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Ashi kanuki - leg latch

TORI is lying on his back on the ground, UKE is between his legs above him.

Tori brings his right leg under the left leg of UKE and puts it almost at right angles on UKE's right leg, so his calf comes to lie in the right knee of UKE, TORI leg must be bent. Now TORI places his left leg on the instep of his right foot, so that the ankle joint are located in the popliteal fossa of the left leg. He hooks his left foot from the outside under the right foot of UKE and the ankle joints have contact from above.

By stretching of TORI's left leg and simultaneously raising while he pushes his right foot forward, a strongly pressure on the calf of UKE occurs and overstretch UKE's ankle. TORI must ensure absolutely that his right leg is always located approximately at right angles to UKE's right leg.