Katame-no-kata

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Katame no Kata (固の形, Katame no Kata^? "Grappling Forms") is a kata (a set of prearranged techniques) in judo.

It consists of fifteen techniques, grouped in three categories: Osae-komi-waza (holding techniques), Shime-waza (choking techniques), and Kansetsu-waza (joint-locking techniques).

[edit] Videos of katame-no-kata

• Katame-no-kata demonstration from Poland, filmed in 2006. No narration, but there is background music. Participants are identified as "Niedomagala and Nowakowski."

[edit] References

• Jigoro Kano, Kodokan Judo, Kodansha International.
• Tadao Otaki and F. Draeger, Judo Formal Techniques, Tuttle Martial Arts.

[edit] External links

• Katame-no-kata page on the JudoInfo site with instructions and photos.