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    Hiza-guruma countered by Okuri-ashi-harai

    1. Hiza-guruma膝車
    2. Okuri-ashi-harai送足払

    Sliding sideways off the wheel puts the attacker's feet together in motion, which is precisely what the double sweep punishes.

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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 foot arrive against the outside of your right knee as they turn in for Hiza-guruma.
    2. Do not pull backwards. Keep both grips, stay tall, and slide your blocked foot sideways off the block.
    3. Keep moving across the mat so their feet have to travel to stay with your body.
    4. Feel the moment their trailing foot comes towards their leading foot, both light and close together.
    5. Sweep the outside of their far ankle with the sole of your near foot, sending both feet along the line they are already going, and pull their sleeve up and across.
    6. They land flat on their side; keep the sleeve so their head stays supported.

    Receiving it

    You are the attacker. The block never lands because they slide sideways off it, and now you are the one chasing: every step you take to keep your grips brings your feet closer together. When both are light and travelling, one sweep takes them both and there is no leg left to save yourself with. Keep your chin tucked, slap early and hard with your free arm, and expect to land flat on the side you were travelling towards.

    VI judo notes

    Movement across the mat is the part of judo that is genuinely harder without sight, so drill this one slowly and let a coach call the space. Everything you need is in their feet through the mat and their body through your grips: sweep on the beat when their weight is between their two feet, not when you decide to. Keep both grips heavy while you travel so the pair of you move as one unit.

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