O GURUMA Major Wheel Throw

[@jiujitsuismyoutlet]

This is my favorite throw! I use it in a nogi bjj setting often. It’s excellent for when your opponent shoots for a leg and starts to push into you…. If you can secure an overhook, O-Guruma is just a hip and leg movement away. Incredibly effective throw…. Just hit this in my last tournament but unfortunately couldn’t finish the guy with a submission after 😢…. Felt very good to hit in a competition

[@m5a1stuart83]

O Guruma, one of my favorite techniques. Very easy to apply in street fight and brawl. If it no gi, I tend to get the head and do this O Guruma.

[@welcomematstevescott]

I agree. It's a great throw that sometimes doesn't get the recognition it deserves.

[@free99x]

Thanks for putting out great videos! I'm an assistant instructor under Sensei Nori Bunasawa and we just covered this last Friday.

[@welcomematstevescott]

We are pleased you like our videos! Nori is highly thought of by us and has done several clinics for our club through the years. We have several videos of Nori on our channel and respect his work very much. Please give him my warm regards.

[@paultaylor107]

Guys.... I'm slowly making my way through your videos each one is really imprssive. I genuinely wish I had clear instruction like this when I was a judo novice. Despit being 34 year old and I have done judo since i was about 3 - 4 years old I still take something away from your videos. So well explained and demonstrated. Well done guys.... Ps I'm an ER nurse in the uk and I have just been having a break on night shift and I have been watching this video with a police officer friend of mine who also a judo nut and he is taking lessons from this video back to his dojo Could you do a video on home drills ?

[@welcomematstevescott]

Paul, you made my day! Thank you for your comments! Videos on home training-great idea. We will get to work on that.

[@santokukan]

Outstanding video. Since I found your KZbin site I enjoy very much all your videos. They are well detail and cover all the ins and outs of the techniques. I have learn a lot with you guys and have integrated a lot of the throws in my Okinawa Kenpo class. We have done some similar throws in the past, but without this much detail. This has enriched my class a lot and my students enjoy the addition of this and other throws. Keep up the good work.

[@welcomematstevescott]

That is great to hear and your comments are very much appreciated. The cross-training using the information and techniques from our channel into your Okinawan Kenpo should provide some excellent fighting skills. Again, thanks for your comments and please tell others about our channel.

[@johnterry2529]

Excellent explanation of the techniques

[@welcomematstevescott]

Glad you like it John. Thanks for watching our channel.

[@SpaceCopper]

This was an excellent video and I will keep this in mind next class - thank you and keep up the good work!

[@welcomematstevescott]

Thank you for your comment. We are glad you like this and please tell others about our channel.

[@jiujitsuismyoutlet]

So many great details in this video

[@welcomematstevescott]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jiujitsuismyoutlet]

@@welcomematstevescott Your club is in KC? I'm four hours away... ill have to stop in sometime when im in town. Judo brown belt/BJJ purple belt... been 8 years since i've been to a Judo class so it'd be fun to stop in :)

[@bigmember5908]

I realize your channel is focused on Judo but I'd really love to see a video on this, for nogi

[@welcomematstevescott]

We have some no gi videos. Go to our playlist that is titled no gi grappling. Glad you like our channel!

[@aymanabaza6475]

The no Gi way is to get your arm around the neck or shoulder and everything else is the same and this really works great in no Gi. Many of the throws in Judo are great in no Gi, in the street you end a fight really fast. Watch all of John Wick's movies and you'll all the Judo throws and ground fighting without any Gi, lots of traditional Japanese JuJitsu also in that movie. Keane Reeves trained Judo 7 days a week 12 hours a day to get ready for his movies and he's pretty good

[@junheceta268]

This for me, is a powerful throw--but one which i have never mastered. This video comes in handy. Have you any additional points i should keep in mind for a successful execution?

[@welcomematstevescott]

I used this throw back in the 1960's and 1970's during the early part of my competitive career with some success. I bring this up because I always kept in mind that my leg did the work, rather than try to make this a hip throw. To make this happen, I would break my opponent's balance directly to his front as I did a back step in. Look at about the 4:10 mark of the video and you will see what I mean. Thanks for your comment Jun!

[@junheceta268]

Thanks, Steve! So if i understand it properly, the keys are breaking the balance totally to his front with an upward hikite, maintaining that pull all throughout, and sweeping back with the extended leg in a manner similar to harai-goshi?

[@welcomematstevescott]

That's right. It worked for me against most opponents. the only change is when you have a short, stocky opponent. I would move him sideways and switch the O Guruma attack to a cross body O Soto attack. That worked well also.

[@junheceta268]

That's valuable to know. Thank you!

[@mirkoparagano1744]

Hi sensei i have two question: Against taller opponents is better o guruma or ashi guruma? Can i do this technique in a nogi version/ underhook version? Thanks

[@welcomematstevescott]

Good questions Mirko-thanks for asking. Against taller opponents, I have found that Ashi Guruma tends to work better. In a no gi situation, an underhook works pretty well, but you might experiment with a whizzer or overhook arm control tie-up-especially is your opponent is bent over somewhat. This overhook could also be used as a spinning of leg style Uchi Mata.

[@mirkoparagano1744]

@@welcomematstevescott so why other autors and teachers say that ashi guruma works better on shorter opponent beacause a taller tori can executes batter this technique with his long legs? ... and Mifune too calls O Guruma the best techinque against bigger people? However if in o guruma the tori's leg must be placed under the uke's hip i don't understand how this can be good on taller people while if my opponent is too tall i can put easily my leg under the knee like ashi guruma and not o guruma In other words i think like you but i don't understand why many books and manual talks about o guruma and not ashi guruma against taller people What do you Think about it? Thanks Sensei

[@welcomematstevescott]

Thanks for your comment and question Mirko. My best answer as to why others prefer O Guruma over Ashi Guruma against taller opponents is to say that the best thing to do is decide for yourself. Everyone has his or her opinion. Some are based on better information or experience than others. My approach has been to respect the opinions of others and than find out for myself. As one of my coaches (Maurice Allan) told me years ago: "Make the technique work for you." That about sums up what I think on the subject. Experiment in practice and see what works best for you.

[@judorican973]

Great video thank you 😊

[@welcomematstevescott]

Thanks for the positive feedback-much appreciated!

[@nobbytang]

Excellent !!

[@welcomematstevescott]

Glad you like it!

[@MaximusWolfe]

Seems like he's almost using a strong underhook with that right hand. Thanks.

[@welcomematstevescott]

Good point Maximus.

[@josenildo6558]

I was told to train ashi guruma instead this, because o guruma is more for small guys who can go lower. You talk like you really enjoy this tecnique, what do you think?

[@welcomematstevescott]

Thanks for your comment. I do indeed like O Guruma and used it when I was active as an athlete in Judo and Sambo. I'm tall and was better able to extend my leg across opponent's body rather than hitting in with Harai Goshi. The axis for O Guruma is the upper leg and the length of my legs helped. In reality, Ashi Guruma could be just as easily done as the lower part of the leg is the axis for Ashi Guruma and a tall person could use this.

[@josenildo6558]

I see, I think this is what I'm doing when I attempt to do a ogoshi, i end with my leg extended across ukes and rotating my body to complete the throw In the beggining i thought it was a harai goshi, after this a koshi guruma, but now I realized ithat what I'm doing its a o guruma and sometimes a ashiguruma, when the opponent try to escape spinning I think it's more effective than harai

[@welcomematstevescott]

A throw (or any technique) is really just a tool and as long as the throw is functional, the better for you. Thanks for your comment.

[@motivatestriveaspire8501]

Hey do you have Instagram for business

[@welcomematstevescott]

Sorry, I don't. The best way to contact me is to e-mail me at [e-mail].

[@motivatestriveaspire8501]

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