Ura-nage

裏投 · うらなげ · rear throw · said OO-rah NAH-geh

Also known as suplex (wrestling)

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About this technique

Tori grasps uke's trunk from behind or beside, bridges backwards, and throws uke over the shoulder to the rear.

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A technique to throw the opponent over the shoulder by counteracting the opponent’s Nage- waza or other attack and holding and lifting his upper body while laying down the body onto the back.
The Kodokan's definition

Key points

  1. Clamp uke's trunk tight to your chest before you lift
  2. Drive the hips forward and up as you bridge back
  3. Throw uke over your shoulder as you fall, head turned aside

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Ma-sutemi-waza (rear sacrifice techniques) · Gokyo 5th set

At a glance

, classification, Gokyo set, Kodokan number, contest rules, grades that require it
What it is
Nage-waza (throwing techniques), Ma-sutemi-waza (rear sacrifice techniques).
Gokyo
5th set (Dai-gokyo).
Kodokan number
405 (UNA).
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. Your partner attacks with a forward technique. Step in behind their motion and clamp your arms around their trunk, your chest to their side or back, your knees bent low.
  2. Drive your hips forward and under them, your body coiling like a spring beneath their attack.
  3. Leap back and bridge: your body arches backwards, lifting them off the mat as your chest drives up.
  4. Turn your head to one side and throw them over your shoulder as you fall, your arms steering their flight.
  5. They land on their back beyond your shoulder while you land on your upper back beside them; release the trunk as they land so the two falls stay separate.

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Receiving it

You attack, and their body coils under you; then everything goes up and over backwards as they bridge and throw you over their shoulder. This is one of judo's biggest falls: you travel high, upside down, and land behind them. Tuck your chin to your chest and stay tucked, arms ready, and take the landing across your upper back, never your neck or head. Receive this one only from partners who know it, and build the height up gradually.

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VI judo notes

You take this against an attack, so the contact is handed to you: clamp the trunk as their turn comes in. The risk is your own landing, so turn your head to one side and take the mat on your upper back, never the neck. Release the trunk as they land so the two falls stay separate, and learn the bridge with a coach.

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Named variations

Mae-hiza-ura-nage

A front-facing form of the rear throw: instead of the belly-to-belly arch from behind, tori faces uke, drives a knee forward beneath them and lifts, dumping them backwards over it. An oddity of international contest footage rather than a Kodokan form, kept under the name the video library records it by.

In competition

, how often it scores at IJF level, and two contests where it worked

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

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Grips that lead to it

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