Title: Fireman's Carry: Steps, Key Details & Mistakes | DARCE

Canonical: https://darce.app/techniques/wrestling/firemans-carry

> Fireman's Carry. Drop under a tie, load the opponent across your shoulders and roll them to the mat.

# Fireman's Carry

- Wrestling
- Takedowns
- intermediate
- Collar / arm tie
- 3 steps

Drop under a tie, load the opponent across your shoulders and roll them to the mat. Also known as the Kata guruma or the Fireman. Here is the exact breakdown from the DARCE app: 3 steps, the details that make it work, and the mistakes to avoid.

## When to use it

Use the fireman’s carry when the opponent leans into you on a collar tie or pushes forward with their weight. Pull their arm across your chest as you drop, so they cannot post. It works well against a taller opponent, because their hips sit high enough for you to drop under.

## Step by step

1. 01

   ### Control a tie

   Secure a wrist and collar tie to set up the level change.

2. 02

   ### Drop and load

   Pull their arm forward, drop to a knee and shoot the other arm between their legs so their weight loads across your shoulders.

3. 03

   ### Drive through & finish

   Turn the corner, drive your weight through them and come up in top position.

## Key details

- Pull the arm across so they cannot post and stop the entry.
- Drop your level under their hips before lifting.
- Turn your head and roll them across your shoulders, not straight back.

## Common mistakes

- Loading them too high on the back instead of the shoulders.
- Keeping the hips too high to get under them.
- Letting go of the arm and giving them a base.

## Common counters

Opponents sprawl their hips back, pull the trapped arm free, or post a hand on the mat. A high entry gets flattened. Drop your hips below theirs before you roll them.

## How to drill it

Your partner holds a collar tie and you hold their wrist: drop under, load them across your shoulders and roll them to their back. Do three sets of five on each side, slowly at first.

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- [Ankle Pick Wrestling Snap the opponent onto a leg, then change levels and pick the ankle to put them down.](https://darce.app/techniques/wrestling/ankle-pick)
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