Tsubame Gaeshi in Kodokan Judo
Tsubame Gaeshi in Kodokan Judo
Tsubame Gaeshi in Kodokan Judo
Tsubame gaeshi
Tsubame Gaeshi (?) is a Judo throw that falls within the seventeen techniques of the
Shimmeisho no waza, officially recognised by the Kodokan in 1982.[1] Literally translated as "Swallow
Counter", Tsubame gaeshi is the countering of an ashi waza with Deashi harai from the opposite leg. A
right-handed Deashi-harai executed by uke, for instance, would be avoided by tori bending his right
knee, followed by a left-handed Deashi-harai. Tsubame gaeshi as a counter against uke's Deashi
harai is the opening move of the Kaeshi-no-kata. As a counter against Okuriashi harai, it forms the sixth
technique of the Nage-Waza-Ura-no-kata.