King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Te Guruma

Judo technique

Type
Throws and takedowns
Martial arts
Judo
Japanese
手車
Classified as
judo technique, throw
Listed in
Te-waza (judo techniques)
Shuai jiao at King's Kung-Fu

King's Kung-Fu and Tai Chi has taught 5 Animal 5 Family kung fu, tai chi and chi kung in Southern California since 1982. These original school pages cover this style:

Te Guruma (手車) is a throwing technique described in The Canon Of Judo as a reference technique and demonstrated by Kyuzo Mifune in the video The Essence of Judo. It is currently illegal in competition as of the 2011 IJF rule changes.

Kanji in 手車

hand
on: シュ、ズ
kun: て、て-、-て、た-
4 strokes · JLPT 4
car
on: シャ
kun: くるま
7 strokes · JLPT 4

Other Judo throws and takedowns

Japanese terms for throws and takedowns

TermReadingMeaning
足車ashigurumaashi guruma (judo); leg wheel
払い腰haraigoshiharai goshi (judo); sweeping hip throw
居反りizoribackwards body drop
腰投げkoshinagehip throw (judo, sumo)
首捻りkubihinerihead-twisting throw
首投げkubinagekubinage; neck throw
投げ技nagewazathrowing technique; throw
大逆手oosakatebackward-twisting overarm throw
落とすotosuto drop; to lose
外小股sotokomataover-thigh scooping body drop
隅返しsumigaeshicorner throw (judo); corner reversal
立ち技tachiwazastanding techniques (judo, wrestling); standing throw

51 terms in total on the throws and takedowns page.

External links

Facts from Wikidata Q251822 (CC0); text quoted from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); kanji data KANJIDIC2 and KanjiVG. Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.