Yoko shiho gatame

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Yoko shiho gatame
Yoko shiho gatame.svg
Classification Katame-waza
Sub classification Osaekomi-waza
Grip Side control
Kodokan Yes
Technique name
Rōmaji Yoko shiho gatame
Japanese横四方固め
EnglishSide four quarter hold

Yoko-shiho-gatame (横四方固め) is one of the seven mat holds, Osaekomi-waza, of Kodokan Judo. In grappling terms, it is categorized as a side control hold.

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Technique description

Graphic from http://judoinfo.com/techdrw.htm

Exemplar Videos:

Demonstrated from https://web.archive.org/web/20060913144731/http://www.abbotsfordjudo.com/techniques/5thkyu.htm

Escapes

Submissions

Technique history

During Yasuhiro Yamashita’s winning streak of 203 consecutive victories in international competition in the 1970s and 1980s, yoko shiho gatame was his highest scoring single technique, securing victory in 45 of those contests. [1]

Included systems

Systems:

Lists:

Similar techniques, variants, and aliases

Illustration of Mune Gatame Mune-gatame.jpg
Illustration of Mune Gatame
Mune Atama Gatame Nanateijudo20.jpg
Mune Atama Gatame

English aliases:

Variants:

Kyuzo Mifune also demonstrates a second variation of Yoko-Shiho-Gatame in the video, The Essence Of Judo, performed from a Stacking Guard Pass.

References

  1. Wicks, Lance. "The Story of Yasuhiro Yamashita", judoinfo.com. Retrieved on 3 May 2019.