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Schulterhebel: Kesa garami

Advantage: Secure fixation of the aggressor Also applicable in the ground The aggressors head is also fixed Disadvantage: Possibly difficult to approach the technique Lack of overview of the surrounding area

Here the aggressor will be brought to the ground by a shoulder lever (Variant of the sword throw - Shiho nage) and also fixed by it in the supine position.

Use at diagonal grip to the wrist:

The grip to the wrist is loosed by a inner rotational motion, with the help of the non fixed hand , doing this the fingers press onto the inner wrist. The loosed arm is lead under the gripped arm during a distance shortening next to the aggressor. The fixed wrist is transfered to this arm or hand - The wrist is bended. The transfering hand fixes the elbow of the now bended arm. By pressure to the front and the bending of the upper body downwards the aggressor is brought into the supine position at the ground.

The grip at the arm of the aggressor is not being loosed or changed. The defender steps with the leg next to the aggressor over the fixed arm and sets the foot close to the head of the aggressors. After performing a knee-step-position; the leg opposite the aggressor is on the ground, the lever can be executed by pulling the fixed hand and pressing against the elbow.

The fixed hand of the aggressors can be additionally controled by a hand flexor lever (Te kubi garami).