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    O-uchi-gari countered by Hiza-guruma

    1. O-uchi-gari大内刈
    2. Hiza-guruma膝車

    The inner reap is an entry on one supporting leg; blocking that knee and steering the shoulders wheels the attacker over their own attack.

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    Step by step

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

    1. Feel their leg arrive against the inside of your left leg as they attack with O-uchi-gari.
    2. Lift the attacked leg clear and step it back, keeping both grips and your chest upright so they cannot drive you backwards.
    3. Their reaping leg is still committed, so everything they have is on their left foot.
    4. Place the sole of your right foot against the outside of that left knee, your leg straight.
    5. Turn your hands like a steering wheel: pull their right sleeve down across your body and drive your lapel hand around and up.
    6. They wheel forward over the blocked knee and land on their back; keep the sleeve so their head is supported.

    Receiving it

    You are the attacker, and a reap is an attack made on one leg. When the leg you came for steps clear, everything you have is on your supporting foot, and a sole against the outside of that knee stops it turning while their hands wheel your shoulders over the top. You go forward rather than back. Turn with it, chin tucked, and slap with your free left arm as your back lands.

    VI judo notes

    Your attacked leg tells you exactly where their supporting leg is, because the two are touching, so lift clear and put your blocking foot straight onto the knee you have just left. Stay tall through the escape: if they turn your shoulders you have nothing left to wheel with. The block only stops the leg; the throw is made by both hands turning together.

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