King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Yoko-tomoe-nage

Type
Throws and takedowns
Martial arts
Judo
Japanese
横巴投
Listed in
Yoko-sutemi-waza (judo techniques)
Shuai jiao at King's Kung-Fu

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:

Side circle throw. The Kodokan officially also refers to this technique as Tomoe-nage.

Kanji in 横巴投

sideways, side, horizontal
on: オウ
kun: よこ
15 strokes · JLPT 2
comma-design
on: ハ
kun: ともえ、うずまき
4 strokes · JLPT 1
throw, discard, abandon
on: トウ
kun: な.げる、-な.げ
7 strokes · JLPT 2

The name word by word

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

WordJapaneseReadingMeaning
Yoko横よこside-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width
tomoe nage巴投げtomoenagetomoe nage (judo throw); circle throw

Other Judo throws and takedowns

Japanese terms for throws and takedowns

TermReadingMeaning
足車ashigurumaashi guruma (judo); leg wheel
払い腰haraigoshiharai goshi (judo); sweeping hip throw
居反りizoribackwards body drop
腰投げkoshinagehip throw (judo, sumo)
首捻りkubihinerihead-twisting throw
首投げkubinagekubinage; neck throw
投げ技nagewazathrowing technique; throw
大逆手oosakatebackward-twisting overarm throw
落とすotosuto drop; to lose
外小股sotokomataover-thigh scooping body drop
隅返しsumigaeshicorner throw (judo); corner reversal
立ち技tachiwazastanding techniques (judo, wrestling); standing throw

51 terms in total on the throws and takedowns page.

text quoted from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); kanji data KANJIDIC2 and KanjiVG. Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.