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Step by step
The whole movement in words, so no part of it depends on watching a video. Described in the standard right-handed form.
Left-handed: these steps are written right-handed, as the syllabuses write them. Read every left as a right and every right as a left, and the throw is yours.
- From a right-handed grip, pull with both hands so your partner's weight comes forward onto their toes.
- Step your right foot across to their right foot, pivot, and swing your left foot back beside it, turning your back into their chest with both knees well bent, your hips below theirs.
- As you turn, fold your right arm and bring your bent elbow underneath their right armpit, your upper arm snug against their body; the left hand keeps pulling the sleeve forward over your shoulder.
- Clamp them to your back: their chest against your shoulders, no space between you.
- Straighten your legs, bow sharply forward and pull both hands down past your left side.
- They ride over your right shoulder and land on their back in front of you. Keep the sleeve gripped high so their arm is supported through the landing.
Receiving it
You are pulled sharply forward onto your toes and their back turns into your chest, their body folding under you; then your feet leave the ground and the world rotates over their shoulder. It is a big forward fall. Stay loose, keep your chin tucked, and let the held right sleeve steer you so you land on your back, left arm slapping wide.
VI judo notes
The checkpoint that replaces seeing your entry is contact across your whole back: their chest on your shoulders with no space anywhere. Bring the elbow under their armpit by sliding your arm up their body rather than digging for the position, and keep the sleeve pulling so they stay readable through the turn. If you can feel them at one shoulder only, turn further before you lift.
About this technique
Tori turns in, loads uke onto the back at the shoulder, and throws forward over the shoulder line: one of the most used contest throws in judo.
Key points
- Turn in with bent knees so your hips sit below uke's
- Keep both elbows in front of your body as you load
- Finish by straightening the legs and bowing forward
Te-waza (hand techniques) · Gokyo 1st set
In combinations, counters and transitions
- combinationKo-uchi-gari into Seoi-nage
- counterO-uchi-gari countered by Seoi-nage
- counterSeoi-nage countered by Ura-nage
- combinationSeoi-nage into Seoi-otoshi
- combinationTai-otoshi into Seoi-nage
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