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Jodan Haito

Upward Ridge hand strike – a Karate open-hand strike

Type
Open-hand strikes
Martial arts
Karate
Meaning
Upward Ridge hand strike
Listed in
Striking techniques (Shotokan karate)

Upward Ridge hand strike (e.g. in the kata, Unsu)

Other Karate open-hand strikes

Japanese terms for open-hand strikes

TermReadingMeaning
貫手nukitespear hand
掌底shouteipalm heel; heel of the palm
塵浄水chirijouzuiceremonious clapping and rubbing of the palms
八卦掌hakkeshoueight trigrams palm; ba gua zhang
張り手hariteslapping the opponent with the open hand
猫騙しnekodamashislapping hands in front of the opponent's face to confuse him
叩き込みhatakikomihatakikomi; slapdown
素首落としsokubiotoshihead chop down

text quoted from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.