Ude Garami

In the USAF this technique is called Ude Garami which is a Judo name referring to a twisted arm lock. Another name is Kata Osai which means shoulder pin. Ude Garami is very similar to Kaiten Nage. In Kaiten Nage, Nage grabs Uke's wrist rather than Nage's arm hooking Uke's arm.

Kaiten Nage was originally designed to dislocate Uke's shoulder. For Aikido moving the arm behind Uke's back causes Uke to bend forward at the waist. Ude Garami goes straight into a twisted arm lock. It is essential to get Uke leaning forward before starting Ude Garami. For this reason a good Waki Gatame is more important for Ude Garami than Kaiten Nage.

Example 1, Ude Garami Irimi

Movie of Example 1.

Fig. 1 End of Waki Gatame		Fig. 2 Step Behind Uke		Fig. 3 Irimi Step

1. Fig. 1 shows the end of the Waki Gatame posed. Had this been done dynamically the foot work would probably be a little different. Either way the principles of movement are the same.

2. Fig. 2 shows Nage after a step back to sweep Uke's arm down and strike Uke in the face. This is the same as Kaiten Nage. Again the common motion of one arm going up while the other goes down is evident.

3. Fig. 3 shows the Irimi step in front of Uke. During this step Nage's arm hooks Uke's arm as shown in Fig. 14 rather than Nage grasping Uke's wrist as in Kaiten Nage. This is a standard Irimi step that lightly brushes Uke's leg so that Uke does not notice. The leg brush is very disturbing to Uke's balance. This step is not a knee to the face. The knee to the face feels real macho but it is an inferior technique.

   Fig. 4 Tornado Twist		Fig. 5 1st Knee Down		Fig. 6 Pin

4. Fig. 4 shows the position after the Tornado Twist and an adjustment step for the pin.

5. Fig. 5 shows Nage's left knee down for the pin.

6. Fig. 6 shows the Ude Garami pin.

Example 2, Ude Garami Tenkan

Movie of Example 2.

Fig. 7 End of Waki Gatame		Fig. 8 Step Behind Uke		Fig. 9 Adjusting Step

1. Fig. 7 shows the end of the Waki Gatame. This position is posed rather than being dynamic which changes the foot work some.

2. Fig. 8 shows the step behind Uke so that Nage can strike Uke's neck and sweep Uke's arm down in a typical Aikido motion where one hand goes down and another hand goes up at the same time.

3. For the Tenkan, Nage needs to go far behind Uke so Fig. 9 shows an adjusting step to get behind. Had this technique started standing Uke would be spinning around Nage and some of these steps would not be necessary.

   Fig. 10 1st Tenkan Step		Fig. 11 2nd Tenkan Step		Fig. 12 Tornado Twist

4. Fig. 10 shows the 1st Tenkan step deep behind Uke.

5. Fig. 11 shows the 2nd Tenkan step.

6. Fig. 12 continues the Tornado Twist and Nage drops to one knee for the pin.

   Fig. 13 Pin		Fig. 14 Detail of Arm Position

7. Fig. 13 shows the pin. As usual both shoulders and the hips need to be pinned. To do this Nage pushes Uke's arm down into Uke's right shoulder. Uke's elbow is pushed towards Uke's hips and Uke's hand is pushed towards Uke's left shoulder.

8. Fig. 14 shows the detail of how Nage's arm holds Uke's arm for Ude Garami.