Tsuri-goshi

Tori breaks Uke’s balance straight forward or to his right (left) front corner. He takes hold of the back of Uke’s belt with the right (left) hand, pulls him closer, loads him onto the back of his waist, and throws him down.

Tsuri-goshi: gripping the back of Uke’s belt through his left armpit with the right hand (kotsuri-goshi). Both sides grapple in the right natural posture. Tori steps back with the left foot, then the right foot, pulling Uke forward, presses him down slightly, and stops moving back. Uke is pulled and steps forward with his left foot, then right foot, and holds his ground. At this moment, Tori lessens the action of pressing down with both hands and pushes slightly with the left hand so that Uke straightens up and begins to step back with his right foot to return to his original stable posture. At the instant he has begun to step back with his right foot, Tori steps his right foot inside Uke’s right foot, and at the moment Uke’s right foot lands on the mat, he changes the action of both hands to pulling up and forward so that Uke cannot transfer his weight onto the right foot, causing him to rise forward, his balance breaking forward in a left posture.

At this instant, Tori bends both knees, lowers his waist, and, dropping his right shoulder, inserts his right arm deep through Uke’s left armpit, gripping the back of Uke’s belt. He opens his body to the left by supporting his weight on the right leg, steps his left foot back and round inside Uke’s left foot, puts the back of his waist onto Uke’s lower abdomen, and pulls Uke’s body tight against him. He then loads him onto the back of his waist. Tori lifts Uke’s body up with the right hand, straightens both knees, and, raising his waist, pulls Uke’s body up and throws him down. Uke is thrown in a large circle over Tori’s waist and lands in front of him.

The technique of gripping the back of Uke’s belt through his armpit with a single hand is called kotsuri-goshi. Tori is not limited to holding the back of Uke’s belt—he can also grip the side of the belt, or the front of the belt to apply the technique.