watashikomi

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noun

A kimarite in which the attacker, while driving his opponent forward, grabs his leg and pulls it, forcing him over.

OriginJapanese 渡し込み →
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Meanings

nounwatashikomi (plural watashikomi)
  1. governmentA kimarite in which the attacker, while driving his opponent forward, grabs his leg and pulls it, forcing him over.

    Thigh-Grabbing Push Down (Watashikomi)

    2016, Andrew Zerling, Sumo for Mixed Martial Arts: Winning Clinches, Takedowns, & Tactics, →ISBN
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    Akinoshima chases "Yankee Doodle Dandy" around the dohyo, until he finally wins by watashikomi (thigh grabbing push down).

    1999 March 22, Ken Crouch, “Day 9 spoiler - Kintaro's Musings Group”, in rec.sport.sumo (Usenet)

    Kyokushuzan deployed several rare techniques such as watashi-komi, which he used in September of 1996.

    2013, J Sargeant, Wild Men, Bad Boys and Model Citiizens

    Ozeki Terunofuji (4-2) outlasted top-ranked maegashira Tochiozan (0-6), while New Year champion Kotoshogiku saw off sekiwake Okinoumi (1-5) with a watashikomi thigh-grabbing pushdown to level his mark at 3-3.

    2016 November 18, “Goeido, Hakuho fall; Kakuryu still unbeaten”, in The Japan Times

Origin

  1. Japanese渡し込み“thigh-grabbing push down”
  2. Englishwatashikomi

Borrowed from Japanese 渡し込み (watashikomi, “thigh-grabbing push down”).

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