O-guruma

大車

large wheel

In O-guruma (large wheel), Uke is blocked at the stomach or thigh and is thrown forward over the axis of rotation (Tori’s extended leg) through a longitudinal axis rotation by Tori.

  • Sleeve-lapel grip in Kenka-yotsu
  • Tori initiates the throw with a side stance change (Kawaishi entry)
  • During this throw entry, Tori strongly pulls Uke forward with both hands
  • Tori extends his right leg in front of Uke's hip, creating a block
  • Uke is thrown over this block with a rotation of the upper body and a strong arm pull.

大車

O-guruma

(large wheel)

Technique description

Tori lifts and breaks uke’s balance forward, or to the right front corner. He places his right leg on uke’s lower abdomen, and, using it as a fulcrum, throws uke forward in a rotating motion.

 

Both sides grapple in right natural posture. Tori steps back with the right foot, then the left foot while pulling uke back. Uke responds by stepping forward with his left foot, then his right foot, and begins to continue with his left foot. At the instant uke begins to step forward with his left foot, tori steps back with his right foot, thereby increasing the distance between them, and at the moment uke transfers his weight onto the left foot, tori steps his left foot outside the tip of uke’s left foot. He lifts and pulls upwards with the right hand and pulls with the left hand, raising the elbow and opening it to the left, and he lifts uke to the right front corner to break his balance. Uke is unable to transfer his weight onto his left foot, and rises onto the tips of both feet in the left posture, as his balance breaks.

 

At that moment tori supports his body on the tip of his left supporting foot, brings his right leg around, and swings it up onto the front of uke’s body (under the front of his left hip). He turns his body to the left, and, while twisting his right leg, he thrusts it onto uke’s lower abdomen, then he twists his body and his waist further to the left. Together with this, he lifts uke with the right hand, pulls downwards with the left hand, and throws uke around the fulcrum of his right leg in a rotating motion.

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