pulling heel hook; throw using the right heel
A sumo technique where the attacker hooks the opponent's leading foot from the inside with his right heel and pulls it toward himself while twisting his body to throw the opponent down.
The yokozuna used a pulling heel hook to roll his opponent onto the dohyo.
Standard mixed kanji-kana spelling for this sumo term.
Katakana variant sometimes seen in sumo contexts.
The term likely derives from ちょん (a mimetic word for a light, quick action) and 掛け (from 掛ける, 'to hook'), describing the quick hooking motion of the technique.