Japanese: 逆さ吊り
Sakasa (逆さ): Upside-down
Tsuri (吊り): Hanging

When pronouncing “sakasa” stress the first SA.

Inverted suspension, the m-jo is hanging head down and the body vertical, not supported by a tsurinawa (main rope, usually from the gote) on the takatekote.

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