King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Ude hishigi sankaku gatame

Judo technique

Type
Joint locks, Chokes and strangles, Holds and pins
Martial arts
Judo, Jujutsu
Japanese
腕挫三角固
Meaning
Triangular armbar
Classified as
judo technique
Listed in
Kansetsu-waza (Kodokan judo), Kansetsu-waza (judo techniques), Shime Te –Shoden 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:

Ude-Hishigi-Sankaku-Gatame (腕挫三角固), also referred to as Ao muke gata ude hishigi (背中方腕挫) in the Canon Of Judo, is one of the official 29 grappling techniques of Kodokan Judo. It is one of the nine joint techniques of the Kansetsu-waza list, one of the three grappling lists in Judo's Katame-waza, enumerating 29 grappling techniques, and is also demonstrated by Kyuzo Mifune in the video The Essence of Judo.

Kanji in 腕挫三角固

arm, ability, talent
on: ワン
kun: うで
12 strokes · JLPT 2
crush, break, sprain
on: ザ、サ
kun: くじ.く、くじ.ける
10 strokes
three
on: サン、ゾウ
kun: み、み.つ、みっ.つ
3 strokes · JLPT 4
angle, corner, square
on: カク
kun: かど、つの
7 strokes · JLPT 2
harden, set, clot
on: コ
kun: かた.める、かた.まる、かた.まり、かた.い
8 strokes · JLPT 2

The name word by word

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

WordJapaneseReadingMeaning
Ude hishigi腕ひしぎudehishigiarmlock
sankaku参画さんかくtaking part (in planning); participation
gatame固めかためdefense; defence

Other Judo joint locks

Japanese terms for joint locks

TermReadingMeaning
カニ挟みkanibasamiflying scissors; kani basami
とったりtottariarm bar throw
チョン掛けchongakepulling heel hook; throw using the right heel
逆とったりsakatottariarm bar throw counter
縦四方固めtateshihougatametate-shiho-gatame (judo); vertical four-quarter hold
横四方固めyokoshihougatameyoko-shiho-gatame (judo hold in which the opponent's shoulders and hips are pinned)

External links

Facts from Wikidata Q8217392 (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.