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Gayaku juji jime - conversely cross strangling

The right hand of TORI grips far back as possible; in the area of UKE's right ear, in the collar. TORI's thumb is outside of UKE's jacket. Now TORI leads his left forearm under his right arm, and his hand grips in the same way in UKE's left collar as his right hand. The position of TORI's hands is therefore mirror images.

The wrists of TORI are crossed in front of the throat of UKE, whereby his right wrist is above the left, the palms show in both cases outside. Now TORI performs a double movement:

• First he pulls UKE's head with both arms upward while at the same time he draws his hands to each other; there occurs a scissor action.
• During this pulling motion he performs a rotation of his wrists downward-outward, which increases the pressure of his hand edges on UKE's carotid arteries and causes the actual strangulation action.

COMMENT:
This strangulation belongs to the group of blood choking. TORI must end this technique by himself with kneeling with his right leg; as well as with his left leg. TORI can also bend when inserting the the strangulation action, with his upper body, and put his chest on the chest of the UKE.