Drew Foster
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Yup, drew foster has a pretty accurate description of all of them. But yeah, harai goshi, uchi mata, and hane goshi are all distinctly different. Although the japanese uchi mata and hane goshi are often mistaken for each other. The key difference is that like drew said, with hane it's that springing explosion with hane goshi. The japanese uchi mata where they hit the lead leg (lead, if both fighting from the same side grip ie left vs left, or right vs right), has the same motion as any hip uchi mata. Come to think of it, I have never seen an uchi mata that isn't hip, when attacking the lead leg.