7 The Technique of Judo 2

Katame-waza, grappling techniques, is also essential in judo and is often seen in judo games. These techniques are very high level and risky. Grappling techniques are classified by three techniques. These are osaekomi-waza; holding or pinning techniques, shime-waza; strangulation techniques, kansetsu-waza; joint techniques. Osaekomi-waza has seven kinds of techniques; katagatame, kesagatame, kuzure-kesagatame, kamishihogatame, kuzure-kamishihogatame, tateshihokatame, yokoshihokatame. In these techniques, “katame” or “gatame” means locking. Major osaekomi-waza are kesagatame, kamishihogatame, tateshihokatame, yokoshihoukatame. In case of kesagatame, one can suppress the opponent by closing his waist to the opponent’s side and opening his body, pinching the opponent’s arm deeply by one arm, holding the opponents neck, griping the opponent’s collar. This kesagatame is also used in wrestling.

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In case of kamishihogatame, one can suppress the opponent by riding on the opponent. When doing this, one must grip the opponent’s obi and close one’s side in order to lock opponent’s both hands.

In case of tateshihokatame, one can suppress the opponent by straddling the opponent’s middle and closing one’s chest to the opponent. At this time, the opponent lies on his back. One must control opponent’s neck or shoulder with one’s arm and opponent’s both legs with one’s legs.

In case of yokoshihokatame, one can suppress the opponent by carrying one’s arm from the opponent’s side to the opponent’s neck and locking the opponent’s neck, then holding the opponent’s leg with the other arm and riding on the opponent and closing one’s chest. At this time, the opponent also lies on his back. The more one lower his waist, the easier one can control the opponent’s movement. I think this technique is the most effective in osaekomi-waza.

 


In case of katagatame, one can suppress the opponent by locking opponent's neck and arm which is raised upward with one's both arms. One must close his head on the opponent in order to control the opponent's movement. This osaekomi-waza is one of the most difficult techniques in judo.

One can get ippon if one suppresses the opponent for more than 25seconds by using these osaekomi-waza. (Getting ippon means winning) One can get wazaari if one suppresses the opponent for 20~25 seconds. (Getting wazaari twice means winning  One can get yuko if one suppresses the opponent for 15~20 seconds. (If one get yuko, the chance one wins by judgment increases) If the opponent says "give in way" or signals while one suppress the opponent, one win regardless the time.



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6 The Techniques of Judo 1

There are many kinds of techniques in Judo and these are one of the most interesting elements.　Standing techniques are known well and spectacle. Standing techniques are attacking opponents with standing and contain many spectacle waza. For example, seoinage, ipponseoi, taiotoshi, osotogari, ouchigari, ogoshi, uchimata and so on. Seoinage is a shoulder throw, one of the traditional forty throws of Judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. The specific techniques of two hands seoi-nage or eri-seoi are generally called seoi-nage. This is one of the most famous waza in judo. The distinctive technical aspect of this classification is that the one executing the technique grips with his two hands as opposed to Ippon Seoi Nage in which only one hand remains gripping while the other slides under the one receiving the technique armpit. First, he breaks his opponent's balance forward. Next, he lowers his posture and turns 180°. Then he humps his opponent and throws. Seoi nage is one of the highest-scoring techniques in judo.

 

 

 

taiotoshi is smilar to seoinage. First, he breaks his opponent's balance. Next, he steps with his foot in order to block his opponent's foot, and then throws his opponents forward by both hands. Osotogari and ouchigari are often used in judo games. In a classical right-handed osotogari, he steps next to his opponent with his left leg and reaps opponents right leg (at the back of the thigh) with his right leg. 

In right Ouchi Gari, he reaps his opponent's left leg with his right leg from the inside while pulling his opponents down. In competition, the reaping action of the classical variation is sometimes replaced with a hooking or lifting motion, and the left hand can be used to lift or block opponent's other leg while reaping the other.
O-goshi's classification as a  hip technique, indicates the central role that the hip plays in the execution of the technique.
In this technique, breaking the balance is to his opponent's front. Turning involves tori turning his hips, moving them in front and below opponent's hips, with his hand passing behind his opponent's back, usually under opponent's arm, while minimising the amount of space between his back and opponent's chest. His hand pulls opponent's arm to the front, maintaining the balance break. The execution of the throw involves tori lifting with the hips and bending forward while continuing the pull to the front and down, bringing his opponent onto the mat at his feet.

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