Ashi-Waza Timing Drill Book: Meeting Drills for the Sweeping Window, Rhythm Reading, and the Timing Log
Mat Manual companion guide to "Your Foot Sweeps Arrive Where the Foot Was." Print it. The article teaches the three states of a walking foot. This book trains the meeting: walking-pace drills for deashi-harai, landing-m…
| Art | Kodokan Judo |
|---|---|
| Family | Kodokan Judo |
| Level | beginner |
| Format | playbook |
| Topics | throws, fundamentals, training-plans |
Mat Manual companion guide to "Your Foot Sweeps Arrive Where the Foot Was." Print it. The article teaches the three states of a walking foot. This book trains the meeting: walking-pace drills for deashi-harai, landing-moment drills for the reaps, placed-block progressions for sasae-tsurikomi-ashi, rhythm-reading work for pairs, combination finishers, and a timing log that sorts your misses into early, late, and wrong-tool, because each one has a different cure.
Player: ______________________________ Club: ______________________________ Coach: ______________________________ Lead foot: ☐ Right ☐ Left
SAFETY — READ FIRST ☐ Ukemi (falling technique) before throws: every finished sweep in this book lands a partner. Their side and back falls are checked before Stage 3 work begins. ☐ Control the partner's fall: keep a hand on the sleeve through every finished technique. ☐ Never throw a partner who cannot fall safely today. Timing drills run happily at entry-only terms; agree them before the set. ☐ A sweep meets a foot in transit with the sole of your foot. It never kicks a planted, loaded leg. Kicking a loaded leg is how ankles get hurt in this family, and any drill partner may call a stop on it at once. ☐ The reap's contact is the back or side of the leg, traveling. Never a chop into the side of a knee, never a hook on a twisted planted leg. ☐ Mat awareness: ashi-waza drilling travels in lines and circles. Pairs check their lane before every set.
Part 1: The Three-State Card — The Whole Book on One Page
| State | The foot is | Weight | Your tools |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Planted and loaded | Flat, carrying them | Full or building | None. Do not attack this foot. Move them and wait for the next step |
| 2. In transit (late) | Leaving or traveling, committed to a path | On the other leg | Sweep (harai): deashi-harai, okuri-ashi-harai |
| 3. Landing and loading | Touching down, weight arriving | Arriving, not settled | Block (sasae) placed ahead of the commitment; reap (gari) as the load lands: ko-soto-gari, ko-uchi-gari, o-uchi-gari |
The judgment this book trains is one sentence long: name the state before your foot moves. Every drill below is that sentence at increasing speed.
Ashi-Waza Timing Drill Book: Meeting Drills for the Sweeping Window, Rhythm Reading, and the Timing Log
Mat Manual companion guide to "Your Foot Sweeps Arrive Where the Foot Was." Print it. The article teaches the three states of a walking foot. This book trains the meeting: walking-pace drills for deashi-harai, landing-moment drills for the reaps, placed-block progressions for sasae-tsurikomi-ashi, rhythm-reading work for pairs, combination finishers, and a timing log that sorts your misses into early, late, and wrong-tool, because each one has a different cure.
What's Inside
- Part 1: The Three-State Card — The Whole Book on One Page
- Part 2: The Technique Cards
- Part 3: The Walking Meeting Drills — Deashi-Harai
- Part 4: Landing-Moment Drills — The Reaps (Ko-Soto, Ko-Uchi, O-Uchi)
- Part 5: The Placed Block — Sasae-Tsurikomi-Ashi Progressions
- Part 6: Sideways Reading — The Road to Okuri-Ashi-Harai
- …and 20 more sections
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Free companion article: Your Foot Sweeps Arrive Where the Foot Was — the full article, free in full.
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