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O-uchi-gari countered by Sode-tsurikomi-goshi
The same slipped reap answered with the sleeve lift: the attacker's reaching arm is carried high and their forward weight goes over the hip.
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Step by step
The whole sequence in words. Described in the standard right-handed form.
- Feel their leg arrive against the inside of your left leg as they attack with O-uchi-gari.
- Slip that leg back out of the reap and stay tall, keeping hold of both of their sleeves.
- Feel their weight keep coming forward into you as the reap finds nothing.
- Lift their left sleeve high with your right hand, arm straight, so that side of their body is drawn up and open.
- Spin in on the ball of your left foot, hips below theirs, pulling their right sleeve down past your left hip.
- Turn your shoulders to the left and draw them over your hip; they land on their back in front of you. Keep the sleeve to support the fall.
Receiving it
You are the attacker, and the reap goes nowhere. Your reaching arm is then carried high above your head, which opens your whole side and stops you defending, and your forward weight is drawn over their hip. The lifted arm makes this an awkward one to receive, so let it stay long instead of fighting to pull it down. Chin tucked, slap with your free arm as your back lands, and expect the sleeve to stay held throughout.
VI judo notes
Both hands are on sleeves here, which is a grip a visually impaired judoka can keep and read easily from the gripped-up start. Their arm reaching as the reap goes in is felt as slack in your hand: take that slack upwards. Lift first and turn second, because the entry only works while their side is open.
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