O-Soto-Guruma, Hiza Guruma And many others. Why The Phrase is in All The All The Guruma Throws
Within the first few moments of the Hiza Guruma video under there’s a description of the phrase Guruma. As I used to be at all times taught by my sensei he says that the phrase Guruma means wheel. He additionally says in passing that it additionally means motor automobile. This seems to be an incomplete rationalization. The kanji within the throw title is 車. I’ve heard it steered that it’s because a automobile has a steering wheel. Thus distinguishing it from a cart or carriage. Which have completely different Japanese names. Added to this, I used to be taught that “automobile” was pronounced “Kuruma”, not Guruma. One rationalization of that is the phrase Kuruma has been anglicised to Guruma. The issue is that each one of these definitions are very simplistic. It may imply wheel however it may additionally imply turning in addition to a bunch of different issues. All of which can be of curiosity to Japanese language college students however what does it must do with O-Soto-Guruma.
Using the phrase Guruma as wheel, in o-Soto-Guruma has at all times been complicated to me. As a result of there appeared to me to be no wheeling motion within the throw. It was extra of a driving motion. Totally different instructors have tried to display the wheel motion within the throw however I may by no means see it. For essentially the most half, that was additionally the case for a lot of the Guruma Judo throws. It did not assist after I discovered that Guruma was associated to Kuruma (automobile). Thus the driving motion made sense. Sadly, traditionally, that’s not what is meant.
It took me a very long time to study that the wheeling motion isn’t over the leg in any respect, as I assumed and taught. There’s in truth a twisting motion, much like  Uki-Goshi within the throw. It’s this twisting motion that’s outlined by the phrase Guruma. That is the place the movies are available in. If you happen to watch carefully you may see the turning motion to finish the throw. Each O-Soto-Guruma and Hiza Guruma are good examples of this when taught correctly.
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It’s extra than simply seeing that there’s a wheel within the throw in spite of everything. The throw is executed rather more successfully when there’s a twisting motion within the throw. The place Tori rotates their hips and doesn’t push with their arms to finish the throw. In the identical manner, the arms in O-Soto-Guruma are usually not doing the majority of the pulling. Moderately they’re holding Uke in place as Tori rotates. Additionally, the leg isn’t sweeping. Although there could also be some sweep on account of momentum. However primarily the leg is stopping Uke from going the place Tori doesn’t need them to go.
If O-Soto-Gari is a throw of your alternative, you’d be properly served to concentrate to those two movies under.
