Shisei (postures)

There are various postures which prepare the judoka for a movement or technique:

Shizen tai - natural standing postures

• Shizen hontai - basic natural standing posture
• Migi shizen tai - right natural standing posture
• hidari shizen tai - left natural standing posture

Jigo tai - defensive postures

• Jigo hontai - basic defensive posture
• Migi jigo tai - (right defensive posture
• Hidari jigo tai - left defensive posture

Waza (techniques)

There are many techniques which have been developed for use in training or sparring but below are some of the most commonly used:

Te waza (hand throwing techniques)

• Ippon seoi nage - one arm shoulder throw
• Kata guruma - shoulder wheel
• Kibisu gaeshi - heel trip reversal
• Kouchi gaeshi - small inner reap counter
• Kuchiki taoshi - one-hand drop
• Morote gari - two-hand reap
• Obi otoshi - belt drop
• Seoi nage - lifting shoulder throw
• Seoi otoshi - kneeling shoulder drop
• Sukui nage - scoop throw
• Sumi otoshi - corner drop
• Tai otoshi - body drop
• Uki otoshi - floating drop
• Yama arashi - mountain storm throw

'Koshi Waza' (hip throwing techniques)

• Daki age - hugging high lift (forbidden in competition)
• Hane goshi -spring hip throw
• Harai goshi - sweeping hip throw
• Koshi guruma - hip wheel
• O goshi - full hip throw
• Sode tsurikomi goshi - sleeve lift and pulling hip throw
• Tsuri goshi - lifting hip throw
• Tsurikomi goshi - lifting and pulling hip throw
• Uki goshi - floating half-hip throw
• Ushiro goshi - rear throw
• Utsuri goshi - hip shift

Ashi waza (foot throwing techniques)

• Ashi guruma - leg wheel
• Deashi harai - advanced foot sweep
• Hane goshi gaeshi - hip spring counter
• Harai goshi gaeshi - hip sweep counter
• Harai tsurikomi ashi - lift-pull foot sweep
• Hiza guruma - knee wheel
• Kosoto gake - minor outer hook
• Kosoto gari - minor outer clip
• Kouchi gari - small inner reap
• O guruma - large wheel
• Okuri ashi harai - foot sweep
• Osoto gaeshi - big outer reap counter
• Osoto gari - large outer reap
• Osoto guruma - big outer wheel
• Osoto otoshi - big outer drop
• Ouchi gaeshi - big inner reap counter
• Ouchi gari - major inner reap
• Sasae tsurikomi ashi - propping and drawing ankle throw
• Tsubame gaeshi - swallow counter
• Uchi mata - inner-thigh reaping throw
• Uchi mata gaeshi - inner-thigh reap counter

Ma sutemi waza (front sacrifice throws)

• Hikikomi gaeshi - pulling in reversal
• Sumi gaeshi - corner reversal
• Tawara gaeshi - rice bag reversal throw
• Tomoe nage - circle throw
• Ura nage - rear throw

Yoko-sutemi (side sacrifice throws)

• Daki wakare - high separation
• Hane makikomi - springing wraparound
• Harai makikomi - hip sweep wraparound
• Kani basami - crab or scissors throw (forbidden in competition)
• Kawazu gake - one-leg entanglement (forbidden in competition)
• Osoto makikomi - big outer wraparound
• Soto makikomi - outer wraparound
• Tani otoshi - valley drop
• Uchi makikomi - inner wraparound
• Uchi mata makikomi - inner thigh wraparound
• Uki waza - floating drop
• Yoko gake - side prop
• Yoko guruma - side wheel
• Yoko otoshi - side drop
• Yoko wakare - side separation

Osaekomi waza (forms of pins/hold downs)

• Kami shiho gatame - upper four quarter hold down
• Kata gatame - shoulder hold
• Kesa gatame - scarf hold
• Kuzure kami shiho gatame - broken upper four quarter hold down
• Kuzure kesa gatame - broken scarf hold
• Tate shiho gatame - horizontal four quarter hold
• Yoko shiho gatame - side four quarter hold
• Uki gatame - floating hold
• Ushiro kesa gatame - backwards scarf hold

Shime waza (forms of chokes and strangles)

• Do jime - trunk strangle (forbidden in competition)
• Gyaku juji jime - reverse cross strangle
• Hadaka jime - naked strangle
• Kata ha jime - single wing strangle
• Kata juji jime - half cross strangle
• Katate jime - one-hand strangle
• Nami juji jime - normal cross strangle
• Okuri eri jime - sliding lapel strangle
• Ryo te jime - two Knuckle Choke
• Sankaku jime - triangular strangle, triangle choke
• Sode guruma jime - sleeve Wheel strangle
• Tsurikomi jime - thrusting Choke
• Jugoku jime - hell strangle

Kansetsu waza (joint locks)

• Ashi garami - leg entanglement (forbidden in competition)
• Ude garami - arm entanglement
• Ude hishigi ashi gatame - side-lying arm bar
• Ude hishigi hara gatame - side-extended arm bar
• Ude hishigi hiza gatame - knee arm bar.
• Ude hishigi juji gatame - back-lying perpendicular arm bar.
• Ude hishigi sankaku gatame - triangular strangle, using the legs
• Ude hishigi te gatame - armbar
• Ude hishigi ude gatame - armlock
• Ude hishigi waki gatame - side armlock
• Sankaku garami - triangular entanglement