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    Koshi-guruma countered by Ura-nage

    1. Koshi-guruma腰車
    2. Ura-nage裏投

    A hip wheel entered high and loose leaves your partner's waist available and their weight above yours. Ura-nage drops beneath it and throws them backwards over your own shoulder.

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    Step by step

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

    1. Feel their arm come around your neck and their hip turn in for Koshi-guruma.
    2. Drop your hips immediately below theirs and widen your stance so you are the lower of the two.
    3. Wrap both arms around their waist, hands meeting low on the far side, and pull their body tight to your chest.
    4. Brace your back straight and lift them off the mat with your legs, not your spine.
    5. Arch backwards and turn your shoulders so they travel over your near shoulder rather than onto your head.
    6. Turn as you land so they arrive on their side and you land beside them, not underneath. Build this one up gradually with a partner who knows it is coming.

    Receiving it

    You are the attacker. Entering the hip wheel high and loose leaves your waist available and your weight above theirs, and you will feel their hips drop and both arms close around you before anything of your throw has happened. From there you are lifted and taken backwards over their shoulder, which is a heavy fall to receive. Keep your chin on your chest, stay tight rather than spreading out, and turn to land on your side with a slap from your free arm.

    VI judo notes

    The counter is read at the belt line: their hips dropping below yours while your arm is still around their neck is the cue, and it arrives early. Countering, keep your chest against them all the way and lift with your legs and a straight back, and turn as you land so they arrive beside you rather than beneath you. This is a big throw both ways, so agree the drill, use the space and build it up gradually.

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