Armlock
Judo technique
関節技 · 臂鎖
- Type
- Joint locks, Grappling positions, Chokes and strangles
- Martial arts
- Judo, Jujutsu
- Japanese
- 腕緘
- Meaning
- Arm entanglement (figure-four armlock)
- Classified as
- joint lock, judo technique, joint lock
- Listed in
- Kansetsu-waza (Kodokan judo), Kansetsu-waza (judo techniques), Yawara – Shoden level (Danzan-ryū jujutsu), Shinen no Maki – Okuden level (Danzan-ryū jujutsu)
King's Kung-Fu and Tai Chi has taught 5 Animal 5 Family kung fu, tai chi and chi kung in Southern California since 1982. These original school pages cover this style:
An armlock in grappling is a single or double joint lock that hyperextends, hyperflexes or hyperrotates the elbow joint or shoulder joint. An armpit lock can be useful; it will immobilize an opponent and pin them on the ground. An armlock that hyperextends the elbow is known as an armbar, and it includes the traditional armbar (pressing the elbow against the thigh or hips), the shoulder triangle armbar (where a figure-four is locked with the legs), and the shotgun armbar (where the opponent's wrist is placed in the armpit, using the forearm as a fulcrum). An armlock that hyper-rotates the arm is known as an armcoil, and includes the Americana, kimura, and omoplata. Depending on the joint flexibility of a person, armcoils can either hyperrotate only the shoulder joint, only the elbow joint, or both the elbow joint and shoulder joint.
Kanji in 腕緘
Other Judo joint locks
- Ashi garami
- Ashi-Hishigi
- Back mount
- Kata gatame
- North–south position
- Ude hishigi waki gatame
- Wristlock
- Knee-on-stomach
- Ude hishigi sankaku gatame
- Ura gatame
- Ushiro-kesa-gatame
- Kesa-gatame
- Ude hishigi hara gatame
- Ude hishigi hiza gatame
- Ude hishigi juji gatame
- Ude hishigi ude gatame
- Mune-gatame
- Ude hishigi ashi gatame
- Ude hishigi te gatame
- Kuzure kami shiho gatame
- Obi tori gaeshi
- Small joint manipulation
- Genkotsu Ude Tori
- Kuzure kesa gatame
- Tate shiho gatame
- Yoko shiho gatame
- Ura kesa gatame
- Kata Gatame Ni
- Sangaku-gatame
- Sankaku-garami
- Tekubi Tori Ichi
- Yubi Tori Hazushi
- Kata Gatame Ichi
- Yubi Tori Shime Ni
- Yubi Tori
- Akushu Kote Tori
- Katate Tori
- Tekubi Tori Ni
- Ude Tori
- Ogoshi Ude Tori
Japanese terms for joint locks
| Term | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| カニ挟み | kanibasami | flying scissors; kani basami |
| とったり | tottari | arm bar throw |
| チョン掛け | chongake | pulling heel hook; throw using the right heel |
| 逆とったり | sakatottari | arm bar throw counter |
| 縦四方固め | tateshihougatame | tate-shiho-gatame (judo); vertical four-quarter hold |
| 横四方固め | yokoshihougatame | yoko-shiho-gatame (judo hold in which the opponent's shoulders and hips are pinned) |
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q4380025 (CC0); text quoted from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); kanji data KANJIDIC2 and KanjiVG. Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.