Grappling hold
Type of grip that is applied to an opponent
固技 · 压拿
- Type
- Holds and pins
- Martial arts
- Judo, Wrestling
- Classified as
- judo technique, hand-to-hand combat, combat technique
- Part of
- grappling
A grappling hold, commonly referred to simply as a hold that in Japanese is referred to as katame-waza (固め技 "grappling technique"), is any specific grappling, wrestling, judo, or other martial art grip that is applied to an opponent. Grappling holds are used principally to control the opponent and to advance in points or positioning. The holds may be categorized by their function, such as clinching, pinning, or submission, while others can be classified by their anatomical effect: chokehold, headlock, joint-lock, or compression lock. Multiple categories may be appropriate for some of these holds.
Other Judo holds and pins
- Arm triangle choke
- Ashi-Hishigi
- Clinch fighting
- Daki age
- Figure-four (grappling hold)
- Gyaku Jūji-jime
- Overhook
- Pin (sport wrestling)
- Tsubame gaeshi
- Do-jime
- Kawazu gake
- Ura gatame
- Ushiro-kesa-gatame
- Kesa-gatame
- Hane makikomi
- Daki wakare
- pin
- Kuzure kami shiho gatame
- Kuzure kesa gatame
- Tate shiho gatame
- Yoko shiho gatame
- Ura kesa gatame
- Ganseki otoshi
- Hasami jime
- figure-four
- professional wrestling hold
Japanese terms for holds and pins
| Term | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 逆手 | sakate | underhand grip (e.g. in gymnastics, etc.) |
| 遁術 | tonjutsu | Ninja art of escape |
| 遁法 | tonpou | Ninja art of escape |
| 裸絞め | hadakajime | rear naked choke; sleeper hold |
| 左上手 | hidariuwate | left-handed outside grip (on one's opponent's belt) |
| 左四つ | hidariyotsu | hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the left hand and an over-arm grip with the right |
| 隠遁術 | intonjutsu | Ninja art of escape |
| 右上手 | migiuwate | right-handed outside grip (on one's opponent's belt) |
| 右四つ | migiyotsu | hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the right hand and an overarm grip with the left |
| 両差し | morozashi | deep double underarm grip which prevents the opponent from grabbing the belt |
| 四つ身 | yotsumi | cross-grips (situation in which each rikishi has an underarm grip on the other) |
| 腕を返す | kainaokaesu | to place one's arms under those of the opponent and lift them up, in order to prevent an overhand grip on one's mawashi |
23 terms in total on the holds and pins page.
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q196431 (CC0); text quoted from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.