Turnover into Kata-te-jime

Key points

• Feed the lapel hand deep before you start the roll
• The turnover and the strangle are one movement, not two
• Apply gradually: the tap comes fast from a turtled partner

Step by step

Left-handed: these steps use the standard right-handed form. Swap every left and right.

1. Your partner is on hands and knees, defending, and you are at their right side.
2. Reach your right hand over their neck and feed it under their throat to grip their far lapel, thumb inside.
3. Take their near arm or belt with your left hand and drag them towards you, rolling them over their right shoulder.
4. As they land on their side or back, your gripping forearm is already across the throat: Kata-te-jime is on.
5. Squeeze gradually by drawing the lapel and pressing the forearm; release completely the instant they tap.

From the other side

A hand snakes under your throat while you are turtled, and the roll that follows lands you with a forearm already across your neck. Defend the lapel hand before the roll starts by tucking your chin and gripping their sleeve; once the strangle closes, tap at once rather than testing it.

VI judo notes

Their turtle is found by hand: the line of the spine, the neck, the far lapel under the throat. Feed the hand by feel along the collar rather than reaching for where the lapel looks to be, and let the roll come from the belt or the arm in your other hand. The forearm across the throat tells you the strangle is placed. Tighten slowly and release on the tap, which you will feel through the arm before you would ever see it.

The techniques involved

• Kata-te-jime