Judo throw, cant get hip high enough to throw an taller opponent?

i cant seem to get my hip high enough to carry taller opponents, i can easily throw people the same size as me, but im only in judo for 2 days.|||your hips should be below your opponents always.|||Your hips go lower, not higher.





The fact that they are lower is better, if they are high like up on the abdominals then you won%26#039;t be able to throw them because you aren%26#039;t under their center of gravity.





Taller people are easier to throw then shorter people.





Also 2 days, give it sometime and you will find out it will be less awkward.





Chances are you the reason you are feeling uncomfortability in your spine is because your back isn%26#039;t straight, and you are probably leave your shoulders behind your hips.





Meaning you are twisting with your lower body at a quicker rate then with your upper body. It takes time to get everything to work in a uniform motion.





But there isn%26#039;t a throw in which you will hear an instructor tell you that your hips aren%26#039;t high enough. Generally speaking the lower the better, no throw is done with your hips at someone%26#039;s abdominals, they are almost always waist level or below.





Give it time and the awkwardness of it will disappear and you will get the actual technique and understanding of it down better.|||Your hips are not the problem but where you are grasping their gi or wrist or arm. Taller opponents you have to grasp higher on their arm just above the elbow for most throws that you might grasp the wrist for on average size opponents. The same with grabbing the gi; lower on the sleeve for average and higher on the sleeve for taller than average. I might also add for some throws you also don%26#039;t reach around an opponent who is wide in girth but instead grab the back of his belt or back of his pants if your arm is to short to reach all the way around his back to the opposite kidney and up under the rib cage.|||Uh... you don%26#039;t put your hip on their abdomen.





It%26#039;s actually easier to throw taller opponents since you%26#039;re already below their center of gravity. You don%26#039;t bring your hips up, you always bring them down. The lower the better. And keep your back straight. If you%26#039;re putting your hip into their crotch then so be it, the throw should still work.





Make sure you%26#039;re using good kazushi. Otherwise you%26#039;re just muscling through it. The throw should be relatively easy.





You think a Judo throw is hard, you should try a Ninjutsu throw. Ganseki Nage is a pain in the... well... everywhere.|||this is a problem if your opponent is much taller than you, most judoka deal with it by using drop throws in these situations, like seoi nage, tani otoshi etc. I have a freind who is 5%26#039;0 who is a very good brown belt, who does almost exclusively drop throws (and wrestling takedowns but thats what happens when an NCAA wrestler turns to judo after graduation) because he is so much shorter than everyone. so there are different throws to use when you are much shorter than your opponent|||You%26#039;re using muscles, which goes against the concept and idea of Jujutsu and Judo.





Either you are not paying attention or your teacher is not teaching you correctly.