Thread: Koshinage
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Old 08-06-2008, 03:31 PM   #17
Sy Labthavikul
Dojo: Aikido Academy USA of Alhambra
Location: Los Angeles area, CA
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Re: Koshinage

We don't do koshinage at my dojo nearly as often as I'd like. Its just fun! The general consensus though is that it is a technique that is easily countered if you don't sufficiently distract uke with atemi or whatever first: you ARE basically turning your back to uke at one point, however short, so his attention better be elsewhere.

For ukemi we were taught to reach around nage with our free hand and grab his gi's lapel, so that it provides a pivot point to rotate around and ensuring you properly flip and land on a shoulder/side/better padded body part rather than your head, wrist, elbow, etc. The act of reaching around nage to grab also simulates uke's natural response to what nage's doing: he's gonna try to bear hug uke from behind.


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