Right-Right Ai-Yotsu

Place your heel right behind your opponent's knee where it flexes backward. Their stiff-arm actually pushes them away, which you can use to your advantage. Lean forward slightly to prevent them from reversing the throw.

Pull your opponent forward to make them resist, then sweep their foot as they start to move back. Seiryoku Zenyo emphasizes that if you feel your opponent can counter you, you must abandon the throw immediately—only commit if there's no way they can reverse it.

Shintaro Higashi recommends gripping high on the lapel near the collarbone rather than low by the chin. Gripping high prevents your opponent from going underneath while maintaining better posture control.

Change your angle of attack by moving to the outside rather than staying squared up directly in front of them. By pushing their power hand toward the hip and moving to the outside, you force them to reach across their body to post, making it much harder for them to defend.

The Right-Right Ai-Yotsu positions both fighters in right-handed stance, with each gripping left hand on the collar and right hand on the sleeve in a symmetrical right-side-forward configuration. This is the most common matchup in judo, as the majority of competitors fight right-handed.

Right-right ai-yotsu is the default judo matchup and the configuration for which the majority of judo techniques were originally designed and taught. Jigoro Kano's original curriculum was built around right-handed technique execution, establishing right-right ai-yotsu as the foundational judo fighting stance.

Unified MMA: разрешён — Legal — clinching is integral to MMA; IJF: разрешён — Legal — kumi-kata (grip fighting) is fundamental to judo; IBJJF: разрешён — Legal — standing grip fighting and clinch work permitted; IFMA: разрешён — Legal — the clinch is a core element of Muay Thai, clinch dominance is highly…; WBC/Boxing: ограничен — Holding is technically a foul — referee breaks clinch, excessive holding resu…; K: ограничен — 1/GLORY — One attack from clinch allowed, then referee breaks; WAKO: ограничен — Clinch generally broken by referee — limited or no clinch fighting in most fo…; UWW: разрешён — Legal — clinch is fundamental to wrestling, the primary position in Greco-Roman

Оценка опасности 2/10. Low — grip fighting is primarily positional; finger/wrist strain risk

Стандартная цепочка подготовки: Close Distance → Establish Primary Grip → Position the Hips → Apply Pressure.

Стандартные контрприёмы: Pummeling — fight for inside position by swimming arms under opponent's grips / Frame and Push — create distance using forearm frames against the chest or neck / Grip Break — systematically strip the opponent's controlling grips / Posture Up — straighten the spine and drive the hips forward to break clinch control.

Распространённые варианты: Standard variation (primary clinch configuration from the most common entry); Gi variation (adapted with collar and sleeve grips for gi-based grappling); No-gi / MMA variation (modified for no-gi or cage fighting conditions); Offensive variation (configured to set up strikes, takedowns, or submissions f…).

Right-right ai-yotsu is the most common grip configuration in judo competition, as the majority of judoka are right-handed. This grip pattern appears in the majority of matches at Olympic and World Championship level.

Основные ошибки, на которые стоит обратить внимание: Accepting a shallow right-hand grip when the opponent has a deep one — fight to equalise or break their grip / Using only right-side throws — add left-side counters (e.g., left ouchi gari) to surprise the opponent / Standing in a static mirror with matched grips — use push-pull, circles, and feints to break the symmetry / Not training grip-break sequences for the right-right position — each side has specific vulnerabilities.

Right-Right Ai-Yotsu также известен как Migi Ai-yotsu, Migi Ai-Yotsu, Right-Handed Same Grip, Orthodox Ai-Yotsu.