O-soto-gake
Great outer hook – a Judo punch
Kanji in 大外掛
The name word by word
Each part of the romanized name looked up in the JMdict Japanese dictionary.
| Word | Japanese | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| O | |||
| soto gake | 外掛け | sotogake | outside leg trip |
Other Judo punches
- Jab
- Kosoto gake
- Nami juji jime
- Punch
- Uppercut
- Cross
- Ko-uchi-gake
- O-uchi-gake
- Ushiro-tsuki
- Tsuki-dashi
- Atama-tsuki
- Ryogan-tsuki
- Ryote-tsuki
- Ushiro-sumi-tsuki
Japanese terms for punches
| Term | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 正拳 | seiken | seiken (karate proper fist); straight punch |
| 四つ身 | yotsumi | cross-grips (situation in which each rikishi has an underarm grip on the other) |
| 引っ掛け | hikkake | hook; gab |
| 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 |
| 上手投げ | uwatenage | overhand throw |
; kanji data KANJIDIC2 and KanjiVG. Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.