The true proponent of judo must know a variety of strangles he can use on his opponent. This is one of the best-kept secrets of judo. In this article we will discuss kata-ha-jime (single wing strangle), hadaka-jime (bare-hand strangle) and ryote-jime (two-hand strangle). All these strangles can be very useful againsy your opponent.
1. Kata-ha-jime (single wing strangle)
Kata-ha-jime is a technique used in strangling an opponent from behind. With your left hand, grasp your opponent's right collar deeply, using a regular palm-down hold and pressing your forearm against and under his chin. Slide your right forearm under his right arm and carry his arm up and over the nape of his neck while drawing your left hand from the right to the left side to strangle him into submission.
Key points:
a. Keep your posture erect so that you can draw power from your waist and abdominal region.
b. Synchronize the movement of your right arm, which pushes his right arm up and backward, with that of your left hand, which moves horizontally from the right to the left.
c. Pull your opponent's body back in order to slant his upper body backward a little to the left. This will cause him to lose the resisting power of his waist and abdominal region.
2. Hadaka-jime (bare-hand strangle)
One of the secrets of judo is that in the techniques of strangulation you press both your opponent's windpipe and the carotid arteries on either side of his neck. In hadaka-jime you place your left forearm against the right side of his neck and your left arm across the front of his neck. Your left palm is placed downward on the inner elbow fold of your right arm.
Now bend your right arm backward and place your right palm against the back of your opponent's head. Your left arm rests on top of his left shoulder. In the technique of hadaka-jime you apply pressure with the left radius part of your wrist against the front of his neck. Then you push his head forward with the palm of your right hand while you draw your left forearm backward to complete the strangle.
Key points:
a. Keep your posture erect.
b. Break your opponent's posture backwards to overcome his defensive power.
c. Your left forearm is drawn back-not pulled around-with the same pressure as that exerted by your right hand in pressing forward.
3.Ryote-jime (two-hand strangle)
You grasp your opponent by both sides of his collar in the front with your hands in the regular hold (hands clenched, thumbs up).The little finger of your left hand is placed on his right carotid, and that of your right hand presses his left carotid.
Now, with both your hands, press both sides of his neck at the same time, twisting your wrists inwards until the palms of both hands are turned upwards. The force applied to his neck is produced with the pressure of the front of your clenched fist or the lower part of your fingers. You can also strangle him from underneath.
Key points:
a. Prevent your opponent's use of the defensive power of his abdominal region by pulling him down and forward, thereby breaking his posture. Complete the movement by pressing the weight of your hip region against the side of his neck. When you apply ryote-jime from underneath, you must break his waist posture by kicking his right thigh away with your foot.
b. Turn both your wrists simultaneously until pressure is created against both sides of his neck when the front of the fists of both your hands (palm up) twist into both sides of his neck to complete the strangle.
Remember to practise all these moves and you will truly understand the secrets of judo.
1. Kata-ha-jime (single wing strangle)
Kata-ha-jime is a technique used in strangling an opponent from behind. With your left hand, grasp your opponent's right collar deeply, using a regular palm-down hold and pressing your forearm against and under his chin. Slide your right forearm under his right arm and carry his arm up and over the nape of his neck while drawing your left hand from the right to the left side to strangle him into submission.
Key points:
a. Keep your posture erect so that you can draw power from your waist and abdominal region.
b. Synchronize the movement of your right arm, which pushes his right arm up and backward, with that of your left hand, which moves horizontally from the right to the left.
c. Pull your opponent's body back in order to slant his upper body backward a little to the left. This will cause him to lose the resisting power of his waist and abdominal region.
2. Hadaka-jime (bare-hand strangle)
One of the secrets of judo is that in the techniques of strangulation you press both your opponent's windpipe and the carotid arteries on either side of his neck. In hadaka-jime you place your left forearm against the right side of his neck and your left arm across the front of his neck. Your left palm is placed downward on the inner elbow fold of your right arm.
Now bend your right arm backward and place your right palm against the back of your opponent's head. Your left arm rests on top of his left shoulder. In the technique of hadaka-jime you apply pressure with the left radius part of your wrist against the front of his neck. Then you push his head forward with the palm of your right hand while you draw your left forearm backward to complete the strangle.
Key points:
a. Keep your posture erect.
b. Break your opponent's posture backwards to overcome his defensive power.
c. Your left forearm is drawn back-not pulled around-with the same pressure as that exerted by your right hand in pressing forward.
3.Ryote-jime (two-hand strangle)
You grasp your opponent by both sides of his collar in the front with your hands in the regular hold (hands clenched, thumbs up).The little finger of your left hand is placed on his right carotid, and that of your right hand presses his left carotid.
Now, with both your hands, press both sides of his neck at the same time, twisting your wrists inwards until the palms of both hands are turned upwards. The force applied to his neck is produced with the pressure of the front of your clenched fist or the lower part of your fingers. You can also strangle him from underneath.
Key points:
a. Prevent your opponent's use of the defensive power of his abdominal region by pulling him down and forward, thereby breaking his posture. Complete the movement by pressing the weight of your hip region against the side of his neck. When you apply ryote-jime from underneath, you must break his waist posture by kicking his right thigh away with your foot.
b. Turn both your wrists simultaneously until pressure is created against both sides of his neck when the front of the fists of both your hands (palm up) twist into both sides of his neck to complete the strangle.
Remember to practise all these moves and you will truly understand the secrets of judo.
By Desmond McKay
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