Harai-goshi-gaeshi
払腰返 · はらいごしがえし · sweeping hip counter · said hah-RYE GOH-shee gah-EH-shee
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About this technique
The counter to Harai-goshi: as uke turns in and sweeps, tori hooks the leg uke is standing on, round the lower leg from behind, and reaps it. Recognised by the Kodokan as a technique in its own right.
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A technique to throw down the opponent by counteracting his Harai-goshi attempt either to reap or hook his pivot foot from the outside with the foot or leg.
Key points
- Hips back and low the moment they turn in
- Their supporting leg is the target, not the sweeping one
- Hook it from behind and reap it
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Ashi-waza (foot and leg techniques)
At a glance
, classification, Gokyo set, Kodokan number, contest rules, grades that require it
- What it is
- Nage-waza (throwing techniques), Ashi-waza (foot and leg techniques).
- Kodokan number
- 320 (HGE).
- Contest rules
- No rule singles it out.
- Required for
- 5th Dan (British Judo Association)
- 3rd Dan (Real Federación Española de Judo y Deportes Asociados)
- Nikyu (2nd Kyu) (United States Judo Federation)
- 2nd Dan (Nidan) (United States Judo Association)
Step by step
These steps describe the standard right-handed form without relying on the video.
Left-handed: these steps use the standard right-handed form. Swap every left and right.
- Your partner turns in for Harai-goshi, their right leg swinging back to sweep your thigh.
- Drop your hips away and bend your knees so the sweep cannot lift you.
- Hook your left leg round their lower left leg from behind, the leg they are standing on.
- Reap that leg while their right leg is still sweeping, so neither foot is under them.
- They fall onto their back beside you.
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Receiving it
Your sweeping leg is still in the air when your standing leg is hooked from behind and reaped, which is the moment the throw becomes theirs. You land on your back or side with nothing underneath you. Chin tucked, slap wide with the free arm, and trust the grip you still hold to steady the landing.
VI judo notes
The sweep reaches you as a leg swinging back along the outside of your thigh, and that contact is the signal to drop your hips. Their other leg is then the only one on the mat. Find it by keeping your leg in contact with theirs rather than reaching for where you think it is, and hook it from behind the moment your legs meet.
In competition
, how often it scores at IJF level, and two contests where it worked
Senior IJF competition, 2020 to 2026, from 73,099 contests. Counts scores, not attempts.
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Done in contest
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In combinations, counters and transitions
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