Nagashi uke
Rising palm sweep block – a Karate block
- Type
- Blocks and parries
- Martial arts
- Karate
- Meaning
- Rising palm sweep block
- Listed in
- Using the arms (Shotokan karate)
rising palm sweep block (e.g. in the kata, Tekki shodan)
The name word by word
Each part of the romanized name looked up in the JMdict Japanese dictionary.
| Word | Japanese | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| nagashi | 流し | ながし | back-washing service (in a public bath) |
| uke | 受け | うけ | defense; defence |
Other Karate blocks and parries
- Age-uke
- Soto uke
- Uchi-Uke
- Kaisho haiwan uke
- Uchi ude uke
- Gyako uchi uke
- Chudan soete uke
- Kaisho juji uke
- Joge kaki uke
- Heian Godan
- Nami Ashi, a.k.a. Nami Gaeshi
- Mawashi uke
- Haiwan uke
- Kakiwake uke
- Teisho awase uke
- Gedan juji uke
- Gedan kaki uke
- Jodan juji uke
- Kaisho age uke
- Morote Tsukami uke
- Osae uke
- Otoshi uke
- Sokutei Osae Uke
- Sokuto Osae Uke
- Tate shuto uke
- Te osae uke
- Tsuki uke
- Empi uke
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.