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    Hiza-guruma into Harai-goshi

    1. Hiza-guruma膝車
    2. Harai-goshi払腰

    The blocked wheel makes your partner stiffen upright and press forward off the blocking foot; stepping through into Harai-goshi takes that forward pressure across your thigh.

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    Step by step

    The whole sequence in words. Described in the standard right-handed form.

    1. Take the standard right grips and place the sole of your left foot against the outside of their right knee, wheeling your hands to draw them forward.
    2. Feel them stiffen and press forward against you rather than turning, their chest coming onto your hands.
    3. Put your left foot down between their feet and turn on the ball of it so your hips come across theirs.
    4. Pull their right sleeve down past your left hip and drive your right hand around so their chest stays against your back.
    5. Sweep the back of your right thigh up against the front of their right thigh, leg straight and toes pointed.
    6. They rotate over your hip and land on their back in front of you; keep the sleeve to steer the fall.

    Receiving it

    Bracing against the knee block is the natural reaction, and the pressure you make is the throw. Their foot leaves your knee, their hip arrives across yours, and the forward pressure you were using to stay upright carries you over their thigh. Once your chest is on their back you are going: do not post an arm out to stop it. Chin on your chest, slap hard with your free left arm as your back lands, and let the held sleeve keep your head off the mat.

    VI judo notes

    Their reaction to the block arrives as pressure in both of your hands, and that pressure is the signal to change from a wheel to a hip throw. Do not step out and reset: bring the blocking foot straight down between their feet and turn on it, so the entry starts from where you already are. Keeping the sleeve tight through the turn means your back finds their chest by feel rather than by looking for it.

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