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Pages in category "Strikes (martial arts)" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Strikes are the key focus of several sports and arts, including boxing, savate, karate, Muay Lao, taekwondo and wing chun.Some martial arts also use the fingertips, wrists, forearms, shoulders, back and hips to strike an opponent as well as the more conventional fists, palms, elbows, knees and feet that are common in combat sports.
Martial arts can be grouped by type or focus, or alternatively by regional origin. This article focuses on the latter grouping of these unique styles of martial arts. For Hybrid martial arts , as they originated from the late 19th century and especially after 1950, it may be impossible to identify unique or predominant regional origins.
Classic martial arts on inch below the belly button. Acupuncture places it at 1.5 cun from navel. Sonu The general location of this area is stomach and large intestine Tendo Found at the top of the skull, 2 cun (inch) posterior to the midpoint of the anterior hairline. Kasumi
In martial arts, the terms hard and soft technique denote how forcefully a defender martial artist counters the force of an attack in armed and unarmed combat.In the East Asian martial arts, the corresponding hard technique and soft technique terms are 硬 (Japanese: gō, pinyin: yìng) and 柔 (Japanese: jū, pinyin: róu), hence Goju-ryu (hard-soft school), Shorinji Kempo principles of go-ho ...
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.
Elbow strike (palgup chigi)- The forearm is folded inwards towards the body and the strike is delivered with the outside of the forearm or elbow while stepping forwards. Taekwondo also makes use of reverse and front elbow strikes. Four-knuckle strike - This is a fist shape particular to Asian martial arts.
Mawashi Empi: Hook elbow strike; Atsuen Empi Uchi: Rolling elbow strike (e.g. in the kata Nijushiho) Sokumen Zuki: Double side punch (e.g. in the kata, Tekki shodan) Ippon Ken: One finger Punch/Strike; Nakadaka Ken: Middle finger punch/strike; Nihon Ken: Two finger punch/strike; eye strike (e.g. in the kata, Chinte) Hiraken: Four knuckle strike