Yoko-guruma

Both sides grapple in right natural posture. At the moment tori steps forward with his right foot, uke begins to throw him with a right hane-goshi. Keeping his upper body completely straight, tori bends both legs, lowers his waist, and twists to the right by thrusting the front of his left hip out and placing it on the back of uke’s right hip. At the same time, he puts his left hand along the back of uke’s belt and holds the side of uke’s left hip deep, and with his right hand gripping uke’s left collar, he draws it towards his own chest. Thus, responding to uke’s hane-goshi in one stroke, he pulls uke up and begins to adapt and continue to the left utsuri-goshi.

Uke releases both hands, opens his feet, lowers his waist, and at the moment he defends by leaning forward, tori brings his left foot closer to the right foot, and pushes the back of uke’s waist with the left arm, thereby breaking his balance over the tips of both feet and towards the front. Tori turns and enters uke’s front, while sliding his right leg (so that it brushes across the mat) from the front to between uke’s legs. He bends the right leg, straightens the left leg lightly, opens his body to the left, drops down onto the left side of his body, and, synchronizing the actions of pulling with the left hand, and pushing up with the right hand, he throws uke over his left shoulder towards the left rear corner. Uke is thrown forward in a rotating motion.

When tori responds to uke’s hane-goshi by thrusting the front of his left hip against the back of uke’s right hip, it is important to hold the back of uke’s waist with the left hand, at the same time, and pull with the right hand, in order to press down and control uke’s springing-up movement. Tori will be unable to defend against uke’s technique if uke’s back is tight against his front, as uke’s strength will be superior. It is also inadvisable to turn and enter uke’s front in a large movement.

The best opportunity to apply this technique is when uke begins to bend forward to defend against tori adapting and continuing to utsuri-goshi. At this point, tori can also respond with techniques such as ura-nage or ushiro-goshi.

Tori can adapt and continue to this technique from uke’s uchi-mata, tsurikomi-goshi, o-goshi, and so on.