Knee-on-stomach
Grappling position
浮固
- Type
- Grappling positions, Joint locks
- Martial arts
- Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Judo
- Japanese
- 浮固
- Meaning
- Floating hold (Added 2017)
- Classified as
- judo technique
- Listed in
- Osaekomi-waza (Kodokan judo), Osaekomi-waza (judo techniques), Positional grappling (Brazilian jiu-jitsu)
Knee-on-stomach, or knee-on-belly, knee-on-chest, knee-ride, knee mount (uki-gatame, 浮固, "floating hold" in budō), is a dominant ground grappling position where the top combatant places a knee on the bottom combatant's torso, and usually extends the other leg to the side for balance. This position is typically obtained from side control, simply by rising up slightly and putting a knee on the opponent's stomach or chest.
Kanji in 浮固
Other Brazilian jiu-jitsu grappling positions
- Armlock
- Ashi garami
- Back mount
- Chokehold
- Daki age
- Guard
- Half guard
- Mount
- North–south position
- Overhook
- Rear naked choke
- Rubber guard
- Side control
- Sprawl
- Triangle choke
- Tsubame gaeshi
- Wristlock
- Underhook
- Kawazu gake
- North–south choke
- Guillotine choke
- Collar tie
- Hooks
- Turtle flip over
- Daki wakare
- Gogoplata
Japanese terms for grappling positions
| Term | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 下手 | shitate | humble position; inferior |
| 前捌き | maesabaki | battling to knock away the hands of one's opponent, in order to achieve an advantageous position |
| 死に体 | shinitai | losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover |
| 変わり身 | kawarimi | change of attitude (stance, position) |
| 座り相撲 | suwarizumou | wrestling performed in a sitting position |
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q6421846 (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.