Kawazu gake
Judo technique
河津掛け
- Type
- Holds and pins, Grappling positions, Throws and takedowns
- Martial arts
- Judo
- Japanese
- 河津掛
- Meaning
- One-leg entanglement (Forbidden in competition)
- Classified as
- judo technique, Kimarite
- Listed in
- Shinmeisho no waza (Kodokan judo), Kinshi-waza (Kodokan judo), Yoko-sutemi-waza (judo techniques)
Kawazu Gake (河津掛) is a leg entanglement throw in Judo that targets an opponent's leg. It is one of the techniques adopted later by the Kodokan into their Shinmeisho No Waza (newly accepted techniques) list. It is categorized as a side sacrifice technique, Yoko-sutemi. It is also one of the four forbidden techniques, Kinshi-waza.
It is also a rarely used kimarite (winning technique) in sumo, where it is allowed.
Kanji in 河津掛
The name word by word
Each part of the romanized name looked up in the JMdict Japanese dictionary.
| Word | Japanese | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kawazu gake | 河津掛け | kawazugake | hooking backward counter throw |
Other Judo holds and pins
- Arm triangle choke
- Ashi-Hishigi
- Daki age
- Grappling hold
- Gyaku Jūji-jime
- Tsubame gaeshi
- Do-jime
- Ura gatame
- Ushiro-kesa-gatame
- Kesa-gatame
- Hane makikomi
- Daki wakare
- Kuzure kami shiho gatame
- Kuzure kesa gatame
- Tate shiho gatame
- Yoko shiho gatame
- Ura kesa gatame
- Ganseki otoshi
- Hasami jime
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 Q6379911 (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.