Juji Gatame Encyclopedia

Juji Gatame Encyclopedia Comprehensive Applications of the Cross-Body Armlock for All Grappling Styles

Second edition

Hardback (15 Dec 2022)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Juji Gatame remains the most consistently used joint lock in many grappling sports including judo, sambo, jujitsu, submission grappling, BJJ, and MMA. 

Athletes and coaches around the world use and respect this game-ending armlock.

Juji gatame was not widely popular until the 1960s, when the sambo grapplers of the former Soviet Union began their innovations with Japanese armlocks and groundfighting. With great success, they took their opponents to the mat, submitting them with never-before-seen applications of juji gatame techniques.


This comprehensive manual organizes juji gatame into four primary applications

  • Spinning juji gatame
  • Back roll juji gatame
  • Head roll juji gatame
  • Hip roll juji gatame

Steve Scott carefully breaks down the basics, analyzes the structure, and offers hundreds of variations so you can successfully win with juji gatame, even under stress.

  • A logical and systematic teaching method-for easy learning
  • A functional perspective showing hundreds of variations-your options
  • Juji gatame unbiased-inviting all grappling styles
  • Thousands of photographs-in action

Book information

ISBN: 9781594399015
Publisher: YMAA Publication Center
Imprint: YMAA Publication Center
Pub date:
Edition: Second edition
DEWEY: 796.815
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 432
Weight: 1610g
Height: 279mm
Width: 216mm
Spine width: 36mm