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    Kumi-kata · grip-set

    Double sleeve

    The hands

    Pulling hand
    The sleeve above the elbow.
    Lifting hand
    The sleeve above the elbow. The other sleeve, lifted high.
    Stance
    Either stance: the set is taken the same way against both.

    Both hands on the sleeves, one of them lifted high. It gives up the lapel and with it the posture control, and gets in return a lifting hand that can raise the whole arm: the sleeve-lifting hip throw is the throw it exists for, and the side circle throw from the same lift.

    Under contest rules

    Allowed while attacking. Two sleeves are allowed as an attacking grip. Holding both sleeve ends for defence, or screwing them up, draws a shido.

    Sport and Organisation Rules of the International Judo Federation: refereeing rules, 2026 edition, Article 18.1.2.

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    Key points

    • Both grips above the elbow, not at the cuff
    • One sleeve lifts, the other pulls; they never do the same job
    • Change to it late, from a grip already established

    Taking it

    1. From the sleeve grip, let go of the lapel and take your partner's other sleeve with your lifting hand, above the elbow.
    2. Lift that sleeve high, so their arm rises and their shoulder with it.
    3. Pull the other sleeve down and across your hip.
    4. Turn in under the lifted arm.

    Being held this way

    Both your sleeves held and one arm being lifted means a hip throw under the lifted arm, or a foot in your stomach. Drop the lifted elbow and take a lapel with the free hand before the lift is complete.

    VI judo notes

    Losing the lapel grip on your partner tells you they have gone to two sleeves before you feel the lift. The lifted arm is the side the throw comes from.

    Throws it feeds

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