Hand Strikes
Jodan tzuki – Upper level punch
Chudan tzuki – Middle level punch
Sun tsuki – Short punch
Ura tsuki – Close punch
Awase tsuki – U shaped punch
Age tsuki – Rising punch
Haito uchi – Ridge hand strike
Hiji ate – Elbow strike
Tate hiji ate – Vertical elbow strike
Mawashi hiji ate – Round elbow strike
Shotei uchi – Palm heel strike
Shuto uchi – Knife hand strike
Ura uchi – Back fist strike
Yoko ura uchi – Side back fist strike
Tetsui uchi – Hammer fist strike
Furi uchi – Swing strike
Kicking Techniques
Kansetsu geri – Joint kick
Kin geri – Groin kick
Mae geri – Front kick
Mawashi geri – Roundhouse kick
Ushiro geri – Back kick
Sokuto geri – Side (outside edge of foot) kick
Hiza geri – Knee strike
Uchi momo geri – Inner thigh kick
Fumikomi geri – stamping kick
Mae tobi geri – Jumping front kick
Ura mawashi geri – reverse roundhouse (hooking) kick
Ushiro mawashi geri – spinning reverse roundhouse kick
Stances
- Heisoku dachi feet side by side stance.
- Musubi dachi heels together, feet facing outwards 45 degrees (knot stance).
- Heiko dachi feet shoulder width and parallel stance.
- Hachiji dachi same as above with feet turned out 45 degrees (hachi = 8, ji character, so 8 character as in Japanese kanji or Chinese text).
- Soto hachi dachi/uchi hachi dachi same as above widthwise, only the feet are turned inwards.
- Shiko dachi feet turned out from soto hachi dachi, twice shoulder width. Like Kiba dachi in Shotokan and Wado Ryu but with the feet turned out. Also known as sumo stance.
- Zenkutsu dachi long front stance, 2.5 foot lengths. Slightly shorter than some styles at 3 foot lengths but with the weight pushed forward to achieve the same striking distance with the weight behind the technique.
- Han zenkutsu half = han, so half zenkutsu dachi, one foots length between toe and heel.
- Heiko sanchin dachi feet parallel, shoulder width and with the heel of the front foot inline with the toe of the back foot.
- Sanchin dachi the same as heiko sanchin dachi but with the front foot turned in slightly approximately 15 degrees.
- Kosa dachi/juji dachi (cross stance or ten character stance) sometimes called bensoku dachi which is a tree with a vine growing round it. Found in Sepai kata.
- Saga ashi dachi crane foot (as in the bird, not construction industry!) stance as in Saifa kata.
- Neko dachi or Neko ashi dachi. Cat stance or cat foot stance.
- Kokutsu dachi back stance. A reversed zenkutsu dachi looking back towards your rear foot. (different to Shotokan’s kokutsu dachi).
Blocking Techniques
Yoko uke – Side block
Uchi uke/Gedan barai – Double arm block
Gedan barai – Lower level sweep
Gedan uke – Lower level block
Harai uke – Low block
Jodan age uke – Upper level rising block
Kake/hiki uke – Hook block
Mawashi uke tora guchi – Round block tiger’s jaw
Osae uke – Pressing block
Uchi uke – Inside block
Kosa uke – Cross block