Kenka/Ai yotsu - The Grip

The throwing techniques are distinguished between left grip (Hidari kumi kata) and right grip (Migi kumi kata):

• In the normal sleeve-collar grip with the right grip, the right hand grips at UKE´s left collar and the left hand at the right sleeve.
• In the normal sleeve-collar grip with the left grip, the other way around, so with the left hand at the right collar of UKE and with the right hand on the left sleeve.

If two fighters meet each other the following distinctions will be classified:

Kenka yotsu – against the same sided grip; e.g. Tori right grip, UKE left grip.

Ai yotsu – same sided grip, both partners / fighters occupy the same grip.

Within the competition training a throwing technique should be trained with Migi and Hidari kumi kata. It is also for a good judoka a mandatory practice to train the techniques also as Ai- and as Kenka yotsu with the partner.