This is analogous to the standing version. The initial movement is the same, except you are on your knees (tegatana to his striking wrist, the other hand atemi to his face, and he becomes off-balance).

Your atemi hand quickly darts over your first hand and under the wrist of Uke effectively capturing his dead wrist without grabbing it. This should look like an X block from karate.

You then pivot your body by raising your outer knee, pivoting so there is an instant when both knees are together, then your other knee comes up and you are facing the opposite direction (same direction as Uke is facing). Your inside hand – it should be under Uke’s wrist now – comes up and grabs the top of his wrist, not hand.

Here is the magical part: instead of keeping Uke’s hand at your eye level, grab it and pull it to the ground beside your closest leg. Uke should be off-balance quite a bit here. Because you are on your knees, Uke’s hand should be touching or almost touching the floor(!).

There is no time or power to do another pivot (half tenkan) outside, so you put the kotegaeshi hold on his wrist while it is quite low, then you pivot toward the inside and throw.

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