Daki Wakare

Daki-wakare is a sacrifice throw executed by embracing uke's torso from behind or above, then rotating to the side while lifting uke's hips, rolling uke across tori's body and onto their back. The name captures the philosophy literally: first embrace, then separate — tori connects tightly to uke's center of mass, then sacrifices their own standing position to drive the rotation, ending in a separated finish where uke lands on their back and tori stays on top.

It has two distinct applications:

Standing application: As a counter to a poorly-committed Seoi-nage (or similar forward throw with shallow hips), tori slips around behind uke, locks the bear hug, drops to the side, and rolls uke over.

Ground application (turtle turnover): When uke is in turtle, tori controls from above, locks the waist embrace, and rolls sideways — uke is lifted off their base and rotated onto their back. This is mechanically identical to the wrestling gut wrench.

Unlike most sutemi-waza, Daki-wakare is considered one of the safer sacrifice throws because uke lands on their back rather than head/shoulder, and the rotational forces are moderate. In modern IJF rules the standing version still scores; the turtle version scores 0 (mostly used to disrupt turtle and create submission entries instead).