Kokyunage Irimi from Ryotedori

Video Transcript

"I know I've said many, many times that this is my favorite technique...again, this is one of my favorite techniques. The one we just did was kokyu nage with tenkan, now we're going to do it with irimi. It's very important that you cut the elbow down with this. This is very heditoshi-like, because as they come here, I've got to get him turning away from me, and you can't do that like this. It just won't work. You have to have full commitment to this, which is why I call this irimi, kokyu nage irimi. Cutting, wham, just like this. As the body turns to fall away from me, I just follow it up, stepping through. Now I can turn into kokyu nage tenkan, and come back to kokyu nage irimi. Several different hand positions you can do on this one, also. From here, you can cut here and go like this. You can cut underneath the arm. One of the things I like to do is go to the face. So from here, and it can be a strike if you want, bam, or it can just be guiding it through. You'll see how I use these two in conjunction, irimi and tenkan."