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Kata ha jime

Judo chokehold

Type
Chokes and strangles, Forms, kata and routines, Holds and pins
Martial arts
Judo
Japanese
片羽絞
Meaning
Single wing strangle
Classified as
judo technique
Listed in
Shime-waza (Kodokan judo), Shime-waza (judo techniques)

Kata-Ha-Jime (片羽絞), also spelled Katahajime, is a chokehold in judo. It is one of the twelve constriction techniques of Kodokan Judo in the Shime-waza list.

Kanji in 片羽絞

one-sided, leaf, sheet
on: ヘン
kun: かた-、かた
4 strokes · JLPT 2
feathers, counter for birds, rabbits
on: ウ
kun: は、わ、はね
6 strokes · JLPT 2
strangle, constrict, wring
on: コウ
kun: しぼ.る、し.める、し.まる
12 strokes · JLPT 1

The name word by word

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

WordJapaneseReadingMeaning
Kata肩かたshoulder
ha
jime締めしめtying up; binding

Other Judo chokes and strangles

Japanese terms for chokes and strangles

TermReadingMeaning
裸絞めhadakajimerear naked choke; sleeper hold
絞め技shimewazashime-waza (judo stranglehold)
フロントチョークfurontochookufront choke

External links

Facts from Wikidata Q5927827 (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.