Lower Body Engagement
Contact focused on the legs/feet rather than the upper body: reaping, hooking, or picking at the opponent's ankle or lower leg to break balance. Covers the Ashi-waza family (O Soto Gari, Ko Soto Gari, Ko Uchi Gake, De Ashi Barai, and similar) plus picks like the Ankle Pick. Tagged as a secondary applicable position alongside whichever upper-body tie or clinch the throw is executed from, marking the moment weight and balance are broken through the legs rather than the arms.
Techniques (6)
Ankle Pick
A takedown technique where the attacker grabs the opponent's ankle (typically the lead leg) and lif…
View DetailsDe Ashi Barai
Tori brushes the outer (little-toe) edge of uke's advancing foot sideways with the sole, sweeping i…
Ko Soto Gake
Tori hooks the outside of uke's heel/ankle and, keeping it trapped, drives uke's upper body straigh…
View DetailsKo Soto Gari
Tori reaps the outside of uke's heel with a small scooping motion of the sole/instep, first driving…
View DetailsKo Uchi Gake
Tori hooks the inside of uke's foot/ankle and holds it trapped while driving uke straight back over…
View DetailsO Soto Gari
A fundamental Judo throw classified as Ashi-waza (foot technique) where the practitioner (tori) rea…
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