Transitions

Standing technique into groundwork. The throw is not finished when they land: keeping the sleeve, following them down and arriving in a hold is a skill of its own, and every grading here examines it.

• 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-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.
• 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.