watashikomi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 渡し込み (watashikomi, “thigh-grabbing push down”).

Noun

watashikomi (plural watashikomi)

  1. (sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker, while driving his opponent forward, grabs his leg and pulls it, forcing him over.
    • 1999 March 22, Ken Crouch, “Day 9 spoiler - Kintaro's Musings Group”, in rec.sport.sumo, Usenet:
      Akinoshima chases "Yankee Doodle Dandy" around the dohyo, until he finally wins by watashikomi (thigh grabbing push down).
    • 2013, J Sargeant, Wild Men, Bad Boys and Model Citiizens:
      Kyokushuzan deployed several rare techniques such as watashi-komi, which he used in September of 1996.
    • 2016, Andrew Zerling, Sumo for Mixed Martial Arts: Winning Clinches, Takedowns, & Tactics, →ISBN:
      Thigh-Grabbing Push Down (Watashikomi)
    • 2016 November 18, “Goeido, Hakuho fall; Kakuryu still unbeaten”, in The Japan Times:
      Ozeki Terunofuji (4-2) outlasted top-ranked maegashira Tochiozan (0-6), while New Year champion Kotoshogiku saw off sekiwake Okinoumi (1-5) with a watashikomi thigh-grabbing pushdown to level his mark at 3-3.

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