Kata Ha Jime

Kata Ha Jime means Single Shoulder Choke. It is a judo choking technique (shime-waza).

Also translated as: Single Wing Choke.

This term appears on the Ikkyu level of the official USJA rank exam.

Word by word

Judo technique names are modular — break the name into its parts and it reads like a sentence:

Kata	shoulder (also: form / preset drill)
Jime	choke

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