Crazy horse- I take your point about on the one hand being able to drop some one with an elbow so whats the harm in hip throwing, I think the safety issue is one of fighters not being prepare for a technique and therefore likley to sucumb to it. For example if a B class fight was takiong place and suddenly one guy threw an elbow it would in all probability land as the opponent wasn`t prepared to defend. The other day i was clinching with a guy that does NHB every time i turned him in a dump type throw he just kept hold and turned it into an ogoshi type hip throw. All fine and good but not the sport we were practising so I was completely unprepared for it. That`s how injuries occur.