Do-jime
Judo technique
胴絞
- Type
- Chokes and strangles, Holds and pins, Grappling positions
- Martial arts
- Judo, Jujutsu
- Japanese
- 胴絞
- Meaning
- Trunk strangle (Forbidden in competition)
- Classified as
- judo technique
- Listed in
- Shime-waza (Kodokan judo), Kinshi-waza (Kodokan judo), Shime-waza (judo techniques), Shime Te –Shoden level (Danzan-ryū jujutsu)
Do-jime (胴絞, Dō-jime; Trunk constriction) is a chokehold in judo. It is one of the twelve constriction techniques of Kodokan Judo in the Shime-waza list. Do-jime is one of the four forbidden techniques, Kinshi-waza. Do-jime is also a prohibited technique in Judo competitions, and is considered a 'major infringement', which awards the executer (Tori) with Hansoku-make (disqualification) according to IJF rules, Section 18.2.2: Prohibited acts and penalties, article 21.
Kanji in 胴絞
The name word by word
Each part of the romanized name looked up in the JMdict Japanese dictionary.
Other Judo chokes and strangles
- Arm triangle choke
- Chokehold
- Gyaku Jūji-jime
- Kata juji jime
- Nami juji jime
- Rear naked choke
- Triangle choke
- Ude hishigi sankaku gatame
- Guillotine choke
- Koshi-jime
- Sode guruma jime
- Kata ha jime
- Kata te jime
- Jigoku-jime
- Okuri eri jime
- Hasami jime
- Ura juji jime
- Yubi Tori Shime Ni
- Ryo te jime
- Tsukkomi jime
- Yubi Tori Shime Ichi
- Kubi Nuki Shime
- Ude Tori Shime
- Tawara-Jime
Japanese terms for chokes and strangles
| Term | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 裸絞め | hadakajime | rear naked choke; sleeper hold |
| 絞め技 | shimewaza | shime-waza (judo stranglehold) |
| フロントチョーク | furontochooku | front choke |
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q4302755 (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.