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Counting and Direction Bowing and Grades General Terminology
Hand Techniques Leg Techniques Kata and Kumite

 

Principal Hand Weapons

 Haite  Back of hand
 Haito  Inside knife hand
 Hiraken   Bear hand
 Koken  Bent wrist
 Kote  Forearm
 Nukite  Finger tip strike
 Ryuto ken  Dragons head fist
 Seiken  Fore fist
 Shotei  Palm heel
 Tate tsuki  Vertical strike
 Tettsui  Hammer fist
 Toho  Sword peak hand
 Uraken  Back fist strike
 Yubi  Knuckle


 

Fingers

 Oyayubi  Thumb
 Hitsashiyubi  Forefinger
 Nakayubi  Middle finger
 Kusuriyubi  Fourth finger
 Koyubi  Little finger


 

Shuto (Knife Hand) Techniques

 Shuto ganmen uchi  Knife hand strike to temple
 Shuto sakotsu uchi  Descending knife hand strike to collar bone
 Shuto sakotsu uchi komi  Driving knife hand strike to collarbone
 Shuto uchi uchi  Inside knife hand strike
 Shuto hizo uchi  Knife hand strike to spleen


 

Hiji (Elbow) Techniques

 Age hiji ate  Rising elbow strike
 Jodan hiji ate  Elbow strike to head
 Oroshi hiji ate  Descending elbow strike
 Ushiro hiji ate  Elbow strike to rear


 

Seiken (Fore Fist) Techniques

 Age tsuki  Rising strike
 Ago uchi  Strike to the jaw
 Chudan tsuki  Middle level strike
 Gedan tsuki  Lower level strike
 Oi tsuki  Lunge strike
 Gyaku tsuki  Reverse strike
 Jun tsuki  Side lunge strike
 Jodan tsuki  Upper level strike
 Morote tsuki  Double strike (parallel)
 Shita tsuki  Lower strike
 Tate tsuki  Vertical strike
 Yama tsuki  Double strike (vertical)


 

Tettsui (Hammer Fist) Techniques

 Tettsui komi kame  Hammer fist strike to temple
 Tettsui oroshi ganmen uchi  Descending hammer fist strike
 Tettsui hizo uchi  Hammer fist strike to spleen
 Tettsui yoko uchi  Hammer fist strike to the side


 

Uraken (Back Fist) Techniques

 Uraken ganmen uchi  Back fist strike to head
 Uraken hizo uchi  Back fist strike to spleen
 Uraken mawashi uchi  Roundhouse back fist strike
 Uraken oroshi ganmen uchi  Descending back fist strike to head
 Uraken yoko uchi  Back fist strike to side


 

Yubi (Finger Knuckle) Techniques

 Hiraken mawashi uchi  Roundhouse bear hand strike
 Hiraken tsuki  Bear hand knuckle strike
 Naka yubi ippon ken  Middle finger one knuckle strike
 Nihon nukite  Two finger spear hand strike
 Oya yubi ippon ken  Thumb knuckle strike
 Yohon nukite  Four finger spear hand strike


 

Uke (Blocking) Techniques

 Chudan uchi uke  Inside middle level block
 Chudan soto uke  Outside middle level block
 Gedan barai  Lower level block
 Gedan hiza uke  Knee block
 Hiji uke  Elbow block
 Jodan uke  Upper level block
 Morote chudan uchi uke  Double inside middle level block
 Seiken juji uke  Fore fist cross block
 Shuto mawashi uke  Roundhouse knife hand block
 Shuto juji uke  Knife hand cross block
 Shuto kake uke  Knife hand hooking block


 

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