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Katawa guruma

Katawa guruma (en kanji: 片輪車, en hiragana: かたわぐるま) ye ua técnica de projeçon que incorporaba eilemientos de control, aiki i arremesso que iban para além de ls golpes percussibos.

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Katawa guruma (en kanji: 片輪車, en hiragana: かたわぐるま) ye ua técnica de projeçon que incorporaba eilemientos de control, aiki i arremesso que iban para além de ls golpes percussibos.

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Katawa guruma (en kanji: 片輪車, en hiragana: かたわぐるま) ye ua técnica de projeçon que incorporaba eilemientos de control, aiki i arremesso que iban para além de ls golpes percussibos.

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Katawa guruma (en kanji: 片輪車, en hiragana: かたわぐるま) ye ua técnica de projeçon que incorporaba eilemientos de control, aiki i arremesso que iban para além de ls golpes percussibos. Esta técnica executa-se con la aproximaçon de l adbersário, segurando-lh firmemente cunha man sobre l ombro, criando un ponto de alabanca próximo al pescoço ou a la parte superior de l tórax. Cunha outra man, préndese la perna de l ouponente, giralmente na altura de l joelho ou la coxa, lebantando-lha mentre s’abaixa l próprio ombro pa desequilibran. La açom principal ambolbe un giro rápido i fluido sobre l próprio eixo, cun corpo de l luitador funcionando cumo un pibó, mentre la perna lebantada de l ouponente ye usada pa completar l mobimiento circular. Durant l giro, l adbersário ye puxado pa riba i lanzado nun arco descendente controlado, finalizando con l impacto an l chan, debendo-se manter la postura estable i equilibrada. Curjidosamiente, esta mesma expressom ye l nome d’un yokai ou, más concretamiente, trata-se d’un espírito feminino que se pode ber presa a ua roda. L mobimiento ambolbe ua execuçon altamente estratégica que combina desequilibrio cun un giro ben controlado, debendo-se colar al adbersário, giralmente segurando-lh por riba de l ombro cunha de las mans, que cria un ponto de alabanca pa l mobimiento.

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