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A palm-strike. Open-hand strikes include various techniques used in the martial arts to attack or defend without curling the hand into a fist. The most famous of these techniques is probably the so-called "karate chop", which is also described as a knife-hand strike (shuto uchi) although there are many other techniques.
The knifehand strike can be used with either side of the hand. Having the thumb tucked in, leaving the fore finger side of the hand free, allows that side of the hand to be used as a striking surface. This is called an inside knifehand where as the pinkie finger side is called an outside knifehand. [8]
A strike using the palm of the hand. Whether the hand is open or the fingertips are folded against the bottom knuckles, palm strikes hit with the bottom part of the palm, where the hand meets the wrist. The hand is held perpendicular to the wrist to avoid hitting the softer inner wrist tissue against the target.
Nihon Ken: Two finger punch/strike; eye strike (e.g. in the kata, Chinte) Hiraken: Four knuckle strike; Nukite: Spear-hand strike; Ippon Nukite: 1 finger Spear-hand strike (e.g. in the kata, Unsu) Nihon Nukite: 2 finger Spear-hand strike; Oi zuki: Stepping punch; Sanbon Zuki: Triple punch (Age zuki, Gyaku Zuki, Choku Zuki) Shuto Uchi: Knifehand ...
Eagle strike - In this strike, the fingers all touch together, and the hand is pointed down, exposing the top of the wrist, which is then swung upward to strike the underside of the jaw. If done properly, this strike can easily fracture the jawbone, and is usually banned from competitions due to the extreme danger.
If any other part of the hand is used to strike with, such as the back of the fist (uraken) or the bottom of the fist (tetsui), then the blow is classified as a strike (uchi). Karate punches include the thrust punch oi-zuki made using the lead-hand, straight punch choku-zuki , reverse punch gyaku-zuki , made from the opposite (lead) hand, and ...
Slapping or smacking is striking a person with the open palm of the hand, in a movement known as a slap or smack. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A backhand uses the back of the hand instead of the palm. Etymology and definitions
Like most martial arts, hapkido employs a great number of punches and hand strikes, as well as elbow strikes. A distinctive example of hapkido hand techniques is "live hand" strike that focuses energy to the baek hwa hyul in the hand, producing energy strikes and internal strikes. The hand strikes are often used to weaken the opponent before ...