Kuzure Mune Gatame

Kuzure-mune-gatame is not in the Kodokan Gokyo, and so there is often some confusion with the technique. The Kodokan refer to the above technique as Yoko-shiho-gatame, others as Kuzure-yoko-shiho-gatame.

In our syllabus though, the above is how the technique should be performed - including the head would be mune-gatame. Your chest against your partners, your arms hold around your partners head and around their arm at the armpit.

To apply more pressure, your hands could be connected attacking your partners shoulderblades.