Hip Throw from BJJ Takedowns

Hip Throw from BJJ Takedowns is a transition between related positions built around a handful of repeatable controls. Standing clinch with sleeve and lapel grips, opponent posture upright and slightly leaning forward. Another common starting shape: both partners in matching same-side stance with the partner already holding a lapel grip on the thrower. It is worth attempting once ability to clear the partner's lapel grip cleanly before entering. The ideas that hold it together are deep hip entry, lifting leg, and circular pull.

The hip throw chain is a sequence of small controls, not one athletic burst. Turn in deeply so the hips are below or inside the opponent's hips. Drive the throwing leg up between their legs, lifting the inner thigh. Pull strongly with both grips in an arc to rotate them over the lifting leg. Grab your own wrist to legally pop the partner's lapel grip off and clear it underneath. Sag the weight to draw the partner upright as a reaction. Lift both arms high while shooting the leg through to a square fifty-fifty base. Bow and turn to complete the throw with the arms staying high to the finish. Slide the back hand around to the small of the partner's back instead of stepping wide. Opponent rotates over the attacker's hip and inner thigh and lands on their back.

Later in the hip throw, grip-break, reaction-throw, and two-sleeve-lift tend to decide whether the position stays on track. Watch for these mistakes: Entering too high so only contact is on the leg without hip connection. Stopping the pull mid-throw instead of finishing the rotation. Trying to take long steps from far away when you already have a deep grip. Standing too upright in the finish so the hips never get under the partner. The high-percentage version of hip throw from bjj takedowns is the one you can still chain when the next position is contested.