Cannon Shotokan Karate Federation

Cannon Shotokan Karate Federation

Lanesfield Methodist Church (Opposite The Copper Bowl)

Laburnum Road

Lanesfield

Wolverhampton

WV4 6PG

Text Box: Terminology (Strikes) Shuto sakotsu uchi (knife-hand strike to clavicle) Shuto hizo uchi (knife-hand strike to spleen) Shuto jodan uchi uchi (inside knife-hand to neck) Sokumen empi uchi: Augmented elbow strike (e.g. in the kata, Tekki shodan) Tate zuki: Half reverse punch, with a vertical fist Teisho furi uchi: Sideways palm-heel strike Teisho uchi: Palm-heel strike Tettsui: Hammer-fist strike Tettsui hasami uchi: Hammer-fist scissor strike Tettsui yoko uchi (bottom fist strike to side) Uraken uchi: Backfist strike Uraken mawashi uchi (backfist circular strike to the head) Uraken sayu ganmen uchi (backfist strike to side) Uraken hizo uchi (backfist strike to spleen) Ushiro empi ate (backwards elbow strike) Ura zuki: Close short punch, with inverted fist, similar in nature to an 'uppercut' Ushiro empi: Back elbow strike Yama zuki ("mountain punch"): Wide double fisted strike (e.g. in the kata, Bassai dai and Wankan) Awase zuke: Narrow double fisted strike Yoko empi: Side elbow strike Yoko tettsui: Sideways hammer-fist strike (e.g. in the kata, Heian nidan) Gyaku age zuki: Rising reverse punch (e.g. in the kata, Enpi) Prev Page

Cannon Shotokan Karate Federation