Gyaku Jūji-jime
Judo technique
逆十字絞
- Type
- Chokes and strangles, Holds and pins, Grappling positions
- Martial arts
- Judo, Jujutsu
- Japanese
- 逆十字絞
- Meaning
- Reverse cross strangle
- Classified as
- judo technique
- Listed in
- Shime-waza (Kodokan judo), Shime-waza (judo techniques), Shime Te –Shoden level (Danzan-ryū jujutsu)
Gyaku Jūji-jime (逆十字絞), or gyakujujijime, is a chokehold in judo. It is one of the twelve constriction techniques of Kodokan Judo in the Shime-waza list. Danzan Ryu includes this technique in the Shimete list under the name Namijujijime. Ura-Juji-Jime is described in the Canon Of Judo and demonstrated in The Essence of Judo by Kyuzo Mifune.
The technique is called 'reverse' because the palms of the person applying the choke are facing the person who is applying the choke. The thumbs are on top, outside of the clothing and the fingers grab inside underneath the gi or clothing. The hands are high up each side of the neck. Scissoring the hands applies pressure to the carotid arteries reducing blood flow, rapidly resulting in loss of consciousness. In judo, this technique is always taught under strict supervision and is similarly closely observed by referees in competition.
Kanji in 逆十字絞
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
- Kata juji jime
- Nami juji jime
- Rear naked choke
- Triangle choke
- Do-jime
- 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 Q5623933 (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.