The owner of Ventana Capital, Darwin Horan enjoys many sports and outdoor activities. Darwin Horan participates in jiujitsu, which has become one of the most popular martial arts in the West, focusing primarily on fighting a grounded opponent.
Getting an opponent onto the ground is essential in jiujitsu, but achieving it requires the effective use of throws. Jiujitsu borrows many of its throws from judo, a martial art that specializes in takedowns. The “reaping throws,” or gari, are some of the most effective.
In the first throw typically learned in judo and jiujitsu, called the osotogari or major outer reaping, the practitioner grabs at the collar and sleeve and forces the opponent to lean to the sleeve side. Once this is accomplished, the practitioner takes a step past and hooks a leg behind the target's leg while pressing forward on the upper body, achieving a quick takedown.
A more advanced technique, the ouchi gari or major inner reaping, takes advantage of the wide stances often used in jiujitsu. Ouchi gari starts from the same position as the osotogari, but instead of stepping past the opponent and hooking from the outside, the practitioner collides head-on, slides a leg through the space between the opponent's legs, and hooks from the inside.
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