Kaze Uta Budo Kai Forum Archive

This may be old news to some of ya'll, but I, personally, just came across it the other morning, and I think it's kind of fun. It actually came about from a question by Chris Gilbert (giving credit where credit is due). We were doing o-uchi gari, and he wondered if, whenever o-uchi fails, you could follow up with uchi mata. Turns out, with one of Moose's "shuffle/kick" steps, it comes out quite nicely.

Let's say I've tried o-uchi with my right leg. I don't get it, but uke's stance is pretty wide as a result. I put my right foot down (lightly, briefly), bring my left foot in next to it, which in turn sort of kicks my right leg back out from under me, all the while moving my center through uke. I catch his inner left thigh as his right (trailing) leg is drawing in to catch up. (I don't know if any of that makes sense in written form) and voila! Muy bonito!

Interesting. I was talking with Greg Ables about this Thursday night.

Ouchi-gari is one of my nemesis throws. I've experimented with it from the across the line position (ala osoto-gari) and the on the line position (ala hiza guruma). I had not experimented with it in a down the line condition (ala ogoshi). This actually felt kinda slick when it happened.

You can also gain easy access to uchi-mata from a failed kouchi-gari. If I am sweeping uke's right foot out and he stops it or I blow it, then I can immediately attack his left leg with my right leg. The caveat is that the support foot must be pointed correctly for kouchi-gari (i.e., parallel to uke's right foot such that you are sweeping the direction of the throw).