Yoko shiho gatame
Classification	Katame-waza
Sub classification	Osaekomi-waza
Grip	Side control
Kodokan	Yes
Technique name
Rōmaji	Yoko shiho gatame
Japanese	横四方固め
English	Side four quarter hold

Yoko-shiho-gatame (横四方固め) is one of the seven mat holds, Osaekomi-waza, of Kodokan Judo. In grappling terms, it is categorized as a side control hold.

Technique description

Graphic from http://judoinfo.com/techdrw.htm

Exemplar Videos:

Demonstrated from https://web.archive.org/web/20060913144731/http://www.abbotsfordjudo.com:80/techniques/5thkyu.htm

Escapes

• Roll Away Yoko-Shiho-Gatame Escape
• Roll Inward (Turn On Knees) Yoko-Shiho-Gatame Escape
• Sankaku/Armbar Yoko-Shiho-Gatame Escape

Submissions

Technique history

During Yasuhiro Yamashita’s winning streak of 203 consecutive victories in international competition in the 1970s and 1980s, yoko shiho gatame was his highest scoring single technique, securing victory in 45 of those contests.^[1]

Included systems

Systems:

• Kodokan Judo, Judo Lists

Lists:

• The Canon Of Judo
• Judo technique

Similar techniques, variants, and aliases

English aliases:

• Side four quarter hold
• Side lock pin
• Side locking four-corner hold

Variants:

• Second variation

Kyuzo Mifune also demonstrates a second variation of Yoko-Shiho-Gatame in the video, The Essence Of Judo, performed from a Stacking Guard Pass.

• Modified Yoko-Shiho-Gatame
• Mune Gatame
• Mune Atama Gatame
• Kata Osae Gatame