Ude hishigi waki gatame
Judo technique
腕挫腋固
- Type
- Joint locks
- Martial arts
- Judo
- Japanese
- 腕挫腋固
- Meaning
- Armpit arm entanglement
- Classified as
- judo technique
- Listed in
- Kansetsu-waza (Kodokan judo), Kansetsu-waza (judo techniques)
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-Waki-Gatame (Japanese: 腕挫腋固) is an armlock and 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. Falling directly to the mat while applying or attempting to apply the Waki gatame in competition is listed as an hansoku make (反則負け; literally "foul-play loss") by the International Judo Federation.
It is known as Fujiwara armbar in professional wrestling and occasionally in mixed martial arts.
Kanji in 腕挫腋固
The name word by word
Each part of the romanized name looked up in the JMdict Japanese dictionary.
| Word | Japanese | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ude hishigi | 腕ひしぎ | udehishigi | armlock |
| waki | 脇 | わき | armpit; under one's arm |
| gatame | 固め | かため | defense; defence |
Other Judo joint locks
- Armlock
- Ashi garami
- Ashi-Hishigi
- Kata gatame
- North–south position
- Knee-on-stomach
- Ude hishigi sankaku gatame
- Ura gatame
- Ushiro-kesa-gatame
- Kesa-gatame
- Ude hishigi hara gatame
- Ude hishigi hiza gatame
- Ude hishigi juji gatame
- Ude hishigi ude gatame
- Mune-gatame
- Ude hishigi ashi gatame
- Ude hishigi te gatame
- Kuzure kami shiho gatame
- Obi tori gaeshi
- Kuzure kesa gatame
- Tate shiho gatame
- Yoko shiho gatame
- Ura kesa gatame
- Sangaku-gatame
- Sankaku-garami
- Shitsu
- Ude hishigi kata osae tai gatame
- Ushiro-Kesa-Gatame
- Ashi-Dori-Garami
Japanese terms for joint locks
| Term | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| カニ挟み | kanibasami | flying scissors; kani basami |
| とったり | tottari | arm bar throw |
| チョン掛け | chongake | pulling heel hook; throw using the right heel |
| 逆とったり | sakatottari | arm bar throw counter |
| 縦四方固め | tateshihougatame | tate-shiho-gatame (judo); vertical four-quarter hold |
| 横四方固め | yokoshihougatame | yoko-shiho-gatame (judo hold in which the opponent's shoulders and hips are pinned) |
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q7877072 (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.