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Step by step
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.
- Your partner lies on their back; come to their right side at right angles, chest facing down onto their chest.
- Wrap your arms around their trunk and far shoulder, hugging them to you, elbows drawn in tight.
- Keep your hips low to the mat, legs sprawled wide behind you, or tuck your knees against their side.
- Press your chest down through theirs and keep your head low on the far side.
- When they bridge, let your hips float and re-settle; when they turn, slide around them keeping chest contact unbroken.
Receiving it
A broad hugging weight lands across your chest with nothing obvious to attack: no collar grip, no head wrap, just heaviness. Bridges lift them but do not move them unless you turn as you bridge; work an elbow inside and turn towards them. Breathe steadily and tap clearly if you are held and need to stop.
About this technique
Chest on chest from the side, arms hugging around uke's trunk and far arm: the simplest-feeling of the side holds, kept by weight and hip movement rather than any particular grip.
Key points
- Chest glued to chest, at right angles from their side
- Hug around the trunk and far shoulder, elbows tight
- Hips low or knees tucked; follow every bridge with your weight
hold-downs
In combinations, counters and transitions
- transitionDe-ashi-harai into Mune-gatame
- transitionKo-soto-gari into Mune-gatame
- transitionOkuri-ashi-harai into Mune-gatame
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