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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.
- Your partner turns in for a hip throw. Before it bites, bend your knees deeply and sink your hips below theirs.
- Wrap both arms around their waist from behind their turned-in position, clamping their hips to your belly.
- Straighten your legs and thrust your hips forward and up: their body lifts clear of the mat, their feet swinging up in front.
- Hold the lift for a beat so their throw is fully dead, then step back a half pace.
- Lower and release them so they drop feet-and-side first onto the mat in front of you, your arms guiding the descent until they land.
Receiving it
Your hip attack is swallowed: their hips drop below yours, arms clamp your waist, and you are lifted straight up, feet leaving the mat, your throw dead in the air. The landing is a drop rather than a rotation. Stay compact, keep your feet under you if you can, and take the mat with your feet and side as they lower you; a good partner controls this descent, and in practice you should agree beforehand how high the lift will be.
About this technique
The classical counter to hip throws: tori scoops uke's entering hips from behind, lifts, and lets uke fall in front.
Key points
- Drop your hips below uke's as the attack comes in
- Lift uke clear of the mat with the hips, arms around the waist
- Let uke slide down in front of you, guiding the fall
Koshi-waza (hip techniques) · Gokyo 5th set
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