Hiza-Guruma Tips | Riki Judo Dojo

Riki sensei explained hiza-guruma (膝車 - knee wheel) during judo classes on 5-20-2022 and 5-21-2022. Please forgive our audio challenges and help yourselves to the subtitles, we had several microphone failures!
0:00 Definition
0:12 Ashi-waza or te-waza?
0:29 Lean back and turn to the side
0:40 Step past uke's baby toe
0:53 Sasae-tsurikomi-ashi vs. hiza-guruma
1:06 The target is uke's patella
1:22 Hikite details
1:59 Tsurite details
2:10 Lifting uke vs. turning uke
2:33 Pivot
3:02 Some different grips
5:12 Trying again if uke steps back
5:24 Everything is situational
5:36 Some different entries
6:02 Jujitsu origin of hiza-guruma
6:35 Training in Japan

Riki sensei began Judo in Okinawa and is a Shichidan with over 56 years of study, practice, competition and teaching. He competed for 25 years at the local, national and international levels.

A few of the great Judoka Riki sensei has studied and practiced with include: Kotani, Daigo, Ito, Inokuma, Okano, Kimura, Kaminaga and Nakatani.

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