In the initial stage, the Taira family, which had been accustomed to sea battles, maintained superior position, but the defeat of the Taira family became decisive because of Yoshitsune's cunning tactics to shoot boatmen and steersmen, the betrayal of the navy of Awa Province, and a reversal of the tidal current.
序盤は舟戦に慣れた平家が優勢だったが、義経の水手・梶取を射る奇策と阿波水軍の裏切りそして潮の流れが反転したことにより、平家の敗北は決定的になった。