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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 reaches an arm towards your collar while you are beside or above them on the ground.
- Trap their reaching wrist between your neck and shoulder by tilting your head against it, their thumb pointing upward.
- Stack both of your hands on their elbow, one over the other, fingers wrapping the joint.
- Keep their wrist clamped and draw your hands towards your chest while leaning gently in.
- The pressure straightens the elbow against its hinge; it builds gradually and releases the instant they tap.
Receiving it
Your reaching arm is caught at their neck and both of their hands settle on your elbow; the straightening pressure comes on quickly for so simple a position. Bend the arm and turn your thumb the moment you feel it being caught, and tap early and clearly at the first feeling of pressure on the joint; an elbow or shoulder gives little warning between discomfort and damage. never snatch out of a lock with a twist.
VI judo notes
This one is caught rather than hunted, and what you catch is a reaching arm arriving at your collar, which you feel immediately. Trap the wrist between your head and shoulder, then stack both hands on the elbow by running them down the arm to it. Lean in gently: a straight arm has very little travel before it has to be let go.
About this technique
The straight armlock applied with the hands: uke's extended arm is trapped with the wrist at tori's shoulder or neck and both hands press the elbow against its hinge. Often caught when uke reaches. Competition joint locks are restricted to the elbow and to senior age groups; learn and practise this only under instruction.
Key points
- Their wrist trapped at your neck or shoulder, thumb up
- Both hands stacked ON the elbow, pressing towards you
- Apply by drawing in and leaning, not by jerking down
joint locks
In combinations, counters and transitions
None recorded yet. Nobody has written down a counter to Ude-gatame, or a combination it belongs to. You can suggest one.