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    Hiza-guruma countered by Ko-uchi-gari

    1. Hiza-guruma膝車
    2. Ko-uchi-gari小内刈

    The wheel needs your weight on the blocked leg; lifting it over the blocking foot leaves the attacker balanced on one heel, and the small inner reap takes it.

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    Step by step

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

    1. Feel the sole of their left foot arrive against the outside of your right knee as they turn in for Hiza-guruma.
    2. Keep both grips and stay tall so they cannot turn your shoulders, taking your weight back onto your left foot.
    3. Lift your blocked right leg over their blocking foot rather than dragging it backwards, and set it down beyond them.
    4. Their blocking leg is still in the air, so all their weight is on their right heel: push their chest backwards with your right hand on the lapel.
    5. Reap that right foot inwards with the sole of your right foot, sweeping it across the mat towards their other foot.
    6. They sit down backwards; keep the sleeve and follow them down under control.

    Receiving it

    You are the attacker. The wheel needs their weight on the leg you have blocked, and the moment they lift it over your foot you are the one standing on a single heel with a leg in the air. Their sole arrives on the inside of your supporting foot and takes it from underneath you. It is a low, sitting fall: chin tucked, no straight arm reaching behind you, and slap with your free arm as your back meets the mat.

    VI judo notes

    Reading a knee block through your own leg is straightforward without sight; the harder part is not being turned while you deal with it, so keep both grips heavy and your chest square. Lift over the block rather than pulling away from it and you stay in contact throughout, which is what lets you find their supporting foot at once. Their raised blocking leg is felt as committed weight in your lapel hand.

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