Judo term
Ko-uchi-gaeshi
- Pronunciation
- koh oo-chee gah-eh-shee
- Meaning
- Small inner counter
In Judo
Ko-uchi-gaeshi is a counter to classified as . Tori withdraws the threatened foot and moves the body clear while keeping the grips, then the hands turn Uke through the space the missed reap leaves behind.
How to recognize it
Recognize Ko-uchi-gaeshi when a Ko-uchi-gari reaps empty space and the attacker is turned over by the defender’s hands, with no return reap.
Don't mix it up
Avoidance versus counter-reap
returns the reap with the attacked leg and belongs to Ashi-waza. Ko-uchi-gaeshi lets the reap miss and throws with the hands, so the shared Gaeshi ending does not mean a shared family.