Ashi-guruma

Tori lifts uke and breaks his balance forward or to the right front corner. He puts the lower end of his right leg on the front of uke’s right kneecap and, pressing down, uses it as a fulcrum to throw uke forward in a rotating motion.

Both sides grapple in right natural posture. Tori advances with the left foot, then the right foot, while pushing uke back. Uke responds by stepping back with his right foot, then his left foot, and begins to step back with his right foot again.

At the moment uke begins to step forward with his right foot, tori steps his right foot in front of uke’s right foot, thereby shortening the distance between them, and then steps his left foot round behind his own right foot, and opens his body to the left to take a right han-mi posture. He lifts and pulls with the right hand, pulls with the left hand lifting the elbow up, and, pulling him open to the left side, he lifts uke to the right front corner and breaks his balance. Uke is not able to transfer his weight onto his right foot, and rises onto the tips of his feet as his balance breaks. At that moment, tori supports his body weight on the left leg and, straightening his right leg up in front of uke, puts the back of his ankle diagonally across the area below uke’s right knee, thus restricting the free movement of his leg. While twisting his body to the left, he lifts and pulls further with the right hand, pulls diagonally downwards with the left hand, and throws uke around the fulcrum of his right leg. Uke is unable to step his right leg forward because his knee is restricted, and he twists forward as he is thrown in a rotating motion.