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Ippon seoi nage

Judo technique

Type
Throws and takedowns
Martial arts
Judo, Jujutsu
Japanese
一本背負投
Meaning
Single-handed shoulder throw
Classified as
judo technique, throw, te-waza
Listed in
Shinmeisho no waza (Kodokan judo), Te-waza (judo techniques), Yonenbu no Kata – Shoden level (Danzan-ryū jujutsu), Oku no Te – Chuden level (Danzan-ryū jujutsu)
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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:

The ippon seoi nage (一本背負い投げ; lit. 'one arm over the back throw') is a throw in judo. It is a variant of Seoi nage, and is one of the nineteen accepted techniques in Shinmeisho No Waza of Kodokan Judo. It is classified as a hand throwing technique, or te-waza. Ippon seoi nage literally means "one arm over the back throw", but has also been translated as a "one arm shoulder throw", as the opponent or uke is thrown over the thrower or tori's shoulder.

Kanji in 一本背負投

one, one radical (no.1)
on: イチ、イツ
kun: ひと-、ひと.つ
1 strokes · JLPT 4
book, present, main
on: ホン
kun: もと
5 strokes · JLPT 4
stature, height, back
on: ハイ
kun: せ、せい、そむ.く、そむ.ける
9 strokes · JLPT 2
defeat, negative, -
on: フ
kun: ま.ける、ま.かす、お.う
9 strokes · JLPT 2
throw, discard, abandon
on: トウ
kun: な.げる、-な.げ
7 strokes · JLPT 2

The name word by word

Each part of the romanized name looked up in the JMdict Japanese dictionary.

WordJapaneseReadingMeaning
Ippon一本いっぽんippon; one point
seoi nage背負い投げseoinageseoi nage (judo); shoulder throw

Other Judo throws and takedowns

Japanese terms for throws and takedowns

TermReadingMeaning
足車ashigurumaashi guruma (judo); leg wheel
払い腰haraigoshiharai goshi (judo); sweeping hip throw
居反りizoribackwards body drop
腰投げkoshinagehip throw (judo, sumo)
首捻りkubihinerihead-twisting throw
首投げkubinagekubinage; neck throw
投げ技nagewazathrowing technique; throw
大逆手oosakatebackward-twisting overarm throw
落とすotosuto drop; to lose
外小股sotokomataover-thigh scooping body drop
隅返しsumigaeshicorner throw (judo); corner reversal
立ち技tachiwazastanding techniques (judo, wrestling); standing throw

51 terms in total on the throws and takedowns page.

External links

Facts from Wikidata Q3069903 (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.