KARATE SCHOOL CHARACTERISTICS ORGANIZATION KATAS CONCEPTS

:: UKES ::
presentation dachis te geris attack areas ukes
 
UKE WAZA (DEFENCE TECHNIQUES)
Agete High defence raising the arm from the hikite up to the height of the forehead, crossing with another arm at the level of the stomach.
Gedan barai Sweep to level gedan from the interior to the outside.
Soto-uke Defence to level chudan with the Mai-wan of the arm in a movement from the interior to the exterior.
Uchi-uke Defence to level chudan with the Gai-wan of the arm in a movement from the exterior to the interior.
Shuto-uke Defence with the side of the hand, in a circular movement from upwards to downwards.
Kurite Grasp of the arm of uke (with the part included between the thumb and index) in a surrounding movement.
Kakete Grasp of the karategi of uke doubling the first phalanxes in the shape of hook.
Sukuite (Sukui-uke) Defence with the haito of the hand in a movement from the bottom up.
Urate (Tekubi-kake-uke) Surrounding defence with the back of the hand.
Osaete (Osae-uke) Descending defence with the palm of the hand.
Kakuto-uke (Tekubi-uke) Defence with the wrist.
Teisho-uke Defence with the base of the palm of the hand.
Haishu-uke Slide defence with the back of the hand.
Keito-uke Defence with the base of the thumb.
Haito-uke Defence with the haito of the hand.
Seiryuto-uke Descending defence with the base of the exterior side of the hand (shuto).
Kentsui (Tettsui-uke) Descending defence with the exterior part of the fist.
Zyuzi-uke Defence with the crossed arms.
Wa-uke (Kakiwake-uke) Defence separating the arms (to yodan level).
Nagashi-uke All kinds of slide defences.

UKE WAZA (VARIANTS)
Tate-shuto-uke
(Shuto-gedan-barai)

Defence with the side of the hand (shuto) in vertical.

Soto-sukui-uke Variant of the haito defending towards the exterior.
Uchi-sukui-uke Uchi-sukui-uke Variant of the haito defending towards the interior.
Sho-osaete As osae-te with a sliding movement.
Soto-gedan-kake-uke As kake-uke towards the exterior.
Uchi-gedan-kake-uke As kake-uke towards the interior.

MOROTE WAZA (REINFORCED TECHNIQUES)
Morote-soto-uke

As soto-uke, supporting the fist of the opposite hand in the internal part of the arm at the level of the elbow approximately (the closed palm of the fist looks up).

Teisho-morote-uke
(Teisho-awashe-uke)
Double with the teisho of both hands simultaneously.
Morote-Sukui-uke With the two sukui of both hands simultaneously.
Sokumen-awase-uke Lateral defence with both hands opened simultaneously.
Ryo-sho-tsukami-uke
Double defence holding.

UKE WAZA (HEMPI / WAN)

Uchi-hizi-uke

Defence with the elbow towards the interior.
Soto-hizi-uke Exterior defence of the elbow doubling lightly the body.
Uchi-wan-nagashi-uke Sliding defence with the top part of the forearm inward.
Soto-wan-nagashi-uke Sliding defence with the exterior part of the forearm towards out.
Zen-wan-hineri-uke Defence with rotary sense of the forearm.
Zen-wan-deai-uke Defence entering with the forearm.
Fumikomi-wan-uke Descending defence with the forearm.