Uki otoshi
Judo technique
浮落
- Type
- Throws and takedowns
- Martial arts
- Judo, Jujutsu
- Japanese
- 浮落
- Meaning
- Floating drop
- Classified as
- judo technique, throw, te-waza, te-waza
- Listed in
- Dai yonkyo (Kodokan judo), Te-waza (judo techniques), Nage Te –Shoden level (Danzan-ryū jujutsu)
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:
Uki otoshi (浮落), or "floating drop," is one of the traditional forty throws of Judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs to the fourth group, Dai Yonkyo, of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo-no-Nagewaza [1], of Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the current 67 Throws of Kodokan Judo. [2] The technique is categorized as a hand technique, Te-waza. [3]
Kanji in 浮落
The name word by word
Each part of the romanized name looked up in the JMdict Japanese dictionary.
| Word | Japanese | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uki | 浮き | うき | floating; buoyancy |
| otoshi | 落とし | おとし | wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed |
Other Judo throws and takedowns
- Foot sweep
- Harai goshi
- Kosoto gake
- Morote gari
- Soto makikomi
- Sukui Nage
- Yoko gake
- Yoko guruma
- Tomoe nage
- Uchi mata
- Uki goshi
- Ippon seoi nage
- Seoi nage
- Kata guruma
- Hane goshi
- Tsurikomi goshi
- Kosoto gari
- Kouchi gaeshi
- Yama arashi
- Hiza guruma
- Kuchiki taoshi
- Uki waza
- Ura nage
- Ashi guruma
- O goshi
- Kubi-Nage
- Sasae tsurikomi ashi
- Utsuri goshi
- Ōuchi gari
- Hane makikomi
- Koshi guruma
- Sumi gaeshi
- Tani otoshi
- Kouchi gari
- Osoto guruma
- Osotogari
- Tai otoshi
- Ushiro goshi
- Yoko otoshi
- Yoko wakare
Japanese terms for throws and takedowns
| Term | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 足車 | ashiguruma | ashi guruma (judo); leg wheel |
| 払い腰 | haraigoshi | harai goshi (judo); sweeping hip throw |
| 居反り | izori | backwards body drop |
| 腰投げ | koshinage | hip throw (judo, sumo) |
| 首捻り | kubihineri | head-twisting throw |
| 首投げ | kubinage | kubinage; neck throw |
| 投げ技 | nagewaza | throwing technique; throw |
| 大逆手 | oosakate | backward-twisting overarm throw |
| 落とす | otosu | to drop; to lose |
| 外小股 | sotokomata | over-thigh scooping body drop |
| 隅返し | sumigaeshi | corner throw (judo); corner reversal |
| 立ち技 | tachiwaza | standing techniques (judo, wrestling); standing throw |
51 terms in total on the throws and takedowns page.
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q1771272 (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.