Friday, August 20, 2010

A rear leg trip that is a beauty to behold, a sumo winning move. What is it? How is it done?

After working his way behind the defender, the attacker will hook one of his legs around one of the defender鈥檚 legs. What is it? How is it done?A rear leg trip that is a beauty to behold, a sumo winning move. What is it? How is it done?
This is called an Okurigake or rear leg trip technique.





Okurigake (rear leg trip) - After working his way behind the defender, the attacker will hook one of his legs around one of the defender鈥檚 legs. From this position, he will pull that hooked leg towards him, dropping his opponent forward and down. This technique can be done from either an inside or outside hooking position. Okurigake is one of the 12 techniques added in the 2001 winning technique list expansion.

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