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Re: Hiji-ate
There are a couple of efficient ways of doing this throw. The normal AAA way is to position your upper arm high on Uke's body in the tricep/armpit area with your palm up (like holding a pizza aloft). Your other hand will have his wrist low against your hip with his whole arm locked across your body. Holding the wrist, step through and rotate your palm down, smashing the pizza to the mat.
Another way I've experienced comes from Yoseikan (I think). You almost get your shoulder into Uke's arm pit while locking his arm across your body with both hands near the wrist. You slightly rotate your center a few degrees away from Uke's body and step through, using the arm against your shoulder as a fulcrum.
As for the ukemi, what works for me with either technique is to get my weight upperside and try to float into the fall. The first usually results in an easy forward roll, while the second ends up being almost a breakfall because of a "snapping" motion at the time of release.\
Hope this helps in some way.
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