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    Harai-goshi

    払腰 · はらいごし · sweeping hip throw · said hah-RYE GOH-shee

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    Under contest rules

    Depends on the form. The throw is legal and scores. Bending forward and downward onto the head to drive it through is a direct hansoku-make; the penalty is for the dive rather than for the throw.

    Sport and Organisation Rules of the International Judo Federation: refereeing rules, 2026 edition, Article 18.2.1.

    About this technique

    Tori enters as for a hip throw and sweeps uke's thigh with the leg while rotating, so uke is thrown over hip and sweeping leg together.

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    A technique to sweep up the opponent with the right leg and throw him down by breaking his balance forward and loading him onto the back of the right hip.
    The Kodokan's definition

    Key points

    1. Sweep along uke's thigh with the back of your leg
    2. Take uke's balance forward onto the toes first
    3. Keep chest contact through the whole rotation

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    Koshi-waza (hip techniques) · Gokyo 2nd set

    At a glance

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    What it is
    Nage-waza (throwing techniques), Koshi-waza (hip techniques).
    Gokyo
    2nd set (Dai-nikyo).
    Kodokan number
    206 (HRG).
    Contest rules
    Depends on the form. The throw is legal and scores. Bending forward and downward onto the head to drive it through is a direct hansoku-make; the penalty is for the dive rather than for the throw.
    Required for

    Step by step

    These steps describe the standard right-handed form without relying on the video.

    1. From a right-handed grip, draw your partner forward and up so their weight comes onto their toes.
    2. Step your right foot inside their right foot, pivot, and bring your left foot around, turning your back into them, your right hip against their body but not fully across.
    3. Pull the sleeve and lapel so their chest presses to your back and their weight leans on you.
    4. Sweep your right leg back and up along the outside of their right thigh, the back of your thigh brushing theirs from low to high, while your chest drives down and forward.
    5. Leg and trunk move as one tilting motion; their feet leave the mat as they pass over your hip and sweeping leg.
    6. They land on their back ahead of you. Keep the sleeve gripped and lift it as they strike the mat.

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    Receiving it

    Drawn up onto your toes with their back close, you feel a thigh sweep up the outside of your leg while your chest is carried forward: leg and body are taken in one motion. It is a large, sweeping fall. Stay with the rotation, chin tucked, and land on your back with your free left arm slapping wide.

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    VI judo notes

    From the gripped-up start the cue is their chest arriving on your back as you turn in, felt across your shoulder blades. Keep the back of your sweeping thigh touching theirs from the first inch of the sweep: a leg travelling through open space has nothing to sweep, and the contact is also how you know how high their leg has come. Chest down and leg up happen together, as one tilt.

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    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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