Hadaka-jime
裸絞 · naked strangle
Also known as rear naked choke (BJJ), mata leao (BJJ)
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Step by step
The whole movement in words, so no part of it depends on watching a video. Described in the standard right-handed form.
Left-handed: these steps are written right-handed, as the syllabuses write them. Read every left as a right and every right as a left, and the throw is yours.
- You are behind your partner, chest against their back, both of you on the mat or with them seated in front of you.
- Slide your right arm around the front of their neck so the bony edge of your forearm lies across it, your right hand reaching towards your left shoulder.
- Place your right hand on your left upper arm or into the crook of your left elbow, and bring your left hand behind their head, palm towards it.
- Keep your chest glued to their back and your head close beside theirs so they cannot turn inside the arm.
- Apply by squeezing your arms together gradually, drawing your right forearm back and in. The pressure builds smoothly; there is never a snatch.
- Release fully the moment they tap, open both arms, and stay with them for a moment. Practise only under instruction and within your federation's age rules.
Receiving it
An arm comes around your neck from behind and their chest fixes to your back; the pressure is a closing squeeze rather than a blow. Tuck your chin early to fight for space, but the moment the strangle is properly on, tap immediately and clearly, on their arm where they will feel it. Never hold out against a strangle to prove toughness; that is how blackouts happen, and in practice there is nothing to prove. Tell your instructor if you ever felt light-headed after one.
About this technique
The strangle that needs no cloth: applied from behind with the forearm across the front of the neck, hence naked. One of the fundamental shime-waza. Strangles are restricted by age in most federations; learn and practise this only under instruction and supervision.
Key points
- Applied from behind; your forearm, not your hand, crosses the neck
- The pressure is a squeeze that builds, never a pull or a jerk
- Release completely and immediately at the tap, and watch your partner after
strangles
In combinations, counters and transitions
None recorded yet. Nobody has written down a counter to Hadaka-jime, or a combination it belongs to. You can suggest one.