Here double European medallist Colin Oates demonstrates the standard variation of his arm tie roll from start to finish.

Oates says that a great way to initiate the roll is by pulling through your partner on the sleeve and then chopping them down.

As a result, they are likely to land on all-fou...

Once Oates had the jacket tied up, he considered this as a winning position. If his partner tried to prevent the roll he had a couple of other variations of the technique that he could use in order to secure Osaekomi… His first variation was Sangaku.

The most common defence to the arm tie roll w...

If Colin Oates was up against a particularly strong or flexible opponent, they would sometimes be able to brace their leg high up and prevent his Sangaku arm tie roll. In this situation he would use his reverse variation.

As Oates secures the tie off, the partner manages to get his foot high up ...

In this clip we see the competition variations of Colin Oates’s arm tie roll.

On his way to a bronze medal at the 2013 Rijeka Grand Prix Oates uses the standard variation of his arm tie roll against Spain’s Cases

Oates brings his right knee into play to help turn his opponent onto his back.

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Colin Oates says that when it comes to his Uchi mata and Harai goshi he has one key thing in mind, which is how to get a reaction from his partner.

It’s this reaction that generates the crucial momentum that he needs in order to throw.

His standard variations of both Uchi mata and Harai goshi a...

Colin Oates says that when it comes to his Uchi mata and Harai goshi, his focus is on getting his partner into a position where it’s easy to throw them.

He does this by twitching for Kosoto gari.

With the partner not wanting to be thrown backwards he shifts his weight forwards.

Ideal for Uchi...

Colin Oates has a variation of Uchi mata that he uses when his left sleeve is being pinned. It works on the same principle as the Korean off the sleeve Tai otoshi, where you lure the opponent into the throw by pretending to break off their sleeve grip.

Here, the opponent prevents Oates from taki...

In this clip we look at the competition variations of Colin Oates’s Harai goshi and Uchi mata.

On his way to a 5th place at the 2011 World Championships, Colin Oates scores Yuko from an Uchi mata – Ashi guruma hybrid technique, against Moldova’s Soroca.

With a sleeve and back grip Oates uses th...

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