Kodokan Judo — 4th Kyu

Okuri Ashi Barai

送足払

Okuri Ashi Barai

The sliding foot sweep. As uke steps sideways, tori sweeps the trailing foot into the leading one and takes both feet off the mat together. Nothing is reaped and nothing is lifted: uke is swept while their weight is travelling between their feet, which makes it the purest demonstration of timing in the syllabus.