The Juji Gatame Encyclopedia: Comprehensive Applications of the Cross-Body Armlock

By Steve Scott and AnnMaria DeMars

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 organizes 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
• 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 groundfighting. 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, analyzes 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

• Language: English
• Publisher: YMAA Publication Center
• Release date: May 1, 2015
• ISBN: 9781594396489

Steve Scott

Steve Scott is an expert in grappling martial arts. He has decades of training and experience in judo, sambo, and jujitsu. He holds a seventh dan in judo and a seventh dan in Shingitai jujitsu. He is a member of the US Sambo Hall of Fame. As a coach, he has developed hundreds of national and international medal winners, as well as members of world, Pan American, and Olympic teams. Steve Scott resides in Kansas City, Missouri.