Te-guruma (手車), the hand wheel. Said: TEH goo-ROO-mah At a glance ----------- Nage-waza (throwing techniques), Te-waza (hand techniques). Required for: 18th Mon (brown belt, British Judo Association). About ----- The hand wheel: tori drops the hips below uke's, one hand gripping the inner thigh and the other holding the belt or back, lifts uke bodily across the chest and wheels them over to land on their back. Before the leg-grab rules it was best known as a spectacular counter to hip and inner-thigh attacks. The Kodokan does not list it among its hundred and records actions of this shape as sukui-nage; this book keeps the te-guruma name because syllabuses, commentators and clubs use it. Where this technique is not allowed ----------------------------------- Penalised in competition: the lifting hand grips the inner thigh, and current IJF rules give a shido for touching the leg below the top of the inner thigh. Grips on the jacket and under the belt down to that line are allowed. The technique appears by name in the BJA Mon syllabus this reference transcribes. Under contest rules ------------------- The lifting hand at the inner thigh draws a shido. The rule allows grips on the jacket and under the belt down to the top of the inner thigh, and penalises the leg below that line. Source: Sport and Organisation Rules of the International Judo Federation: refereeing rules, 2026 edition, Article 18.1.2. Step by step (standard right-handed form) ----------------------------------------- 1. Step in close to your partner's right side, bending your knees until your hips are below theirs. 2. Slide your right hand, palm up, between their thighs to catch the inside of their left thigh; your left hand takes the back of their belt or the far hip. 3. Draw them tight to your chest and stand up through your legs, lifting them across your chest; keep your back straight and let the legs do all of it. 4. At the top, steer with both hands so their legs rise and their shoulders tip towards the mat in front of you. 5. Lower them over your chest line onto their back, controlling the descent with both hands all the way down: like sukui-nage, this is a lift and a placement, never a drop. Key points ---------- 1. Drop your hips below uke's before you lift; the legs do the lifting, never the back 2. One palm under the inner thigh, the other controlling the belt or back 3. Wheel uke over your chest line and control them all the way to the mat Receiving it ------------ One hand arrives under your thigh, the other at your belt, and the floor leaves you: you are carried across your partner's chest with your feet higher than your head for a moment. Stay compact, keep your chin tucked and do not reach for the mat. A good partner lowers you onto your back; as it arrives, slap with your free arm and let your legs come down after. VI judo notes ------------- Barred in contest because the lifting hand takes the leg, but drilled and examined all the same. Everything happens at full body contact, so nothing in it depends on sight: find the thigh by sliding your hand down from the hip rather than reaching for it, and feel your partner's weight settle onto your chest before you lift. Agree the landing spot first, and lower them the whole way down. Demonstrations -------------- Akita Judo: Te-guruma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTwlJf52u2g In combinations, counters and transitions ---------------------------------------- 2 more pairs involving it are recorded and awaiting review. A video that shows one of them is what gets it reviewed: https://wazabook.com/suggest/ O-soto-gari countered by Te-guruma: https://wazabook.com/counters/o-soto-gari-countered-by-te-guruma/ From Waza Book: https://wazabook.com/techniques/te-guruma/