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    Yoko-guruma

    横車 · よこぐるま · side wheel · said YOH-koh goo-ROO-mah

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    About this technique

    A counter sacrifice: as uke attacks, tori thrusts a leg between uke's legs and drops to the side, wheeling uke over in the direction of the attack.

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    A technique to rotate and throw down the opponent by counteracting his Nage-waza or other attack, holding his hip with the left arm to break his balance forward, sliding the right leg between his legs from the front while twisting the body and laying down the body onto the left side.
    The Kodokan's definition

    Key points

    1. Thrust the leg deep between uke's legs as you drop
    2. Continue uke's own rotation rather than fighting it
    3. Wheel uke over your falling body to the mat beyond

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    Yoko-sutemi-waza (side sacrifice techniques) · Gokyo 5th set

    At a glance

    , classification, Gokyo set, Kodokan number, contest rules, grades that require it
    What it is
    Nage-waza (throwing techniques), Yoko-sutemi-waza (side sacrifice techniques).
    Gokyo
    5th set (Dai-gokyo).
    Kodokan number
    508 (YGU).
    Contest rules
    No rule singles it out.
    Required for

    Step by step

    These steps describe the standard right-handed form without relying on the video.

    1. Your partner attacks with a forward throw and you resist, bending them back towards you: this technique continues their motion rather than stopping it.
    2. Thrust your right leg deep between their legs from the front as you let yourself fall, twisting so your body drops onto your left side beneath them.
    3. Keep your arms wrapped around their trunk or gripping cloth as you go down, so your fall and their attack become one rotation.
    4. Steer them over your falling body in the direction their attack was already turning, your leg between theirs guiding the arc.
    5. They wheel over you and land on their back beyond your head side; release the wrap as they land so both of you can move.

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    Receiving it

    Mid-attack, you feel your own rotation continued rather than stopped: a leg threads between yours as they drop to the side, and you are steered over their falling body. The world turns diagonally. Stay round, keep your head tucked to one side, and roll across your shoulder onto your back beyond them.

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    VI judo notes

    A counter that continues their attack rather than stopping it, which suits judo done in contact: their commitment is already in your arms. Thrust your leg deep between theirs as you drop, keep the trunk wrapped, and let your fall and their attack become one rotation. Release the wrap as they land, since you are both on the mat and have to find each other again.

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    In competition

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    Senior IJF competition, 2020 to 2026, from 73,099 contests. Counts scores, not attempts.

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