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Sumi-otoshi / kukinage
(air throw)

"This name cannot be found in the list of the formal techniques of the kodokan. he throw is effected from a position vis-a-vis your opponent in which there is no contact between your opponent and your legs, hips or back. The name of the throw originates from the circumstance that an opponent having been unbalanced toward his front corner or back corner is thrown like a ball blown up with air! It was formally called the Sukashiotoshi literally (wheeling or cajoling drop) or the Nejirinage (Torinson throw). Asit bears some resemblance to the Uki-otoshi it was also called the Ukiotosh, but it is now generally stlyed the Kukinage or Maesumiotoshi (front corner drop). Occasions for effecting the throw are various but here we are going to explain it as executed when your opponent has stepped forward with his right foot. Assuming that you are engaged in the right natural posture and are moving your feet accordingly,your opponent may be carelessly projecting his right foot or has been lured into that movement by you. Your right has previously taken hold of his jacket close to his left armpit, by so doing your right hand can directly exert effective strength against your opponent. Then you lower your hips somewhat, slightly bend your knees, turn your left foot with the ankle as far as possible to the outside, draw in both your elbows closely to your sides and pull your opponent so that he is unwittingly poised on his toes. Step forward with your right foot in front of your opponent's left foot, the toes turned inwards and simultaneously press him in the direction of his left back corner. At that moment without opposing your opponents strength but again luring him, you completly unbalance him towards his front corner and with the sensation of twisting pull and throw him down. The foregoing action must be done in a flash."