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Shomenuchi Nikkyo - Var. 1, Angle 1

Just as in the Ikkyo maneuver the entrance to the attack is an irimi. The attacker's strike is deflected and redirected in the footwork and bodywork of the irimi - as the nage shifts the movement towards the right and down. 

This enables the nage to setup the attacker's wrist for the nikkyo lock, then the arm is used to redirect movement towards his center.  

The attacker's balance is lost, and another entrance is made to disable and bring him to the ground.

Shomenuchi Nikkyo Var. 1, Angle 1 (above)
C. Matrasko and J. Loeser (uke)

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Michio Hikitsuchi 10th Dan 1978
(C. Matrasko as uke)
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