Is it an o goshi or an uki goshi?
It is a tradition within some Jiu-Jitsu circles to congratulate a newly-belted student with a ceremonial hip throw. I always assumed it was a "big hip throw" (o goshi), but wanted to check up on it.
Based on videos of people getting thrown, and my own experience, many people may be getting thrown with a "floating hip throw" (uki goshi). Or I just can't tell the difference.
In the o goshi (big hip throw), the feet of the thrower (tori) are pretty close like a saeio nagi. Both of the tori's feet are medial to the throwee's (uke) feet.
In the uki goshi (floating hip throw), the tori's feet are further apart, such that one uke foot is bisecting the tori's feet.
So it looks like we do a uki goshi.
