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The whole movement in words, so no part of it depends on watching a video. Described in the standard right-handed form.
Left-handed: these steps are written right-handed, as the syllabuses write them. Read every left as a right and every right as a left, and the throw is yours.
- From a right-handed grip, step backwards, drawing your partner after you so they step towards you with their right foot.
- As they step, lift and pull with both hands, the lapel hand rising, so their weight is drawn up and forward onto the advancing foot before it can settle.
- Sweep that advancing right ankle sideways with the sole of your left foot, catching it before the weight lands fully.
- Continue turning your hands and trunk to your left as the foot is carried away, so their floating body rotates forward.
- They turn over the swept ankle and land on their back in front of you; hold the sleeve firmly as they fall.
Receiving it
You are drawn up and forward onto a stepping foot, and that ankle is swept sideways out from under the lift: your body floats for a beat and then rotates. It feels like the floor was pulled away mid-stride. Ride the float, tuck your chin, and land on your back with your free arm slapping.
About this technique
Tori draws uke up and forward with the hands and sweeps the advancing ankle away, so uke pivots over the swept foot.
Key points
- Lift-pull upward with the hands as you sweep
- Sweep the ankle before the foot settles
- Step back to draw uke onto the sweeping line
Ashi-waza (foot and leg techniques) · Gokyo 3rd set
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