Creating a new Kata Part IX: The "Defence and Counter Throw Kata"

Purpose

Kata (form) is a prearranged set of techniques to teach, learn and practice the techniques and principles of Judo and to blend/harmonize (ri ai) them by practicing.

Learning how to defend and to counter is a very important part of Randori/Shiai and elegant, smart and smooth,

showing the principles of "Ju no Ri"  (principle of the soft/flexible/yielding",

Awareness (Heijo Shin) and

"Seiryoku zenyo" (best use of Energy, minimum effort - maximum efficiency) in a best way.



Principles of Defence and Counters

- posture

- (breaking grips)

- blocking

- evading

- redirecting

As attacking throwing attempts I take the most common throws in randori/competition (also to close the gap between Kata and Shai and Morote gari for Randori)

and I am starting in each set with "blocking", followed by "evading" and then "redirecting", because that is also a progress from "easy" to "medium" to "difficult".

Techniques of the "Defence and Counter Kata"

9 techniques, 3 Hand, 3 Hip, 3 Feet techniques

Counters to Hand Techniques

Blocking
Morote gari countered by sprawling and Sumi gaeshi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ5D_CImbgA

Evading
Tai otoshi c. by Ko soto gake

Redirecting
Seoi Nage to Yoko wakare

Counters to Hip Techniques

Blocking
O goshi c. by  Utsuri goshi

Evading
Uchi mata c. by Uchi mata sukashi

Redirecting
Koshi guruma to Yoko guruma

Counters to Leg/feet techniques

Blocking
O soto gari c. by O soto gari (gaeshi)

Evading
O uchi gari c. by Tai otoshi

Redirecting
Ko soto gari to Uchi mata