Transitions

These sequences link a standing technique to groundwork by keeping control through the landing and moving directly into a hold. Every grading listed here examines this skill.

• De-ashi-harai into Mune-gatameVideoThe first throw-into-hold most juniors learn. A foot sweep lands your partner on their side beside you, which is a step from the chest hold if you keep the sleeve and follow them down.
• Ippon-seoi-nage into Kami-shiho-gatameVideoA shoulder throw finishes with you standing above their head, which is exactly where the upper four quarters hold begins. The link is one step and a drop of the hips.
• Ko-soto-gari into Mune-gatameVideoThe small outer reap drops your partner at your feet with you already facing their chest; kneeling straight into Mune-gatame wastes none of it.
• O-soto-gari into Kesa-gatameThe major outer reap lands your partner beside your reaping leg with the sleeve still in your hand. Dropping onto them with that arm pulled across your hip and your other arm round the neck is the scarf hold.
• O-soto-otoshi into Kesa-gatameVideoThe first transition on the BJA Mon syllabus, and the model for all of them: the throw is not finished until you have the hold. Osoto-otoshi drops them straight back beside you, ready for the scarf hold.
• O-uchi-gari into Tate-shiho-gatameVideoThe inner reap puts your partner flat on their back with you already between their legs, which is the one throw that leads straight into the lengthwise hold.
• Okuri-ashi-harai into Mune-gatameVideoThe double sweep lands your partner on their back side-on to you, a step from the chest hold.
• Tai-otoshi into Yoko-shiho-gatameVideoTai-otoshi turns your partner over an extended leg and lands them on their side, facing away. Following the turn brings you straight across their body into the side four quarters hold.
• Uchi-mata into Kesa-gatameThe inner thigh throw lands your partner on their back ahead of you with the sleeve still held. Stepping in and sitting beside the head with that arm across your hip is the scarf hold.
• Uki-goshi into Kuzure-kesa-gatameVideoThe floating hip turns your partner around your hip rather than over it, so they land close beside you and slightly on their side: the broken scarf hold takes that position as it is.