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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.
- From beside your partner on the ground, take hold of their near wrist and pin it, palm upward, to the mat or against your own body.
- Place your other hand flat on their elbow, fingers wrapping the joint from above.
- Keep their wrist fixed and bring your shoulder over your pressing hand so your weight is above it.
- Lean in slowly, pressing the elbow against the hinge of the joint.
- The pressure builds gradually and stops the instant they tap; release, do not hold on to make a point.
Receiving it
Your wrist is pinned before the pressure comes, which is the moment to act: turn your thumb and bend the elbow while you still can. Once the arm is straight and their weight is over the joint there is no escape and very little warning, so tap early and clearly, with a hand or a foot, or say "matte" out loud.
About this technique
The armlock applied with the hand: uke's arm is fixed to the mat or to tori's body and pressure is put on the elbow with the palm and body weight rather than with the legs or hips. The simplest of the Ude-hishigi family to reach from a hold-down, and the one most often taken when an opponent reaches. Competition joint locks are restricted to the elbow and to senior age groups; learn and practise this only under instruction.
Key points
- Fix the wrist first; an unfixed arm cannot be locked
- Press ON the elbow, in line with the joint
- Lean your weight in slowly, never snatch
joint locks
In combinations, counters and transitions
None recorded yet. Nobody has written down a counter to Te-gatame, or a combination it belongs to. You can suggest one.