Judo throw
 is one of the traditional forty throws of judo as developed by Kano Jigoro. Kata guruma belongs to the third group of the traditional throwing list in the "Gokyo no waza" of the Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the current 67 Throws of Kodokan Judo. Because the technique is not a sweep nor a trip and requires "tori" to pull "uke" into a carry, it is categorized as a hand throwing technique ("tewaza").
Description.
In "The Essence of Judo", Kyuzo Mifune demonstrates three variations of kata guruma. In the second variation, Mifune steps behind "uke", and in the third he steps behind "uke" and grabs "uke"'s left leg instead. In all three variations, "uke" is lifted up to "tori"'s shoulder behind "tori"'s head, and then dropped forward (as in the above clip). The drop kata guruma is a variant of kata guruma. Other, minor variations were invented by Mifune's understudy Kyutaro Kanda.
Ronda Rousey uses a variation in WWE where she drops opponents backwards like a Samoan drop. Because the most common versions of kata guruma involve a grip below the belt/touching the legs, these variations are now illegal under the current International Judo Federation rules (as of 2019).
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