Horizontal and Reverse Horizontal Chair Strikes – Evasion and Irimi Nage Defense
⛩️ Source
This extract comes from a Minoru Mochizuki Sensei demonstration featured on “Yoseikan Sogo Budo Vol. 1 and Vol. 2”, a BAB Japan instructional DVD series released in early 2000, with Volume 2 specifically published on January 26, 2000, and both volumes supervised by Minoru Mochizuki Sensei, who oversaw the filming, choreographed demonstrations, and performed many techniques personally.
🔖 Technique Notes
As Uke delivers a horizontal chair strike toward Tori’s head, Tori ducks and steps to the inside. On his second step, he executes an Enka pivot to face Uke once more.
Carried by the momentum of his initial strike, Uke has also rotated, now facing Tori but slightly turning his lead shoulder away, which exposes his back. As Uke attempts a follow-up with a reverse horizontal strike, Tori enters behind him during the turn and executes a classic head-wrapping Irimi Nage, projecting Uke to the ground.
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