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initiation of the leg hook (niju ashi garami) escape; this lowers tori's center of gravity and also prevents the roll over escape. A common mistake is for tori to have his/her knee pointed upwards (in a squat) in an attempt to increase the amount of pressure exerted on uke. This causes more weight to be loaded onto uke's trunk at the expense of overall stability of the position as it increases tori's center of gravity (increasing susceptibility to the roll over escape) and significantly increases the susceptibility to the leg hook escape due to knee exposure.
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in a flexed (bent) position, this results in the loss of foot plantar-flexion as a primary post and renders tori susceptible to any forward momentum generated by uke's bridge. Another common mistake is for tori to leave his/her lead leg and thigh extended at the knee but perpendicular to uke's trunk, this results in the same problem as having a flexed knee. Tori's inability to maintain his/her leading leg in an extended parallel position puts him/her at risk of the roll-over counter to kesa gatame.
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As tori circles towards uke's head to tighten kesa-gatame or avoid the leg hook counter, uke can use his/her legs as a counterweight to rapidly sit up and reverse tori into his/her own kesa-gatame. The kuzushi for this move stems from tori's rapid movement towards uke's head and would not otherwise
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Kodokan's technique guide (2020) and Kashiwazaki (1997) posits that tori's lead leg should be almost parallel to uke's trunk and be fully extended at the knee; this allows for foot plantar-flexion to be used as a post in countering uke's bridge. A common mistake for tori is to maintain his/her knee
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hold. It is commonly referred to as scarfhold in English due to erroneous translation from Japanese; the 'scarf' in scarfhold is in reference not to a western neck scarf but instead to a Buddhist Monk's sash worn from the left shoulder towards the right hip (hendan uken) which was formerly known as
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Tori's head ought to be as low to the ground as possible, on the side of the held arm which greatly lowers tori's center of gravity and prevents a common roll-over counter by uke. This is frequently confused for the ideal head position in kuzure kesa gatame which ought to be more upright and above
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Tori's arm should encircle and elevate uke's occiput as this diminishes the power of uke's bridge, which is a fundamental component of the roll-over and elbow escapes from kesa gatame. Significant variation exists for gripping strategies in kesa gatame but this is most commonly accomplished by
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Tori's trail leg should be flexed at the knee with his/her knee touching the ground. Knee flexion allows for tori trail leg to counter a sit-up escape via foot plantar-flexion as this orientation causes tori's foot to be pointed rearwards. Maintaining tori's knee close to the mat prevents the
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lead naturally to Kesa-Gatame, since the classic judo hold places one grip on the opponent's lapel and one grip near the opponent's elbow. As one enters newaza (ground fighting), one arm encircles uke's neck while tori's sleeve grip provides control over uke's arm. In
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Uke clasps tori's trunk and bridges into tori, causing a forward shift of tori's weight off uke's abdomen. This is followed by a quick change in torque in the opposite direction, pulling tori across uke's shoulders or upper chest, landing in
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Uke turns his lower body to face tori in an attempt to hooks tori's thigh with his leg. If successful, uke can either hold tori in niju-ashi-garami and wait to be stood up or use tori's hooked thigh as leverage and roll to take tori's
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Tori's right hand wraps under uke's left shoulder, and holds on to his right knee or thigh to lock his head and shoulder.
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points out that tori's arm should lift uke's head and tori's leg should be under uke's shoulder.
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gripping the back of uke's lapel, tori's own thigh, tori's far lapel or even clasping hands (
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And with some transitioning, the arm held is at risk of many other locks.
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Uke escapes by pulling out his held elbow and attempts to take tori's
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Tori (top) demonstrates a common mistake where the lead leg is flexed
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is a mat hold demonstrated in The Essence Of Judo and described in
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is a mat hold demonstrated in The Essence Of Judo and described in
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Tori places his right thigh under uke's head raising uke's head up.
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be possible unless there is a significant difference in weight.
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Tori leans forward to trap uke's head and spreads his legs.
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Index

Kesa-Gatame
Classic Kesa Gatame
Katame-waza
Osaekomi-waza
Kodokan
Osaekomi-waza
Judo
side control
wrestling
throws
Kyuzo Mifune
Gable grip

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Kata-Gatame
Kodokan
Judo
Judo Lists
The Canon Of Judo
Judo technique
Kuzure-Kesa-Gatame


Ushiro-Kesa-Gatame
Kyuzo Mifune
Kodokan
North south position

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