combination
O-soto-gari into Nidan-ko-soto-gari
When the major outer reap is defended and your partner is retreating, the two-stage minor outer reap follows them: you chase the withdrawing foot rather than the planted one.
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Step by step
The whole sequence in words. Described in the standard right-handed form.
- Take your right grips and attack with O-soto-gari, reaping the back of their right leg.
- Feel them hop or step backwards out of the reap.
- Follow with the sleeve, staying close and keeping their upper body moving backwards.
- Sweep the outside of their nearest heel with the sole of your left foot as it touches down.
- Continue immediately into a second sweep on the same line as the other foot lands, keeping their chest travelling back.
- They lose both feet and land on their back; keep the sleeve and stay balanced over them.
Receiving it
Escaping backwards out of the reap keeps you upright and keeps you retreating, and a retreating judoka has to put their feet down one at a time. Each foot is swept as it lands, and the second sweep arrives before you have recovered from the first. You land flat on your back. Keep your chin tucked, keep the held arm long, and slap with your free arm as your back arrives; expect it to happen further across the mat than you started.
VI judo notes
Chasing a retreating partner is the one situation where your own position on the mat can get away from you, so drill this with a coach calling the edge until the footwork is yours. Their heels landing are felt through the mat and through your grips, and the sweep goes where their foot is going, not where it was. Keep their upper body travelling backwards with your hands so the sweeps stay on the beat.
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