armpit push; pushing up under the armpits
A sumo technique where the wrestler pushes upward with hands placed under the opponent's armpits, often used to break the opponent's posture or drive them back.
The yokozuna pushed his opponent out of the ring with an armpit push.
Standard sumo term; the kanji 筈 is less common in modern usage.
Alternate kanji form using 筈; rarely seen in contemporary sumo contexts.
Compound of 筈 (hazu, 'nock of an arrow' or 'notch') and 押し (oshi, 'push'). The term likely refers to the hand position resembling the notch of an arrow when pushing upward under the opponent's armpits.