Katame Waza Groundfighting Charts

At a glance..

The Katame Waza charts contain groundfighting techniques and are learned early in the curriculum.

The details..

Stanford Jujitsu - Katame Charts is a comprehensive guide to the martial art of jujutsu. Written by members of the Stanford Jujitsu Club, this book provides detailed instructions for various ground fighting techniques used in this ancient form of self-defense. The book contains two charts that list out different positions and attacks along with their respective defenses.

The first chart covers basic standing strikes as well as punches, chokes, arm thrusts and hammerlocks from both close space and far guard positions. Additionally it includes leaning chokes, leg rolls into mount position, sweeps into mount position and cross lapel choke from Brazilian jujustsu.

The second chart focuses more on pins such as muni gatame (cross body/knee-elbow), kesa gatame (headlock), kazuri kesa (modified headlock)and reverse kata gatame among others. It also covers rear mounts including rear chokes while providing guidance on how to maintain position or escape submissions when necessary.

Overall Stanford JuiJtsu - Katamae Charts serves as an excellent resource for anyone interested in learning about traditional Japanese style jujustsu or just looking to brush up on their knowledge base.