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Old 11-06-2014, 09:37 PM   #24
Rupert Atkinson
 
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Re: YouTube: Kotegaeshi - Basic and Variations

The big taisabaki entry on kote-gaeshi once saved me. I was walking behind a car (on my left side) on a side street at some traffic lights. Suddenly the reversing lights came on and I saw them - just as a gap in the traffic appeared. I was right behind the car. I took one right-foot step forward and slapped my right hand down on the trunk and did a taisabaki just like kote-gaesi and got passed the car just as it whizzed backwards thorugh where I had been. The guy meant to pull out, but mistakenly was in reverse. Luckily, no one was behind him. After my taisabaki I continued walking on without looking back. Even our sometimes wishy-washy looking movement can be useful.

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