is a Judo Throw (grappling), throw that falls within the seventeen techniques of the ''Shimmeisho no waza'', officially recognised by the Kodokan in 1982. Literally translated as "Swallow Counter", ''Tsubame gaeshi'' is the countering of an ashi waza with ''Deashi harai'' from the opposite leg. A right-handed ''Deashi-harai'' executed by Uke (martial arts), uke, for instance, would be avoided by Tori (martial arts), tori bending his right knee, followed by a left-handed ''Deashi-harai''. ''Tsubame gaeshi'' as a counter against uke's ''Deashi harai'' is the opening move of the Kaeshi-no-kata. As a counter against Okuriashi harai, it forms the sixth technique of the Nage-Waza-Ura-no-kata.
The name ''Tsubame Gaeshi'' is a reference to the famous technique of the legendary Japanese swordsman Sasaki KojirÅ. It was an overhead katana (or, in Sasaki's case, a ''nodachi'') stroke that was performed so swiftly it resembled the flight of a Old World sparrow, sparrow, hence the name.
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Judo technique
Throw (grappling)
Grappling hold
Grappling positions
Martial art techniques
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