Tsukuri and kake
作り / 掛け
Second and third phase of a judo throw: tsukuri is moving into position, kake the execution itself. They are preceded by off-balancing the opponent, kuzushi.
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Word breakdown
Definition
Tsukuri (作り) and kake (掛け) are two phases of a throw that follow kuzushi in judo, the unbalancing of the opponent. Tsukuri, from the verb tsukuru, to make, to prepare, denotes the entry: the attacker turns and fits the body against the opponent so that the throw can arise. Kake, from the verb kakeru, to apply, to hang, is the execution and completion of the throw itself. The triad of kuzushi, tsukuri and kake is taught in judo as the structure of every throw. The phases follow one another and in a well-executed throw merge into a single movement, but in teaching they are practiced separately.
In practice
In uchikomi, repeated practice of the entry, the trainee practices kuzushi and tsukuri and does not finish the throw. Kake comes into play only in nage-komi, where the throw is carried out in full and the partner falls. A mistake in the tsukuri phase is easy to recognize: the attacker stands too far away or with the hips away from the opponent's center of gravity and has to finish the throw by force.
Relations to other terms
See also
Repeated practice of entering a throw without completing it, a basic training method of judo. In kendo the same term denotes practice of strikes.
Nage-waza投げ技Collective name for all throws in judo and jujutsu. The Kodokan lists 68 of them, divided into standing throws and throws that sacrifice one's own balance.