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Ashi-guruma into Tani-otoshi

  1. Ashi-guruma足車
  2. Tani-otoshi谷落

Ashi-guruma asks your partner to come forward over an extended leg. Stepping around the block to escape it puts them behind their own feet, which is exactly where Tani-otoshi drops them.

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Step by step

The whole sequence in words. Described in the standard right-handed form.

  1. Take the standard grip: your left hand on their right sleeve, your right hand on their left lapel.
  2. Turn in for Ashi-guruma, your right leg straight across the front of both of their thighs, and pull them forward over it.
  3. Feel them step their right foot around the outside of your blocking leg to escape, which turns their hips and puts their weight behind their heels.
  4. Keep the sleeve, turn your chest to face the same way as theirs and extend your right leg behind both of their legs, sitting your hip low.
  5. Sit down close beside them and drive your shoulders back over your extended leg.
  6. They fall backwards over your leg onto their side; keep the sleeve so their head does not follow their hips down.

Each technique's own page carries its full narration, key points and how to receive it; follow the links above.