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    Yoko-wakare

    横分 · よこわかれ · side separation · said YOH-koh wah-KAH-reh

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    About this technique

    Tori drops onto the left side or the back across uke's front, both legs extended, and pulls uke straight over the body.

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    A technique to throw down the opponent by breaking his balance forward and stepping both feet onto the outside of his right foot while laying down the body onto the left side and rotating him over the body.
    The Kodokan's definition

    Key points

    1. Drop across uke's front with both legs extended
    2. Pull uke over your body with a sharp two-handed action
    3. Drop onto your left side or onto your back

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    Yoko-sutemi-waza (side sacrifice techniques) · Gokyo 5th set

    At a glance

    , classification, Gokyo set, Kodokan number, contest rules, grades that require it
    What it is
    Nage-waza (throwing techniques), Yoko-sutemi-waza (side sacrifice techniques).
    Gokyo
    5th set (Dai-gokyo).
    Kodokan number
    507 (YWA).
    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. From a right-handed grip, draw your partner's balance forward onto their toes.
    2. Drop your body across the front of their feet, falling onto your left side or onto your back with both legs extended together past the outside of their right side.
    3. Your body lies like a bar across their line of travel; as you drop, pull both hands hard over your own body towards the mat beyond you.
    4. Their weight, already forward, is pulled straight over your lying body.
    5. They roll over you and land on their back on the far side; keep pulling through the roll and hold the sleeve as they land.

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    Receiving it

    Your partner drops across the line of your feet, body lying sideways in front of you, and pulls you straight over them: your own forward balance does the rest. Fly with it rather than stalling on top of them, tuck your chin, and take the roll over their body onto your back on the far side, free arm slapping.

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    VI judo notes

    You are dropping your body across the front of their feet, so make sure a partner knows it is coming when you drill it. Draw them onto their toes first, which you feel through the grips, then pull hard over your own body as you land on your left side. Keep pulling through the roll and hold the sleeve, so they land in a rotation rather than a drop.

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    In competition

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    Senior IJF competition, 2020 to 2026, from 73,099 contests. Counts scores, not attempts.

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