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    Sode-guruma-jime

    袖車絞 · そでぐるまじめ · sleeve wheel strangle · said SOH-deh goo-ROO-mah JEE-meh

    Also known as Ezekiel choke (BJJ)

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    About this technique

    The sleeve wheel strangle: one hand grips inside its own opposite sleeve and the forearms close around the neck like a wheel tightening. Famous for working even from inside an opponent's guard. Strangles are restricted by age in most federations; learn and practise this only under instruction and supervision.

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    A technique to choke the opponent’s neck region from the front by putting the right forearm on his throat and the left forearm behind the neck to hold his neck between them, gripping the right cuff with left hand and thrusting the right hand into the right side of his neck.
    The Kodokan's definition

    Key points

    1. One arm behind the neck; that hand's fingers hook inside your own far sleeve, not theirs
    2. The free hand slides across the throat, blade of the forearm working
    3. Close by drawing the elbows together, gradually

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    grappling techniques

    At a glance

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    What it is
    Katame-waza (grappling techniques).
    Kodokan number
    709 (SGJ).
    Contest rules
    No rule singles it out.
    Required for

    Step by step

    These steps describe the standard right-handed form without relying on the video.

    1. Facing your partner on the ground, slide your left arm behind their neck so the crook of your elbow cradles it.
    2. With your left hand, grip inside your own right sleeve at the forearm, hooking the fingers into the cloth.
    3. Slide your right hand, palm down or as a fist, across the front of their throat.
    4. Your two forearms now circle the neck, connected through the sleeve grip.
    5. Close gradually by drawing your elbows towards each other, the circle tightening. Release both arms completely at the tap, and check your partner.

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    Receiving it

    An elbow settles behind your neck, a hand disappears into their own sleeve, and a forearm slides across your throat: the circle closes with surprising force for so little visible movement. Chin down early. Tap immediately and clearly the moment the strangle is properly on, on their arm or body where they will feel it; holding on risks a blackout. Tell your instructor if you ever feel light-headed afterwards.

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    VI judo notes

    The circle is closed through your own sleeve, which makes this one of the easiest strangles to confirm by feel: fingers in your own cloth means the wheel is complete. Cradle the neck in the crook of your elbow first, then find the sleeve, then bring the other forearm across the throat. Close by drawing the elbows towards each other, slowly.

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    In competition

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    Senior IJF competition, 2020 to 2026, from 73,099 contests. Counts scores, not attempts.

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