Uchi-mata-gaeshi
内股返
inner thigh reaping throw counter
In Uchi-mata-gaeshi (inner thigh reaping throw counter), Tori counters Uke’s Uchi-mata attack by blocking and then stepping over forward, pushing Uke to the ground.
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Group:
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Gokyo:
内股返
Uchi-mata-gaeshi
(inner thigh reaping throw counter)
Technique description
Uke executes uchi-mata, and tori responds by breaking uke’s balance backward while counter-reaping uke’s left supporting foot from the rear with his left foot.
Both sides grapple in right natural posture. Uke grips the back of tori’s collar with the right hand. Uke takes a step back with the left foot, shifts his right foot between tori’s feet, and, increasing the distance between them in a right han-mi posture, presses tori’s body down. At the moment tori begins to straighten up, uke begins to execute uchi-mata.
At the moment uke swings his leg between tori’s legs and begins to scoop up, tori responds by lowering his waist, sticking out the front of his waist, and bending back, while stepping his left foot to the outside of uke’s left pivoting foot. He moves the right foot too, thereby shortening the distance between them, and at the same time lifts and pulls with the right hand, pulls and squeezes with the left hand, and, lifting uke up, breaks his balance towards the rear. Uke’s weight falls towards the outside of his left supporting foot, and he tilts backward, his right foot, which he tries to scoop up with, remains lifted off the mat and lines up with his left foot.
At this moment, tori supports his body weight on the right leg, and, while reaping the outside of uke’s left ankle upwards with the sole of the left foot, pulls uke upwards with both hands, and pushes him down towards his rear. Both of uke’s legs are reaped up, and he falls backward in a big movement with tremendous force.