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- From: jon@zeus.med.utah.edu (Jonathan Byrd)
- Subject: Re: Judo. A technique that has worked for me.
- Sender: bowman@math.utah.edu (Pieter Bowman)
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 17:22:33 GMT
- References: <1992Dec16.104028.27544@ms.uky.edu> <4395@unisql.UUCP>
- In-Reply-To: wrat@unisql.UUCP's message of 16 Dec 92 21: 05:53 GMT
- Organization: University of Utah
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- In article <4395@unisql.UUCP> wrat@unisql.UUCP (wharfie) writes:
-
- In article <1992Dec16.104028.27544@ms.uky.edu> taddiken@ms.uky.edu (scott taddiken) writes:
- >A technique which has worked well for me in recent years is one handed
- >kouchi gari. Kouchi, as it is affectionately called, is the throw in
- >which your right foot (RF) grabs the heel of his RF as you drop him
- >straight down onto his back.
-
- Kouchi gari means "little inside reap"; you pull his foot in
- the direction of his toes then knock him down.
-
- As a tangential note, I was taught a variation of this technique in
- Karate class. The style is Wadoryu, and it was heavily influenced by
- Judo. A description follows:
-
- Face your opponent with an opposite stance (if his right foot is
- forward, your left will be forward, or vice versa). Thus, your front
- foot will be almost toe-to-toe with his front foot.
-
- Close the distance with tsugi-ashi footwork, first bringing your back
- foot halfway up toward your front foot, and then reaching around
- outside your opponent's front foot with your front foot. It is often
- helpful to simultaneously reach forward with your lead hand, and
- control your opponent's lead hand with a slight inward brush on his
- forearm.
-
- Pull your opponent's front foot toward you, as Wharfie described. For
- a split second, his balance will be gone, allowing you to land a
- reverse punch to the body. The target area is the ribs under the pit
- of his lead arm. You can also drop down to the floating ribs.
-
- The main difference between the Judo version of ko uchi gari, and the
- Karate version is that the Judo version uses a push, and the Karate
- version uses a strike. If there is no push, your opponent will only
- lose his balance for a brief instant. You must strike quickly.
-
- --
- jonathan byrd
- jon@apollo.med.utah.edu
-