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[Kodokan Judo Katame waza - Shime Waza - Do Jime.]

Tori is on his back and Uke is between his legs. Tori hooks his feet one against the other behind Uke, and raises his legs so as to bring his knees to the level of Uke’s floating ribs, and then compresses Uke’s upper body as strongly as possible.Tori extends his legs and knees to form a vice.

[Hirokazu Kanazawa performing Bassai Dai]

Bassai Dai literally means “to extract and block off” but this is taken to mean “to storm (penatrate) a fortress”s. Bassai dai is one of the variations of the Passai Kata that is practiced in Shotokan Karate, normally starting at 3rd Kyu. Shotokan houses two Bassai Kata, Dai and Sho. Dai means greater while Sho means lesser or minor. Bassai Sho is taught at the advanced level after mastery of Bassai dai. Bassai Dai is characterized by repeated changes in blocking to simulate the feeling of shifting from a situation of disadvantage to a position of advantage.

Bassai Dai is often mistranslated, The first part of the name (batsu) means to extract or remove, not to penetrate. The name to Penetrate a fortress seems to be more clearly descriptive of the attitude a student should have when practicing the Kata so for my money it is an adequate translation, if not correct 100%.

Bassai Dai is one of the more popular Shotokan Katas and also seen as being very important for students to learn. Many organizations require this Kata to be done for Shodan examinations. Along with Empi, Jion and Kanku Dai, Bassai Dai was thought to have been used to create the Heian series, which is used to introduce Karate to new students.

To this day Bassai Dai remains one of the big four Katas of Shotokan and also a milestone for most students. Learning this Kata means that the student has passed from learning the basic Katas and has moved on to learning the intermediate Katas of the style. The practice of Bassai Dai is both daunting and rewarding and interestingly I have made note that this is the time that most students tend to leave the Dojo. Perhaps Bassai Dai represents the first bump in the road for most students as they progress into truly understanding Karate and its many difficult but wonderful techniques.

[From theshotokanway.com. Complete article is here]

[Luca Valdesi performing Bassai Dai]

[Didier Lupo performing Bassai Dai and demostrating bunkai (application)]

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[Sensei Tadashi Koike demostrating de ashi barai]

De ashi barai, is one of the original 40 throws of Judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs to the first group, Dai-Ikkyo, of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo-no-Nagewaza, of Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the current 67 Throws of Kodokan Judo. It is classified as a foot technique, Ashi-Waza. [1]

De ashi barai is best performed at the precise moment that the ukes foot comes forward just before the foot is firmly planted on the ground, as their weight is being redistributed towards that foot.

The sole of the foot needs to be used by the tori, or it is possible to damage the side of their foot. The timing on this technique is the most difficult aspect -- but it is still possible to throw the opponent if they have advanced the foot asn it is planted (but much more difficult). [2]

[Sensei Brian Jones shows the de ashi harai throw]

[1] From Wikipedia
[2] From akitasjudo.com

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[Christian Tissier showing Shiho nage omote and ura from Katate dori]

Uke grabs left wrist and nage turns hips 90 degrees to the right while rolling his/her forearm to a sword holding position, similar to that in kokyu ho, directly in front of his/her center. Nage simultaneously brings the back (right) foot across and in front for balance and to prepare for a step. Note: The toes should be pointed outward (right) slightly to allow hip rotation and aid in balance. The intent is to turn uke to the left so as to prevent atemi by uke and expose the wrist for a shihonage grab.

Nage takes a small step straight forward with the left foot while simultaneously lifting the uke’s hand with both hands to slightly above and in front of nage’s head. Pointer: too large a step will put nage far in front of uke, leaving uke’s balance intact.

As nage’s hands reach an area visible by looking up with the eyes, nage pivots hips (tanren) 180 degrees to right and cuts down, taking uke to the ground. Cut like a sword without dropping the hands. If done properly, uke’s balance is broken backwards as soon as the pivot is completed, even before cutting down. This approach makes it very difficult to take a breakfall out of the shihonage. Nage may also have to adjust to keep up with the falling uke by a sliding step. The same hand and foot closest to uke should be forward and the forward foot toes turned slightly out for balance when completing the technique.

[From www.aikiweb.com. Original page is here]