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Harai-goshi countered by Utsuri-goshi
Utsuri-goshi answers a hip throw by accepting it and then taking it over. You absorb the entry, lift them off your own hip and transfer them to the other side.
No demonstration linked yet, and this is one of the places footage helps most. Know a good one? Suggest a video.
Step by step
The whole sequence in words. Described in the standard right-handed form.
- Feel their hip arrive across yours as they turn in for Harai-goshi.
- Drop your hips below theirs and wrap both arms around their waist from behind their attacking side.
- Brace your back and lift them straight up off the mat, taking the throw's momentum out of it.
- As they rise, swing your own hips through underneath them to the other side.
- Turn your shoulders and drop them across your hip onto their back.
- Lower them under control rather than dropping them; keep one arm supporting their back. Build this one up gradually.
Each technique's own page carries its full narration, key points and how to receive it; follow the links above.