Tate-shiho-gatame
縦四方固 · vertical four-quarter hold
Also known as full mount (BJJ)
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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.
- Your partner lies on their back; step across and sit astride their body, your seat on their belly, knees on the mat either side.
- Hook your feet under their thighs, or cross your ankles beneath their legs, so their bridging cannot simply tip you off.
- Wrap their right arm and their head together with your right arm, gripping cloth or your own leg, and bring your chest down onto theirs.
- Keep your head low beside theirs on the wrapped side, your left hand posted wide on the mat for balance.
- When they bridge, float with the movement, hips loose, and let your hooks and chest bring you back down; riding the bridge, not fighting it, is what keeps the hold.
Receiving it
They sit astride your body, chest coming down onto yours, your arm and head often wrapped together, their feet hooked under your legs. Bridging throws them forward but the hooks bring them back, so combine it: bridge, turn, and hunt for an elbow or a hooked foot to free. The position feels dominant and heavy; keep your breathing low, protect your neck by keeping your chin down, and tap clearly if you need to stop.
About this technique
Tori sits astride uke, chest down, controlling an arm and the head: the mount position of judo.
Key points
- Sit astride with your hooks in or feet locked under uke's legs
- Control uke's arm and head, chest heavy
- Ride uke's bridge with loose hips rather than fighting it
hold-downs
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