Aikido technique KOTEGAESHI against some grabs and strikes, by Stefan Stenudd

This is the aikido throw kotegaeshi, applied against several different grab and strike attacks. I show it both slow and fast – mainly gotai (from a static starting point), but also some jutai (moving as the attack approaches) when going faster. In most cases, there is little difference between gotai and jutai versions of kotegaeshi, except for the timing.

Kotegaeshi (小手返し), “wrist turn”, is a very popular technique in aikido as well as jujutsu and some other martial arts. It is not as easy as it may seem. More than the twisting of the attacker's wrist, the rhythm of the throw is decisive of its success.

It's common with a high forward throw (mae ukemi) on kotegaeshi, but the less fancy backwards throw (ushiro ukemi) has its advantages as well, such as better control of the attacker. I like to do kotegaeshi so that the attacker can choose to do or not do the high fall, according to circumstance and ability.

I've written extensively about the kotegaeshi technique here:
https://www.stenudd.com/aikido/kotega...

Uke was Stephan Schröder:    / @stephanschroder7611  

This is a condensed edit of a 2017 video:
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My aikido dojo is Enighet in Malmö, Sweden: https://www.aikidoenighet.se/

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