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Applied Throwing Techniques (Nage Waza, 投げ技)

Yokomen-uchi Shiho Nage Omote (横面打ち四方投げ 表)

Key point: Control your partner’s yokomen-uchi as you move with tenshin, then enter to your partner’s side again with irimi and throw.

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1. Hidari ai-hanmi; your partner comes in with yokomen-uchi
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2. Meet it with the left tegatana and deliver atemi with the right hand
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3. Control the yokomen-uchi with the left tegatana
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4. Moving with tenshin to the right, lead your partner down with the left tegatana
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5. Having led your partner’s right hand toward your belly, take the wrist with both hands
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6. Step the right foot to your partner’s side
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7. Cut both hands up along the body’s center
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8. With the feeling of turning the hips, turn the body in tenkai-ashi
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9. At the end of the turn, both hands at the body’s center
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10. Cut both hands straight down from the body’s center and throw your partner

In hidari ai-hanmi, your partner steps in with the back foot and strikes yokomen-uchi; control it with the left tegatana while delivering atemi (当て身) with the right hand. Immediately open the body to the left with tenshin while leading your partner’s hand toward your belly. Take your partner’s wrist as it comes and step the right foot to your partner’s side to enter with irimi. At the same time, cut both hands up, and from there turn the body in tenkai-ashi. In time with this movement, cut both hands down from the center of your body.

  • Lead your partner with the tegatana (photos 3–5): Once you have controlled the yokomen-uchi with the tegatana, go straight into the tenshin body movement. Take care that the connection with your partner is not broken, and as you open the body to the left, lead your partner’s hand with the tegatana all the way to your belly.
  • How to link to the next movement (photos 4–6): During tenshin (photo 4) it is important not to grab your partner’s wrist but always to lead with the tegatana. Take the wrist with both hands only after leading it in front of your belly (photo 5). When you take it and enter (photo 6), too, do not use force; the key is to hold securely so that it leads into the next movement.
  • The tegatana is always at your center (photos 3, 7, 9, 10): When controlling the yokomen-uchi (photo 3), when cutting up (photo 7), after completing the turn (photo 9), and when cutting down to throw your partner (photo 10), always keep the tegatana at the center of your body. This is to make effective use of the power gathered at the body’s center.

Yokomen-uchi Shiho Nage Ura (横面打ち四方投げ 裏)

Key point: Control your partner’s yokomen-uchi as you move with tenshin, then turn with tenkan toward your partner’s back and throw.

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1. Hidari ai-hanmi
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2. Your partner comes in with yokomen-uchi
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3. Control the yokomen-uchi with the left tegatana and deliver atemi with the right hand
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4. Moving with tenshin to the right, lead your partner to your center with the tegatana
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5. Take your partner’s wrist
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6. Step the left foot outside your partner’s front foot
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7. Draw the right foot far back (tenkan)
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8. Cut both hands up along your body’s center
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9. Turn the body in tenkai-ashi
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10. Forming hanmi, cut both hands down
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11. Cut straight down from the body’s center and throw your partner

Unlike omote, which goes from tenshin into irimi to your partner’s side, yokomen-uchi shiho nage ura turns with tenkan toward your partner’s back to break their balance. As in omote, lead your partner’s hand toward your belly with tenshin, then, with the tenkan body movement, draw the back foot far back and turn the body toward your partner’s back. In time with this movement, cut both hands up along your body’s center and turn the body again in tenkai-ashi. Finally, form a clear hanmi and cut both hands down.

Key points of yokomen-uchi shiho nage ura — 1. Moving with tenshin, cut the tegatana down to your center.
Key points of yokomen-uchi shiho nage ura — 1. Moving with tenshin, cut the tegatana down to your center.
Key points of yokomen-uchi shiho nage ura — 2. Take one step outside your partner’s front foot.
Key points of yokomen-uchi shiho nage ura — 2. Take one step outside your partner’s front foot.
Key points of yokomen-uchi shiho nage ura — 3. On that foot, draw the back foot far back and turn with tenkan toward your partner’s back.
Key points of yokomen-uchi shiho nage ura — 3. On that foot, draw the back foot far back and turn with tenkan toward your partner’s back.
Key points of yokomen-uchi shiho nage ura — 4. Cut both hands up along the body’s center.
Key points of yokomen-uchi shiho nage ura — 4. Cut both hands up along the body’s center.
  • Cut up and cut down along your center: In ura, as in omote, cut the tegatana down to your center during tenshin. Also, when turning the body outward with tenkan, cut the tegatana up along the body’s center, and after tenkai-ashi, cut down from the center.
  • Step outside your partner’s front foot and turn with tenkan: When turning with tenkan after tenshin, take one step with ayumi-ashi, back foot first, to the outside of your partner’s front foot. It is important to go quickly into tenkan-ashi on that foot. Stepping this way lets you turn smoothly in toward your partner’s back. It is important to link the movements without a break.

Katate-dori Uchi Kaiten Nage (片手取り内回転投げ)

Key point: Lift your partner with uchi kaiten, then cut the tegatana down to break their balance.

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1. Migi gyaku-hanmi katate-dori
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2. Slip the right tegatana outward and deliver atemi with the left hand
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3. Stepping in with the left foot, cut the right tegatana up in a large arc
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4. Turning the body 180 degrees in tenkai-ashi, lift your partner forward with the tegatana
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5. Drawing the right foot far back, cut the right tegatana down in a large arc
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6. Press the back of your partner’s head with the left hand and take the wrist with the right hand
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7. Stepping the right foot forward, push forward with the right hand
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8. Throw your partner
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9. Even after the throw, do not take your eyes off your partner

This is a throw that uses the uchi kaiten body movement (Chapter 3, tai sabaki 6). In migi gyaku-hanmi katate-dori, turn the body 180 degrees with the uchi kaiten body movement and lift your partner forward with the right tegatana. Then cut the tegatana down in a large semicircle, and at the same time draw the right foot back so that your partner’s head bows down. Pressing the back of your partner’s bowed head with the left hand, change the grip of your right hand to your partner’s wrist. From there, lead your partner’s hand forward with the right hand and step in with the right foot to throw.

Key points of katate-dori uchi kaiten nage — 1. Standing side by side with your partner, cut the tegatana straight down.
Key points of katate-dori uchi kaiten nage — 1. Standing side by side with your partner, cut the tegatana straight down.
Key points of katate-dori uchi kaiten nage — 2. Drawing the front foot far back as you cut down brings your partner’s head down. Turn the hand that cut down upward.
Key points of katate-dori uchi kaiten nage — 2. Drawing the front foot far back as you cut down brings your partner’s head down. Turn the hand that cut down upward.
Key points of katate-dori uchi kaiten nage — 3. At that moment, control your partner as if pressing the back of the head.
Key points of katate-dori uchi kaiten nage — 3. At that moment, control your partner as if pressing the back of the head.
Key points of katate-dori uchi kaiten nage — 4. Take the wrist with the hand you turned upward. Uke puts the free hand on the floor.
Key points of katate-dori uchi kaiten nage — 4. Take the wrist with the hand you turned upward. Uke puts the free hand on the floor.
Key points of katate-dori uchi kaiten nage — 5. Uke goes over forward with zenpo kaiten ukemi.
Key points of katate-dori uchi kaiten nage — 5. Uke goes over forward with zenpo kaiten ukemi.
  • Stand side by side with your partner: When you have lifted your partner with the uchi kaiten body movement, you and your partner are standing side by side. From there, cut the tegatana straight down and draw the front foot back.
  • Key points of the control: Cutting the tegatana down while drawing the front foot far back brings your partner’s head down. At that moment, control your partner as if pressing the back of the head, and in time with that movement turn the hand that cut down all the way up to take the wrist.
  • Key points of the ukemi: Uke goes over forward using zenpo kaiten ukemi (前方回転受け身, Chapter 2). Put the free hand firmly on the floor, little-finger side first. Let the body go over forward in time with tori’s movement.

Katate-dori Soto Kaiten Nage (片手取り外回転投げ)

Key point: Lift your partner with soto kaiten, then cut the tegatana down and press the head.

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1. Migi gyaku-hanmi katate-dori
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2. Step in with the right foot, slipping the right tegatana outward and delivering atemi with the left hand
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3. Turning with tenkan on the right foot, cut the right tegatana up in a spiral
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4. Draw the left foot back and, with the right tegatana held clearly upright, lift your partner forward
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5. Drawing the right foot far back, cut the right tegatana down in a large arc
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6. Press the back of your partner’s head with the left hand and take the wrist with the right hand
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7. Stepping the right foot forward, push forward with the right hand
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8. Throw your partner
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9. Even after the throw, do not take your eyes off your partner

This is a throw that uses the soto kaiten body movement (Chapter 3, tai sabaki 7). Unlike uchi kaiten, you open the body outward and turn with tenkan as you lift your partner. In migi gyaku-hanmi katate-dori, cut the right tegatana up in a spiral from the outside. With the armpit closed and the tegatana held clearly upright, turn with tenkan on the right foot. When you are standing side by side with your partner, as in uchi kaiten nage, cut the tegatana down and press the back of the head, then lead your partner’s hand forward with the right hand and step in with the right foot to throw.

Key points of soto kaiten nage — 1. Knock the tegatana outward, then close the armpit and cut up in a spiral.
Key points of soto kaiten nage — 1. Knock the tegatana outward, then close the armpit and cut up in a spiral.
Key points of soto kaiten nage — 2. Turn with tenkan on the right foot and lift your partner.
Key points of soto kaiten nage — 2. Turn with tenkan on the right foot and lift your partner.
Key points of soto kaiten nage — 3. Standing side by side with your partner, hold the tegatana clearly upright.
Key points of soto kaiten nage — 3. Standing side by side with your partner, hold the tegatana clearly upright.
  • Close the armpit as you cut up: The key when cutting the tegatana up is to do it in a spiral. For an instant knock it outward, then cut up as if coming back inward. It is important to keep your own armpit closed so that your partner’s armpit opens.
  • Make full use of the tegatana: When you turn with tenkan and lift your partner, you end up standing side by side. At this point it is important to hold the tegatana clearly upright and use it. From this position, cut the tegatana straight down to break your partner’s balance.
  • Cut the tegatana down and press the back of the head: As you cut the tegatana down, draw the front foot far back so that your partner’s head bows down. Press the back of the head with the other hand, and take your partner’s wrist with the hand that comes up from below. It is important to be aware of a natural circular movement.

Ryote-dori Tenchi Nage (両手取り天地投げ)

Key point: Cut the two tegatana apart, one up and one down, and enter to your partner’s side to throw.

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1. Hidari ai-hanmi ryote-dori
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2. Step the left foot to your partner’s side
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3. Cut the right tegatana up and the left tegatana down
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4. Lift your partner’s elbow upward
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5. Step the right foot forward
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6. Cut the right tegatana down
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7. Forming a clear hanmi, use the power of the body to bring your partner down
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8. Your partner takes ukemi
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9. Even after the throw, do not take your eyes off your partner

Tenchi nage (“heaven-and-earth throw”) is a throw in which, from ryote-dori, you cut one tegatana up while cutting the other down, splitting your partner between up and down to break their balance. In hidari ai-hanmi ryote-dori, first step the left foot (the front foot) to your partner’s side with okuri-ashi. At the same time, keeping the armpit closed, cut the right tegatana up so that your partner’s elbow rises, and cut the left tegatana down in a spiral. From there, step the right foot forward again and cut the right tegatana down to throw your partner.

1. Close the armpit, lift the tegatana in front of the shoulder, and enter to your partner’s side.
1. Close the armpit, lift the tegatana in front of the shoulder, and enter to your partner’s side.
2. Form hanmi at your partner’s side without colliding, and extend the lower tegatana forward.
2. Form hanmi at your partner’s side without colliding, and extend the lower tegatana forward.
3. The lower tegatana lets your partner’s power flow past as it cuts down and forward in a spiral.
3. The lower tegatana lets your partner’s power flow past as it cuts down and forward in a spiral.
4. Split between up and down, your partner falls backward. Do not take your eyes off them even after the throw.
4. Split between up and down, your partner falls backward. Do not take your eyes off them even after the throw.
  • Close the armpit and lift in front of the shoulder (photo 1): Raise the upward-cutting tegatana in front of the shoulder so that its power does not escape. If you lift your partner’s elbow upward with the armpit closed, your partner’s body rises and their center collapses.
  • Enter to the side without colliding (photos 1 and 2): Step the right foot deep to your partner’s side and form hanmi. It is important to enter as if brushing right past your partner’s body, but without colliding. Colliding is a sign that your irimi position is not right.
  • The lower tegatana lets your partner’s power flow past as it goes forward (photos 2 and 3): Do not push the downward-cutting tegatana straight; cut down in a spiral. Pushing straight collides with your partner’s power. With the feeling of drawing it inward once and then turning it outward, extend it down and forward, letting your partner’s power flow past.
  • Throw with the tegatana and the power of irimi together (photo 4): When the upper and lower tegatana have split your partner between up and down, step the right foot forward and cut down to bring your partner down backward. It is important to use the movement of the tegatana and the power of irimi together, and even after the throw, do not take your eyes off your partner.

Last updated November 2, 2026 · This book continues to be revised after publication.
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