Kumi-Kata Grips, Then Get a Foot Off the Ground
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Tell the roomWin your sleeve and collar grips, then off-balance their foot off the mat.
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BOTH PLAYERS
PLAYER A (SLEEVE AND COLLAR) and PLAYER B (SLEEVE AND HIGH COLLAR) share these rules.
POSITION
Gi. Standing at distance from your partner, no grips.
OBJECTIVE
Win your sleeve and collar grips, then off-balance their foot off the mat.
CONSTRAINTS
Both of you can have grips at the same time; the grips alone don't win. Get your grips, then get one of their feet off the ground with an inside or outside foot sweep. You don't need to finish the sweep, just lift the foot. You can also fight their grip off and then go for the foot. A counter sweep counts just as much. It's live until somebody's foot comes off the ground. Don't stop to fix your gi. Switch grip goals after each win.
WIN CONDITION
You get one of their feet off the ground before they get one of yours.
PLAYER B (SLEEVE AND HIGH COLLAR)
POSITION
Gi. Standing at distance from your partner, no grips.
OBJECTIVE
Win your sleeve and high collar grips, then off-balance their foot off the mat.
CONSTRAINTS
Both of you can have grips at the same time; the grips alone don't win. Get your grips, then get one of their feet off the ground with an inside or outside foot sweep. You don't need to finish the sweep, just lift the foot. You can also fight their grip off and then go for the foot. A counter sweep counts just as much. It's live until somebody's foot comes off the ground. Don't stop to fix your gi. Switch grip goals after each win.
WIN CONDITION
You get one of their feet off the ground before they get one of yours.
Reference video
Open video · Red River Judo
Red River Judo, Building to Randori: Grip Fighting, Foot Sweeps & Seoi Nage (free video of a youth judo class on the Red River Judo YouTube channel, December 11, 2025).
Problem
Gi.
Tell the room
Win your sleeve and collar grips, then off-balance their foot off the mat. Win your sleeve and high collar grips, then off-balance their foot off the mat.
Setup
Gi. Standing at distance from your partner, no grips.
Score
You get one of their feet off the ground before they get one of yours.
Rules
- Both of you can have grips at the same time; the grips alone don't win.
- Get your grips, then get one of their feet off the ground with an inside or outside foot sweep.
- You don't need to finish the sweep, just lift the foot.
- You can also fight their grip off and then go for the foot.
- A counter sweep counts just as much.
- It's live until somebody's foot comes off the ground.
- Don't stop to fix your gi.
- Switch grip goals after each win.
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Kumi-Kata Grips, Then Get a Foot Off the Ground
Foundations
BOTH PLAYERS
Position
Gi. Standing at distance from your partner, no grips.
Win condition
You get one of their feet off the ground before they get one of yours.
Constraints
Both of you can have grips at the same time; the grips alone don't win. Get your grips, then get one of their feet off the ground with an inside or outside foot sweep. You don't need to finish the sweep, just lift the foot. You can also fight their grip off and then go for the foot. A counter sweep counts just as much. It's live until somebody's foot comes off the ground. Don't stop to fix your gi. Switch grip goals after each win.