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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 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.
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 strike; Shuto Yoko Ganmen Uchi (knife-hand strike to head) Shuto Sakotsu Uchikomi (driving knife-hand ...
The heel of the hand makes contact with the attacker's forearm in case of a punch, or shin in case of a kick. Although simple, it requires a lot of partner training to get the timing of this Taekwondo block correct. Knife Hand Block - The hand is kept in a knife hand position to block attacks to the torso.
Delivered just as with a punch except that the hand is held open like with a knife hand. The intended striking area are the tips of the fingers. The ideal targets are the eyes and throat. This technique is generally unsuitable against most other targets due to the high probability of it breaking one's fingers.
This poomsae builds up on the two prior forms (Taegeuk Il Jang and Taegeuk Ee Jang) and introduces "knife hand" techniques, specifically: neck-high knifehand strike (sometimes called a "neck slice") knifehand outward block; In addition, this form introduces the first combinations involving three techniques:
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Freeing technique Hazushi Waza Throwing-off technique Nage Waza Throwing technique: haito Uchi ridge hand: hiji uchi (empi) elbow strike [4] kaiko-ken flat fist koken bent wrist nakadaka-ken: middle finger knuckle fist: nukite Uchi finger thrust: seiken fist: shotei Uchi palm of hand: shuto Uchi knife hand: tettsui hammer hand: yubi hasami ...