What makes seoi-nage
a hand technique instead of a hip technique? Is there something fundamentally different about it that separates it from hip techniques like o-goshi
and koshi guruma
?
After thinking about it, the answer might be really obvious. Seoi-nage
can be translated as shoulder throw
or back carry
. Instead of loading uke on the hips, tori loads uke onto his back. Since the hip isn't used in this action, it is not a hip technique.