Katame
/ka.ta.me/noun
A judo or jujutsu technique involving controlling, pinning, or immobilizing an opponent.
Did you know?In Japanese martial-arts terminology, katame belongs to a family built around the idea of fixing or securing an opponent, as in katame-waza, “grappling or control techniques.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Japonic
Proto-Japonic
*kata-
“Hard, firm, or fixed; a reconstructed ancestral root associated with solidity”
8th Century
Old Japanese
katasi
“Hard or firm; an early form related to modern Japanese katai”
Classical Japanese
Japanese
katame
“Making firm, securing, or fixing; the noun form associated with katameru”
Modern Japanese
Japanese
katameru
“To harden, firm up, secure, or immobilize”
20th Century
English martial-arts usage
katame
“A hold, pin, or controlling technique in judo and jujutsu”