Yoko ukemi
Sideways breakfall (accompanied by hard slap of tatami mat) – a Judo breakfall
- Type
- Breakfalls and rolls
- Martial arts
- Judo
- Japanese
- 横受け身
- Meaning
- Sideways breakfall (accompanied by hard slap of tatami mat)
- Listed in
- Ukemi (Kodokan judo), Ukemi (judo techniques)
Kanji in 横受け身
The name word by word
Each part of the romanized name looked up in the JMdict Japanese dictionary.
| Word | Japanese | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yoko | 横 | よこ | side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width |
| ukemi | 受身 | うけみ | the defensive |
Other Judo breakfalls and rolls
; 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.