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    Ushiro-goshi

    後腰 · うしろごし · rear hip throw · said oo-SHEE-roh GOH-shee

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    About this technique

    The classical counter to hip throws: tori scoops uke's entering hips from behind, swings uke up into the air and throws them onto their back.

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    A technique to throw down the opponent vertically by counteracting his Nage-waza or other attack and holding and lifting his hip.
    The Kodokan's definition

    Key points

    1. Drop your hips below uke's as the attack comes in
    2. Lift uke clear of the mat with the hips, arms around the waist
    3. Swing uke up and bring them down onto their back

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    Koshi-waza (hip techniques) · Gokyo 5th set

    At a glance

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    What it is
    Nage-waza (throwing techniques), Koshi-waza (hip techniques).
    Gokyo
    5th set (Dai-gokyo).
    Kodokan number
    210 (USH).
    Contest rules
    No rule singles it out.
    Required for

    Step by step

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

    1. Your partner turns in for a hip throw. Before it bites, bend your knees deeply and sink your hips below theirs.
    2. Wrap both arms around their waist from behind their turned-in position, clamping their hips to your belly.
    3. Straighten your legs and thrust your hips forward and up: their body lifts clear of the mat, their feet swinging up in front.
    4. Keep lifting and swing them up into the air, so nothing of their throw is left.
    5. Bring them down onto their back at your feet, your arms still round their waist as they land. In practice, if the lift feels off-centre, lower them feet first in front of you instead, because a crooked swing brings them down on their shoulder or head.

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    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 on your back at their feet. Tuck your chin and slap with both arms as your back meets the mat, and in practice agree beforehand how high the lift will be.

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    VI judo notes

    The attack comes to you in contact, so you know the hip turn is coming before it bites: sink below them and clamp their waist. The lift tells you whether you have them squarely, and once their feet leave the mat their throw is dead. Keep your arms round their waist until their back reaches the mat, because they are in the air with no idea where the mat is.

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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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