Eri juji back to classified by level back to classified by techniques

What it means
The first character of sounds "Eri" meaning the red part of .
The last two characters sounds "Juji" meaning a cross. This comes from the shape that your arm and your opponent's arm makes in the stop motion illustration below, upper right most fig with green background color.

Comments

Although this technique may relatively be easy to learn, it is very effective. The principle of this technique is very useful and it can be applied in various situations. Many Juho use this technique to lock a wrist.

Techniques

Eri juji is applicable when your opponent grabs your clothes at your chest as illustrated in the right figure and push the hand toward you. grip Eri juji
He grabs your clothes at your chest and push forward. You deliver Meuchi and attach your left hand to his left hand from over his fist. Hit his left wrist with your right hand from under his wrist, to bend it.
Turn your both arms counterclockwise. When your elbow comes higher than his, turn your elbow over it and push down your elbow without moving the pivot. Keep his arm in S shape.(note 1) Kick his body so that he will not attack you any more.

(note 1) You may grab his palm with your both hands, while in this figure you grab his palm with one hand and use another hand to hold his elbow to make it sure that his arm makes S shape.

Tips: Catch his fist grabbing your clothes as shown below, from over. After fastening your grip, turn them counterclockwise to make the base of his little finger turns up.
You have to learn that this "S" figure is essential for success of Eri juji. After you make his hand and arm "S" figure, turn his palm clockwise ( looked from his palm side) in the vertical plane.
Ask an instructor how to make his hand and arm "S" figure.

Click here to see stop motion figures of the folowing animation.

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