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Kosoto gari

Also called Ko soto gari, Minor outer reap

A judo reap where you sweep their heel from the outside while you push their weight back onto it. It's small and fast and mixes well with inner reaps.

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Key steps

  1. Grip sleeve and collar, or wrist and collar tie in No-Gi, and push them back so their weight sits on one heel.
  2. Step in close at their side, keeping your chest near theirs.
  3. Hook the sole of your foot behind their heel from the outside.
  4. Take the heel forward along the line of their foot as your hands drive their chest back and down.

Key details

  • Reap only once the heel is loaded; an empty heel just floats out of the way and they stay up.
  • Pushing their chest down over the heel turns a small reap into a throw.