Start in aihanmi. Uke strikes without a step from his front hand. The coarse waza movements are: irimi, kaiten, (kaiten again,) throw.

Using tegatana, extend your intercepting front arm to meet Uke’s bicep. However, this is a different deflection than for shomenuchi ikkyo and iriminage, for example. For the latter, Nage has to deflect and push to move Uke’s arm toward himself so it is one less weapon at Uke’s disposal. For this waza, if we did that then his wrist would be out of reach for our under-handed grab next.

I tried several variants of this with beginners and let them push by bicep to varying degrees to confirm that if they push (at all) then my arm is gone and my wrist cannot be captured.

Next, assuming that there is minimal pushing, timing is important. Uke should be in the progress of a downward strike. That is, his momentum should clearly be vertically down. If this condition holds, then the chance of Nage catching an elbow in the face is reduced. To reduce it further, as Nage’s kaiten is starting, his other hand should come up from underneath and meet the other two hands. Without Uke being there, it would like Nage has his wrists crossed, fingers extended and resembling a giant bird’s wings. Enter again Uke.

The purpose of this cradle is to cradle Uke’s strike-hand as it loses vertical momentum. With your lower hand, grab his tegatana (or fleshy part of the pinky side of the hand). Complete half the kaiten by this point so both of you are facing the same direction and both of your arms are extended as well as Uke’s striking arm. As you are finishing the kaiten (because it is a kaiten and not a tenkan), draw a generous outward circle with your hands (keep arms extended). Try not to pull straight back because this will just collapse Uke’s arm and give him power and balance back.

Using this new or continued momentum, extend his arm outward and back as if to start a static katatedori kaitennage uchikaiten.

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