Air Throw - Kuuki Nage

Japanese: 空気投げ - くうきなげ
Air Throw - Kuuki Nage

…He became a judo master at the University of Tokyo in 1910, an instructor at the Kodokan in 1923, and participated in the All Japan Championships in 1930 and the Imperial Match in 1934. He invented techniques including the Oguruma, Sumi-otoshi, and Kyushuma, among which the Sumi-gaeshi, commonly known as Kuuki-nage, is a technique in which the opponent is thrown using only the arms with perfect timing, and is said to embody the beauty of judo, that softness overcomes hardness. In 1945, he was ranked 10th dan at the Kodokan. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "air throw" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…10年東大柔道師範,23年講道館指南役を務め,30年全日本選手権大会,34年天覧試合などに出場した。大車,隅落,球車をはじめとする技を考案したが,なかでも,俗に空気投げと呼ばれた〈隅返し〉は,絶妙のタイミングで腕だけを用いて相手を投げ飛ばす技で,柔よく剛を制すという柔道の妙味を具現化したものといえる。45年講道館十段に列せられた。…

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