Blocks & Strikes Flashcards
Yoko uchi barai
Side sweeping block
Awase uke
Joined hand/double fist block
Shuto uchi/shuto zuki
Sword hand strike
Tate mawashi uchi
Vertical roundhouse strike
Soto uchi
Forearm strike
Nakadaka ippon ken
One knuckle strike
Oshi uke
Pushing block
Ni jodan uke
Double rising block
Teisho yoko uke
Side palm heel block
Kosa uchi
Gedan barai & uchi uke (Heian sandan)
Morote uke
Double-handed block
Soete-uchi uke
Added hand inside block (Bassai Dai)
Sukui-uke
Scooping block (Bassai Dai)
Nagashi-uke
Sweeping block
Manji-uke
Swastika block
Maki otoshi uke
Rolling drop block
Tsukami-uke
Grasping block
Tate shuto-uke
Vertical knife hand block
Empi uchi
Elbow strike
Juji-uke
Cross block
Uraken-uchi
Backfist strike
Tetsui-uchi
Hammer fist strike
Kake-uke
Hooking block
Ude-uke
Forearm block
Haito-uchi
Ridge hand strike
Osae-uke
Pressing block (Heian Nidan)
Hiza-age-ate
Rising knee strike
Kentsui-uchi
Vertical hammer fist strike
Haiwan-uke
Back forearm block (Heian Nidan)
Mawashi empi uchi
Roundhouse elbow strike
Otoshi empi uchi
Dropping elbow strike
Tate empi uchi
Rising elbow strike
Tate uraken uchi
Vertical back-fist strike
Ushiro empi uchi
Elbow strike aiming behind own body
Yoko mawashi empi uchi
Side elbow strike
Hasami uke
Scissor block
Gedan gassho uke
lower double palm heel block
Gedan morote barai
double sweeping low block (usually while going into kiba dachi)
Kaisho age uke
open-palm rising block
Kaisho haiwan uke
knife-hand square side block (Heian yondan)
Otoshi uke
dropping forearm block
Ude barai
reverse sweeping forearm block
Morote tsukami uke
Augmented grabbing/throwing block
Haishu uke
backhand block (Heian godan)
Yeisho awase uke
hands together block (Gankaku)
Gedan kaki uke
downward hook block
Joge kaki uke
up & down hook block (Enpi)
Ashikubi kake uke
Hooking ankle block
Nami ashi, a.k.a. nami gaeshi
leg snapping wave block (Tekki shodan)
Sokutei osae uke
Pressing sole block
Yumi Zuki
Bow drawing strike (Sochin)
Keito
Chicken head strike
Sokumen Empi Uchi
Augmented elbow strike (Tekki shodan)
Mae Mawashi Empi Uchi
Augmented side elbow strike (Heian yondan)
Age Heito
Rising Ridge hand strike
Atsuen Empi Uchi
Rolling elbow strike (e.g. in the kata Nijushiho)
Nakadaka Ken
Middle finger punch/strike
Nihon Ken
Two finger punch/strike; eye strike (Chinte)
Hiraken
Four knuckle strike
Mawashi Empi
Hook elbow strike
Atama Shiri Uchi
Head-Butt strike
Otoshi Gyaku Haito
Dropping reverse Ridge hand strike
Jodan Haito
Upward Ridge hand strike (Unsu)3
Otoshi Uraken
Dropping Backfist in kosa dachi (Heian yondan)
Kumate
Bear Claw, or Tiger Claw strike
Seiryuto
Ox-Jaw Strike
Heiko Seiryuto
Parallel or double Ox-Jaw Strike (Gojushiho Dai)
Kokuto
crane head strike
Washite
Eagle hand or, eagle claw strike (Gojushiho Sho)
Kakiwake uke
reverse wedge block