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Kouchi gari is a key technique in Kirill Denisov’s judo.
The five time World medallist uses Kouchi not only to score, but to destabilise opponents and to set up his major throws.
He mainly uses it when up against right handed opponents, and as well as a classical Kouchi, he has two other main v...
Kirill Denisov has five main Ashi waza Uchikomi.
The first is for a standard Kouchi gari.
The second is for his double Kouchi combination.
Then comes his skipping Kouchi gari.
Next up is this De ashi barai counter attack.
The idea is for Denisov to anticipate De ashi, and attack with Kouchi...
Kirill Denisov says that whenever he fights left handed opponents, his first thought is always to have control of their left arm.
‘How do I catch the left arm’, he says. ‘How do I control it’.
With his opponents aware of his game-plan, they do as much as possible to prevent Denisov from catchin...
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