Otoshi uke
Dropping forearm block – a Karate block
- Type
- Blocks and parries, Throws and takedowns
- Martial arts
- Karate
- Meaning
- Dropping forearm block
- Listed in
- Using the arms (Shotokan karate)
The name word by word
Each part of the romanized name looked up in the JMdict Japanese dictionary.
| Word | Japanese | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| otoshi | 落とし | おとし | wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed |
| 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
- Nagashi 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
- Sokutei Osae Uke
- Sokuto Osae Uke
- Tate shuto uke
- Te osae uke
- Tsuki uke
- Empi uke
. Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
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