Harai-goshi-gaeshi

払腰返

hip sweep counter

In Harai-goshi-gaeshi (hip sweep counter), Tori counters Uke’s Harai-goshi attack by blocking and then lifting and throwing (sweeping away the supporting leg).

  • Sleeve-lapel grip in Ai-yotsu
  • Tori opposes Uke's attack by lowering his hip and positioning Uke on his supporting leg
  • Tori lifts Uke with both hands and breaks Uke's balance backward onto his left heel
  • Tori sweeps away Uke's left heel with the sole of his foot from behind.

払腰返

Harai-goshi-gaeshi

(hip sweep counter)

Technique description

At the moment uke executes harai-goshi, tori reaps or hooks uke’s left supporting foot from the rear with his left foot.

 

Both sides grapple in right natural posture. Uke steps back with the right foot, then the left foot, then the right foot again while pulling uke forward. Tori responds by stepping forward with his left foot, then his right foot, and, while maintaining his stability, he begins to step forward with the right foot again. At that moment, uke steps his left foot back and round in a big movement, turning to face the other way. Uke draws tori out and begins to sweep up with harai-goshi. At the moment uke exposes his back towards tori, tori quickly steps his left foot to the side of uke’s left supporting foot, at the same time he lifts and pulls with the right hand and tightens uke’s elbow with the left hand, and lifts him so that his balance breaks towards the rear. Uke loses his target and the right leg with which he attempted to sweep up is lifted in midair. His weight falls towards the outside of his left supporting foot, and his balance breaks backward.

 

At this moment tori supports his body weight on the right leg, raises his left foot, and reaps uke’s left ankle upwards with the sole of his left foot. At the same time, he pulls uke upwards with both hands, while reaping and throwing him towards the rear. Uke’s left supporting foot is reaped upwards, and he falls backward in a large motion with tremendous momentum.

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