Genkotsu Otoshi
Gripping with the Fist Drop – a Jujutsu throw
- Type
- Throws and takedowns
- Martial arts
- Jujutsu
- Meaning
- Gripping with the Fist Drop
- Listed in
- Fusegi Jutsu – Chuden level (Danzan-ryū jujutsu), Keisatsu Gijutsu – Chuden level (Danzan-ryū jujutsu)
Shuai jiao at King's Kung-Fu
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:
Dakikubi from a double punch
The name word by word
Each part of the romanized name looked up in the JMdict Japanese dictionary.
| Word | Japanese | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genkotsu | 拳骨 | げんこつ | (clenched) fist; knuckles |
| Otoshi | 落とし | おとし | wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed |
Other Jujutsu throws and takedowns
- Foot sweep
- Harai goshi
- Soto makikomi
- Tomoe nage
- Uchi mata
- Ippon seoi nage
- Seoi nage
- Kata guruma
- Hane goshi
- Tsurikomi goshi
- Kosoto gari
- Yama arashi
- Uki otoshi
- O goshi
- Sasae tsurikomi ashi
- Utsuri goshi
- Sumi gaeshi
- Kouchi gari
- Ushiro goshi
- Ō guruma
- Sode tsurikomi goshi
- Obi otoshi
- Tawara gaeshi
- Mae Daki Nage Ni
- Mae Daki Nage Ichi
- Hiki Otoshi
- Ushiro Daki Nage
- Akushu Ude Nage
- Ogoshi Ude Tori
- Ushiro Daki Nage Ni
- Ushiro Nage
Japanese terms for throws and takedowns
| Term | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 足車 | ashiguruma | ashi guruma (judo); leg wheel |
| 払い腰 | haraigoshi | harai goshi (judo); sweeping hip throw |
| 居反り | izori | backwards body drop |
| 腰投げ | koshinage | hip throw (judo, sumo) |
| 首捻り | kubihineri | head-twisting throw |
| 首投げ | kubinage | kubinage; neck throw |
| 投げ技 | nagewaza | throwing technique; throw |
| 大逆手 | oosakate | backward-twisting overarm throw |
| 落とす | otosu | to drop; to lose |
| 外小股 | sotokomata | over-thigh scooping body drop |
| 隅返し | sumigaeshi | corner throw (judo); corner reversal |
| 立ち技 | tachiwaza | standing techniques (judo, wrestling); standing throw |
51 terms in total on the throws and takedowns page.
text quoted from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.