Judo Level 5: Harai Tsurikomi Ashi — Connect lifting hands to the upward sweep

払釣込足, harai-tsurikomi-ashi, is a foot technique combining sweep, lifting draw and foot in its name.

Kodokan describes lifting forward imbalance and sweeping the ankle upward from the front. Watch continuity between the hands and sweeping foot.

Harai-tsurikomi-ashi combines tsurikomi with sweeping upward from the front of uke's ankle in Kodokan's definition. Read upper-body guidance and lower-body action together; watching the foot alone hides how imbalance connects them.

Sasae Tsurikomi Ashi checks; Harai Tsurikomi Ashi sweeps upward. Do not omit harai from similar long names and merge their mechanisms.

Sasae-tsurikomi-ashi supports at the ankle instead. Shared words do not make supporting and sweeping identical. Okuri-ashi-barai brings the feet together. Classify by what the foot does rather than memorizing similar names.

Separate hands and foot slowly with your instructor before reconnecting movement. If you must kick against a settled base, revisit imbalance.

The Level here refers to the IMAC Dojo curriculum. Use the article and clips to prepare questions and review them with your instructor. Practical training needs a suitable partner, space and controlled conditions.

At contact, ask whether the foot sweeps through or provides support, and where the hands guide uke. A harder leg swing cannot substitute for understanding the upper body's movement.