Kaze Uta Budo Kai Forum Archive

I can't seem to find some "official" Japanese names for a few judo techniques, and hoped someone could help me out.

1) There's the kind of choke that involves one of my hands on the mirror side of uke's neck (usually thumb in) and then using my forearm on the other side of the neck, sliding from the blade of my pinky down to my elbow (or however far I get before they tap).

2) I was confused for a long time about hadaka jim, but it looks like there are basically two ways to do it. I see a lot of versions where you put the palm of the arm that's around uke's neck in the crook of the other arm, and then put your free hand behind your head; but then there's another version with the hands clasped together:



Is that everyone else's understanding?

3) Is there a Japanese name for a compression arm bar? In fact, I don't really see many folks talk about it at all (judo, BJJ)...

As for #1, it's one of my favorites. It's a variant form of sode-guruma-jime. I'm not sure if it has a specific name though.

As for #2, I usually do it with palms clasped together. It's rare for me to slip a hand behind uke's head. That being said, I will sometimes set the position of the hand on the neck, grab my elbow inside, then raise my palm to tighten the choke. The choke usually comes on fast enough I don't worry about doing anything else. As a side note, this is very similar to the head control I sometimes use in tate-shiho-gatame.

As for #3, I've never seen a name for it, and haven't really seen it anywhere outside the dojo. Not sure of its origins or name. Maybe Nick will be able to provide some insight.

i agree -- #1 kuzure sode garuma jime--#2 hadaka jime is naked choke so any choke that does not depend on gripping gi is a form of hadaka jime technically and #3 i have never heard a japanese for it though it might be called an kuzure ude garami perhaps -- to me its always been "compression armbar"