These six tewaza (hand techniques) are illegal as they involve leg grabs. Read more →
How do you make your techniques work in randori? Read more →
Here, we have three different ways to turn uke over into a hold-down from a jacket skirt tie-up situation. Read more →
Wrist control allows you to do many techniques on uke. It leads to strangle, armlock, sankaku and hold-down possibilities. Here, we present hold-down options. Read more →
Two variations of the Trap Choke, a move that doubles as a strangle and a hold-down. Read more →
Kata-Gatame Roll & 2 variations of Sode-Guruma-Jime that can be done when the roll fails. Read more →
Two of the most effective strangles in modern competition are the British Strangle and the modified kataha-jime. Both are rolling strangles. Read more →
Here, we show you various forms of koshi-jime, the most popular strangle in the world. Read more →
Juji-gatame is the most common form of armlock but it's not the only type of armlock used in competition. Here are four alternative types of armlocks occasionally seen in competition. Read more →