Techniques

Ikkyo: "First Principle." A technique to control the elbow, shoulder, & torso through a wrist lock to a pin or a throw.

Nikyo: "Second Principle." Twists the bent wrist and forearm using the natural range of motion of the body to lock up the wrist, usually to a pin.

Sankyo: "Third Principle." Twists the straight wrist in a way to control the elbow, shoulder, etc, ending in a pin or a throw.

Yonkyo: "Fourth Principle." Similar to Sankyo but the forearm is in a vertical position.

Gokyo: "Fifth Principle." Technique used very rarely but similar in function to earlier wrist locks.

Kokyunage: Literally "Breath Throw." Can refer to many techniques that end in a throw but not usually a wrist lock.

Shihonage: "Four Direction Throw." Basically, the uke's arm ends up bent so the wrist is touching the shoulder before continuing behind the back and down, forcing the uke into a back-fall.

Kotegaeshi: "Reverse Wrist." This is where the uke's wrist is bent back towards the inside of the forearm in a way to move the elbow, shoulder, and finally the entire body.

Kaiten-nage: "Rotary Throw." This technique envolves getting the uke bent down from the waist and then an arm and the opposite shoulder are used to propel the uke into a roll.

Jujunage: "#10 Throw" because the arms form the Japanese form of the number 10. Very rare, basically the arms are crossed with one arm straight and the other bent, forcing the uke into a breakfall (when fully applied it is nearly impossible to roll out smoothly).

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