Nigiri kaeshi

What it means

The first one character part of is pronounced "Nigiri", meaning "grasp", the last one characters part is pronounced "kaeshi", meaning "return" or "counterattack", The first one character can make with the character meaning "hand", this means "shake hands". Thus this technique means "lock your opponent's hand in the situation such as griping each other's hand in shaking hand form".

Techniques

This technique is a kind of a variation of Gyaku gote. The differnce is starting position, this technique is rather an offensive technique while Gyaku gote is a defensive technique. Basic principles are same to Gyaku gote, therefore you will feel easy to master this technique if you have had good training in Gyaku gote.

Start in shaking hands position, take your opponent's wrist with your left hand and lock it in the same way as Gyaku gote.

Start in shaking hands position.	You deliverMeuchi and make your opponent's arm stretched.	Hook your left hand to his hand and
use your Boshikyu to lock his hand as shown in the tips bellow.	Use Nisoku tenkai to throw him down.	immobilize him by applying Yubi gatame.

Tips: Use your left hand's Boshikyu to bend his wrist together with the help of your right hand. You must place the grip near to your body. Push out your left elbow to make his right elbow come close to you in the same way as Gyaku gote.
	Click here to see stop motion figures of the animation on the left.

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