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• Try to slide your leg under your partner's rear leg so that it rests on your
thigh. Wrap your arms around your partner's waist. Now turn dynamically
to the free side of your body and use your arms to pull your partner's torso
to the free side of your body so that you can roll over your partner.
• Try to free your arm from the grip and press your elbow against your
partner's thigh to create a gap between you. As you do this, try to turn onto
your side (towards your partner) onto your stomach.
• Try to clamp your partner's rear leg with your legs.
In addition to Kesa-gatame, there are other holds and corresponding
releases. The larger the repertoire of holds and release techniques, the more
complex the ground fighting becomes. Experience has shown that Yoko-shiho-
gatame is also well suited for teaching in schools (see Figure 5) because it does not
place too many demands on the fighters. The didactic derivation of other holds
cannot be covered in this article but is methodologically based on the exemplary
presentation of Kasa-gatame.
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