The 67 Throws of Kodokan Judo

The Gokyo no Waza as the standard syllabus of Judo throws originated in 1895. From 1920 to 1982 the Kodokan Gokyo no Waza was made up of 40 throws in 5 groups and these were all of the throwing techniques in the Kodokan syllabus. Around the 100th anniversary of the Kodokan (1982) a group of 8 traditional Judo throws were recognized that had been taken out in 1920, and 17 newer techniques were recognized as official Kodokan Judo throws (called the Shinmeisho no Waza). In 1997 the Kodokan added the last two additional Judo throws to the Shinmeisho no Waza. The following are the only throwing techniques (nage waza) currently recognized by the Kodokan.


Dai Ikkyo (1st group)	Dai Nikyo (2nd group)
1. Deashi Harai	1. Kosoto Gari
2. Hiza Guruma	2. Kouchi Gari
3. Sasae Tsurikomi Ashi	3. Koshi Guruma
4. Uki Goshi	4. Tsurikomi Goshi
5. Osoto Gari	5. Okuriashi Harai
6. O Goshi	6. Tai Otoshi
7. Ouchi Gari	7. Harai Goshi
8. Seoi Nage	8. Uchi Mata

Sankyo (3rd group)	Yonkyo (4th group)
1. Kosoto Gake	1. Sumi Gaeshi
2. Tsuri Goshi	2. Tani Otoshi
3. Yoko Otoshi	3. Hane Makikomi
4. Ashi Guruma	4. Sukui Nage
5. Hane Goshi	5. Utsuri Goshi
6. Harai Tsurikomi Ashi	6. O Guruma
7. Tomoe Nage	7. Soto Makikomi
8. Kata Guruma	8. Uki Otoshi

Gokyo (5th group)	Habukareta Waza (preserved techniques from 1895 gokyo)
1. Osoto Guruma	1. Obi Otoshi
2. Uki Waza	2. Seoi Otoshi
3. Yoko Wakare	3. Yama Arashi
4. Yoko Guruma	4. Osoto Otoshi
5. Ushiro Goshi	5. Daki Wakare
6. Ura Nage	6. Hikikomi Gaeshi
7. Sumi Otoshi	7. Tawara Gaeshi
8. Yoko Gake	8. Uchi Makikomi

Shinmeisho No Waza	(newly accepted techniques)
1. Morote Gari	2. Kuchiki Taoshi
3. Kibisu Gaeshi	4. Uchi Mata Sukashi
5. Daki Age	6. Tsubame Gaeshi
7. Kouchi Gaeshi	8. Ouchi Gaeshi
9. Osoto Gaeshi	10. Harai Goshi Gaeshi
11. Uchi Mata Gaeshi	12. Hane Goshi Gaeshi
13. Kani Basami	14. Osoto Makikomi
15. Kawazu Gake	16. Harai Makikomi
17. Uchi Mata Makikomi	18. Sode Tsurikomi Goshi
19. Ippon Seoinage

1895 Gokyo no Waza

Dai Ikkyo
(1st group)

Dai Nikkyo
(2nd group)

Dai Sankyo
(3rd group)

Dai Yonkyo
(4th group)

Dai Gokyo
(5th group)

Hiza-guruma
Sasae-turikomi-ashi
Uki-goshi
Tai-otoshi
O-soto-gari
De-ashi-harai
Yoko-otoshi

Sumi-gaeshi
O-goshi
Ko-soto-gari
Koshi-guruma
Seoi-nage
Tomoe-nage
Tani-otoshi

Okuri-ashi-harai
Harai-goshi
Ushiro-goshi
Ura-nage
Uchi-mata
Obi-otoshi
Hane-goshi

Uki-otoshi
Uki-waza
Daki-wakare
Kata-guruma
Hiki-komi-gaeshi
Soto-makikomi
Tsuri-goshi
Utsuri-goshi
O-soto-otoshi
Tawara-gaeshi

Yoko-guruma
Yoko-wakare
Uchi-makikomi
Ko-uchi-gari
Ashi-guruma
Seoi-otoshi
Yoko-gake
Harai-tsurikomi-ashi
Yama-arashi
O-soto-guruma
Tsurikomi-goshi

1920 Gokyo no Waza (see videos)

Dai Ikkyo (1st group)	Dai Nikyo (2nd group)	Dai Sankyo (3rd group)	Dai Yonkyo (4th group)	Dai Gokyo (5th group)
De-ashi-harai Hiza-guruma Sasae-tsurikomi-ashi Uki-goshi O-soto-gari O-goshi O-uchi-gari Seoi-nage	Ko-soto-gari Ko-uchi-gari Koshi-guruma Tsurikomi-goshi Okuri-ashi-harai Tai-otoshi Harai-goshi Uchi-mata	Ko-soto-gake Tsuri-goshi Yoko-otoshi Ashi-guruma Hane-goshi Harai-tsurikomi-ashi Tomoe-nage Kata-guruma	Sumi-gaeshi Tani-otoshi Hane-makikomi Sukui-nage Utsuri-goshi O-guruma Soto-makikomi Uki-otoshi	O-soto-guruma Uki-waza Yoko-wakare Yoko-guruma Ushiro-goshi Ura-nage Sumi-otoshi Yoko-gake

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Of course there are many other Judo throws and variations that are not included in the above listing but these are the officially recognized throws of the Kodokan. This page is copyright © 1995/2006 by Neil Ohlenkamp, JudoInfo.com, USA. All rights reserved. Last modified April 19, 2007.