Alternative grips · 組み方 · Kumi-kata
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Kumi-kata (gripping)

Everything other than the standard grip: same-side and cross grips, the double lapel, the high collar over the shoulder, and the sleeve-and-belt. Each changes which throws are available and which are shut down, and the syllabuses ask you to show that you know several.

Key points
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- Every grip opens some techniques and closes others
- A grip you cannot attack from within a few seconds is a penalty risk
- Change the grip rather than fight to keep a bad one

Step by step
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1. From the standard grip, try the high collar: take their collar behind the neck with your right hand, elbow high, which bends their posture forward.
2. Try the double lapel: both hands on their lapels, one high and one low, which controls their posture squarely but gives up the sleeve.
3. Try the cross grip: reach your right hand across to their right lapel, which turns their shoulders and opens the opposite side.
4. Try sleeve and belt: your right hand on their belt at the side, which is strong for forward throws and weak against backward ones.
5. For each grip in turn, name a throw it makes easy and a throw it makes hard.
6. Return to the standard grip between each so the difference is obvious. Remember that holding any grip without attacking draws a penalty in contest.

From the other side
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A grip you have never felt before is disorienting more than dangerous. Notice what it does to your posture: a high collar bends you forward, a belt grip stops you stepping back. Answer by breaking the grip or by moving, not by standing still and enduring it.

VI judo notes
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Grip changes are the part of standing judo most readily felt rather than seen, so this is a strength rather than a gap. Name each grip aloud when drilling it with a partner, so the feel and the name are learned together.

From Waza Book: https://wazabook.com/skills/alternative-grips/