(Readings corner) Kotemawashi (IMMOBILIZATION No. 2) Kotemawashi (wrist turn-in). It is one of the powerful techniques in the aikido repertoire - one which, when correctly executed, can bring even the strongest man to his knees. Kotemawashi (Immobilization No.2) can be applied to neutralize almost any type of attack swiftly and efficiently, and can be developed from a variety of opening motions of evasion, extension, and centralization. Generally speaking, as shown in the illustrations, this immobilization is represented by his wrist being turned in one direction, while a simultaneous pressure is brought to bear upon his forearm and elbow (bent at approximately 90 degrees), thus distorting and reversing the original force of his attack and the entire anatomical structure of his arm into a painfully closed circuit. Such a positioning of the arm of Uke can be accomplished by locking it in one of three basic ways: against your shoulder, with your hand alone, around your wrists. In all of these, as we shall see, the constant feature of immobilization No 2 or Kotemawashi will be expressed by that characteristic form - resembling the letter S or reversed question mark - which you will cause his arm to assume, and by consequent reversal of its natural extension, both physical (structural) and functional.
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