Sanshou vs Judo

[csc]

As a short guy, both of those are incredibly hard to do on someone taller than me.

Upper body control such as "high collar grip" is not suitable for shorter person. The lower body control such as the "waist belt (or waist surrounding)" is much suitable for shorter person.

[jubaji]

Well the idea of borrowing your opponent's force is always exaggerated to the point where people imagine one person charging with arms flailing at another person and then being thrown, it's actually a lot more subtle than that. Just for an example, if I were to hit a footsweep on Uke, he steps back and there is a split second where he has to come forward in order to regain balance. That little shift of weight is all that's needed to borrow his force.
In High level Judo competition footage, this kind of subtlety is really hard to see. All the throws though come from borrowing the opponent's force, whether it's compromising their position by dominating them with superior grips to something as simple as them getting thrown as they come forward just a little to try to get a grip.

I definitely back up the idea of building muscular strength and endurance. In a free movement sport like wrestling, judo, shuaijiao, etc, physical attributes definitely are needed along with technique.

Another good post.

[csc]

Just for an example, if I were to hit a footsweep on Uke, he steps back and there is a split second where he has to come forward in order to regain balance. That little shift of weight is all that's needed to borrow his force.

If you "give" first then you can always "take" later. A push/pull is always a good set up for pull/push.

In your example, a foot sweep is good to set up other moves. IMO the "leg bite - use your shin to press the inside part of your opponent's leg" (not sure what you will call this in Judo?) may be a bit faster because your front foot is already on the ground. You can hop in your back leg anytime you want to in order to free your front leg, and use your front leg to attack your opponent's other leg. Both "leg sweep" and "leg bite" will force your opponent to commit on something. That may fit into the definition of "borrow force".