“Osae komi” - Referee command:

Consists of controlling your opponent with your body, to prevent them from escaping.

• In the Kodokan rules, a pin of 20 seconds results in an “Ippon gachi (Win by ippon).  The match is over.
  
  
• If you hold your opponent down from 15 to 19.9 seconds, you would score an “Wazari”.
  
  
• If you hold your opponent down from 10 to 14.9 seconds, you would score an “Yuko”
  
  
• If you held your opponent down for only 9.9 seconds, there would be NO score.

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