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Originally Posted by
lkfmdc
In Judo, ude garami is BOTH hand up an hand down... so sort of confusing
Hard up (near head) can be called top wrist lock, americana, paintbrush, or figure 4 (it is what the 2nd clip is using, yet he pulls it in the WRONG DIRECTION on teh ground) - this lock is commonly felt to be the sort of thing that steals candy from babies and nickles from paperboys (that is Gene LeBell's quote, I stole it!)
The hand down, kimura, double wrist lock is considered more versatile and more reliable
Correctumondo.
Psalms 144:1
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