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The Juji Gatame Encyclopedia

Comprehensive Applications of the Cross-Body Armlock for all Grappling Styles
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The Juji Gatame Encyclopedia by Steve Scott explores the art and science of juji gatame, a premier armlock technique widely employed across judo, sambo, jujitsu, submission grappling, BJJ, and MMA. The book organises juji gatame into four main applications: spinning, back roll, head roll, and hip roll juji gatame, offering a logical and systematic approach tailored for easy learning. It traces the techniqueโ€™s rise to prominence since the 1960s, thanks to Soviet sambo grapplers innovating Japanese ground fighting. Through detailed analysis, numerous variations, and thousands of photographs, Scott equips readers to successfully execute juji gatame under pressure, embracing styles from multiple grappling disciplines.
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This book is ideal for martial artists, grapplers, and coaches across judo, sambo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and MMA who seek a deep, systematic understanding of juji gatame. Both novices and world-class competitors will find valuable instruction and options to enhance their submission game.

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Juji gatame is the pinnacle of armlocks. It 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.

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Juji Gatame is the pinnacle of armlocks. It 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.

This comprehensive manual organises juji gatame into four primary application types allowing for logical and easy learning. They are: Spinning juji gatame, Back roll juji gatame, Head roll juji gatame, and Hip roll juji gatame.

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 ground fighting. With great success, they took their opponents to the mat, submitting them with never-before-seen applications of juji gatame techniques.

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

This book features:

  • 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

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Esteemed athletes and coaches endorse this book. Ronda Rousey, Olympic medalist and MMA world champion, praises its detailed exploration of the cross-body armlock and credits it for her own rise in the sport. John Saylor, a respected coach with expertise spanning judo, sambo, and MMA, calls Steve Scott one of the foremost authorities on juji gatame and recommends the book to fighters of all levels due to its pragmatic and realistic teaching approach. Reviews attest to the book's comprehensive and instructional excellence in grappling techniques.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781594399015

Publisher: YMAA Publication Center

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 15 December 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: YMAA Publication Center

Edition: 2nd New edition

Illustration: 1947 Halftones, black and white

Contributors:

  • Foreword by Ann Maria DeMars

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 215.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 700g

Pages: 432

About the Author

Steve Scott is a professional judo, sambo and jujitsu coach residing in Kansas City, MO. He holds 8th dan rank in judo and 7th dan rank in shingitai jujitsu. Starting his judo career in 1965 and his sambo career in 1976, He has been active at all levels of competition, coaching and administration in different grappling sports. He has coached four World Sambo Champions, a member of an Olympic Judo Team, and hundreds of medal winners in national and international competitions in judo, sambo, sport jujitsu and submission grappling. He founded the Welcome Mat Judo Club in 1969 where thousands of people have trained in a variety of martial arts. Steve is the innovator of the Freestyle Judo contest rules used by AAU Judo as well as the innovator in womenโ€™s sambo in the U.S., having hosted the first womenโ€™s U.S. National Sambo Championships in 1980. He was responsible for the AAU granting recognition to the sport of judo in 1994 after a hiatus of many years.

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