Ashi-garami
足緘 · entangled leg lock
Also known as leg entanglement (BJJ)
Why this technique is banned
Prohibited in competition and free practice: judo permits joint locks on the elbow only, because the knee gives way without the graduated warning an elbow gives. Ashi-garami is preserved in katame-no-kata as formal study.
Documented for recognition and history; deliberately without a step-by-step. See the prohibited techniques list.
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About this technique
A joint lock applied to the leg by entangling it, the classical example of why judo restricts kansetsu-waza to the elbow: knee joints give way without useful warning. Banned in competition and in randori; it survives formally in katame-no-kata, where it is studied under control.
Key points
- Recognise it: the leg entangled and rotated rather than the arm
- Competition joint locks are restricted to the elbow; leg locks are prohibited
- Studied only in kata under supervision, never applied live
joint locks