kouchigari; minor inner reap
A judo throwing technique where the attacker uses their leg to reap the opponent's inner leg from the inside, often combined with a pulling motion.
He threw his opponent with a minor inner reap.
Kouchigari is one of the basic foot techniques.
小外刈り (minor outer reap) attacks the outside of the opponent's leg, whereas 小内刈り attacks the inside.
Standard kanji spelling for this judo technique.
Variant spelling without okurigana; also seen in judo contexts.
A judo term formed from 小 “minor,” 内 “inner,” and 刈り “reaping”; 刈り becomes がり through sequential voicing.