Morse School of Isshinryu Karate

Te Waza (Hand Techniques) - Upper Body Basics

#	English Name	Okinawan Name	Literal Translation
1	Lunge Punch	Oi Zuki	Lunge Punch
2	Lunging Uppercut	Jodan Ura Oi Zuki	Upper Backside Lunge Punch
3	Reverse Punch	Gyaku Zuki	Reverse Punch
4	Reverse Uppercut	Jodan Ura Gyaku Zuki	Upper Backside Reverse Punch
5	Low Block – Reverse Punch	Gedan Barai – Gyaku Zuki	Lower Sweep – Reverse Punch
6	Middle Block – Reverse Punch	Chudan Uke – Gyaku Zuki	Middle Block – Reverse Punch
7	Open Middle Block – Open Hand Strike	Chudan Tegata Uke – Nukite	Middle Knifehand Block - Spearhand
8	Open Upper Block – Reverse Uppercut	Jodan Tegata Uke – Jodan Ura Gyaku Zuki	Upper Knifehand Block – Upper Backside Reverse Punch
9	Upper Block – Reverse Punch	Jodan Uke – Gyaku Zuki	Upper Block – Reverse Punch
10	Deflect – Backfist – Reverse Punch	Uraken Uchi – Gyaku Zuki	Backfist Strike – Reverse Punch
11	Low Block – 5 Punches	Gedan Barai – Go Den Choku Zuki	Lower Sweep – 5 grouped Straight Punches
12	Middle Block – 5 Punches	Chudan Uke – Go Den Choku Zuki	Middle Block – 5 grouped Straight Punches
13	Double Knifehand Strike	Shuto Uchi – Shuto Uchi	Knifehand Strike – Knifehand Strike
14	Palm Block – 2 Roundhouse Punches	O-Uchi – O-Uchi	Large Strike – Large Strike
15	Break of the Bear Hug	Hagai No Ato Zuki	Bear Hug From Behind Thrust

Definitions

Ato	Behind
Barai	Sweep/Block
Choku	Straight
Chudan	Middle level
Den	Lightning/Electrical – used here to imply “with Lightning speed”
Gedan	Lower level
Gyaku	Reverse
Hagai	From Hagai-jime, a very old Japanese word, meaning Bear Hug or Full Nelson. Jime (Shime) means strangulation or chokehold
Jodan	Upper level
No	At; for; in; of; on; from
Nukite	Spearhand
O	Large; Great
Oi	Lunge
Shuto	Knifehand
Tegata	Knifehand. Tegatana can also be correctly used here.
Tsuki	Punch; Thrust – it can also be correct to use Tsuki when no adjective is used and it can be found written like this in many places.
Uchi	Strike; Inner
Uke	Block
Ura	Back; Rear; Reverse; Opposite
Uraken	Backfist – Block or Attack delivered with the back of a clenched fist.
Zuki	See Tsuki – Used when joined with another word, changes the sound from S to Z

Formats:

A – Traditional

B – Applied

C – Circle

D – Shuffle

E – 3-step

Set Positions:

1 – Basic

2 – Advanced

3 – Black Belt

Traditional:

Pronunciation:

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