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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 on your back with your partner kneeling between or beside your legs, gripping as they posture.
- Trap their right arm: hug their wrist and forearm to your chest with both hands so the arm lies straight across your body.
- Bring your left knee up and place it against the back of their trapped elbow, your foot hooked at their hip or thigh.
- Control their posture with your grip and your other leg so they cannot rise away.
- Apply by drawing the wrist to your chest while the knee presses gently forward; the pressure meets at the elbow, builds slowly, and releases the instant they tap.
Receiving it
Your arm is hugged straight across their body and a knee arrives against the back of your elbow; the squeeze between wrist-pull and knee builds quietly. Tap early and clearly at the FIRST feeling of pressure on the joint; an elbow or shoulder gives little warning between discomfort and damage. Never snatch out of a lock with a twist.
About this technique
The armlock applied with the knee: from guard or side-on, uke's extended arm is trapped and tori's knee presses the elbow against its hinge. The name describes tori's knee, not uke's; no leg joint is attacked. Competition joint locks are restricted to the elbow and to senior age groups; learn and practise this only under instruction.
Key points
- Their arm trapped straight across your body, wrist controlled
- YOUR knee presses the back of their elbow
- The hips fine-tune the pressure; apply slowly
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