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Okuri ashi barai

Sliding foot sweep – a Judo sweep

Type
Sweeps and reaps
Martial arts
Judo
Japanese
送足払
Meaning
Sliding foot sweep
Listed in
Dai nikyo (Kodokan judo)
Shuai jiao at King's Kung-Fu

King's Kung-Fu and Tai Chi has taught 5 Animal 5 Family kung fu, tai chi and chi kung in Southern California since 1982. These original school pages cover this style:

Kanji in 送足払

escort, send
on: ソウ
kun: おく.る
9 strokes · JLPT 3
leg, foot, be sufficient
on: ソク
kun: あし、た.りる、た.る、た.す
7 strokes · JLPT 4
pay, clear out, prune
on: フツ、ヒツ、ホツ
kun: はら.う、-はら.い、-ばら.い
5 strokes · JLPT 2

The name word by word

Each part of the romanized name looked up in the JMdict Japanese dictionary.

WordJapaneseReadingMeaning
Okuri ashi送り足okuriashistepping out of the ring while carrying the opponent over the edge, not considered as a loss
barai

Other Judo sweeps and reaps

Japanese terms for sweeps and reaps

TermReadingMeaning
足払いashibaraiashibarai; foot sweep
払い腰haraigoshiharai goshi (judo); sweeping hip throw
出足払いdeashibaraiadvancing foot sweep
蹴手繰りketaguripulling inside ankle sweep
小内刈りkouchigarikouchigari (judo); minor inner reap
双手刈りmorotegarimorote gari (judo takedown); two-hand reap
大外刈りoosotogariosotogari (judo); major outer reap
大内刈りoouchigariouchigari (judo); major inner reap

; kanji data KANJIDIC2 and KanjiVG. Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.