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Koshi guruma - Hip wheel

UKE's feet are parallel on the same base line. His upper body is inclined slightly forward. TORI puts his left foot next to left foot outside of UKE, on the same line as, here he draws the right arm of UKE with his left arm forward. TORI turns his body against the clock on the left foot, in front of UKE - TORI's back is in close contact with UKE. TORI's right hand remains on the Revers of UKE, while TORI turns in, he brings his right elbow under the shoulder of UKE. TORI puts his right foot next to right foot laterally outside of UKE, here has its calf contact with UKE's shin. Thus all four feet are on the same base line. During this movement sequence TORI's right hand has not left the left collar of UKE.

TORI has his left leg slightly bent, his knee is directly above the toes. His right leg is slightly stretched, and thus blocked UKE's right knee. The main feature of this technique is the axis on which UKE be rotated. The right hip of TORI is in contact with the center of UKE's abdomen. At the same time TORI left hand pulls UKE's heavily on his right arm below the elbow, while TORI's right hand, which is located at the level of UKE's left collarbone, presses UKE hardly to the left. Hereby UKE is forced into a rotary motion over the right stretched leg by TORI, and will ultimately fall.

Usage:
This technique makes sense at a defense with close body contact to the attacker, e.g. to bring the attacker into the bottom position after an arm block with close physical contact. The technique is similar to Kubi nage, although here the strike to the neck muscles of the attacker will not be done.