straight backward — the hook and drive must be aligned / Reaching for the hook without closing the distance first — you lean forward and lose driving power / Not maintaining chest contact throughout the drive.

O Soto Gake также известен как Major Outer Hook, Large Outside Hook, O Soto Gake.