Kumi-kata · gripping
Breaking a belt or back grip
A hand on your belt or over your shoulder onto your back means a lift is coming. Turning your hips away from the hand and dropping your level takes the hips out of reach, and a partner who has committed to the reach is leaning over you: the valley drop and the corner reversal are the answers from underneath.
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Key points
- Turn the hips away from the hand and sink
- Do not let them get chest to chest
- A partner leaning over an empty reach is thrown backwards
Step by step
Left-handed: these steps use the standard right-handed form. Swap every left and right.
- The moment a hand lands on your belt or your back, turn your hips away from it and lower your stance.
- Keep your own grip on their sleeve so they cannot square up.
- If they lean over you to keep the reach, drop under them into the valley drop or the corner reversal.
From the other side
Your hand on their belt with their hips turning away and dropping means the lift is gone and you are leaning. Release and stand up before the sacrifice comes.
VI judo notes
A hand on your belt or your back is unmistakable. Turn the hips away and sink in one movement, and feel whether their weight follows you over; if it does, the counter is underneath.
The techniques involved
The grip-sets involved
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