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Sokumen Empi Uchi

Augmented elbow strike – a Karate elbow or knee strike

Type
Elbow and knee strikes
Martial arts
Karate
Meaning
Augmented elbow strike
Listed in
Striking techniques (Shotokan karate)

Augmented elbow strike (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.

WordJapaneseReadingMeaning
Sokumen側面そくめんside; flank
Empi
Uchi内うちinside; within

Other Karate elbow and knee strikes

Japanese terms for elbow and knee strikes

TermReadingMeaning
肘当てhijiate(detachable) elbow rest; arm rest
肘打ちhijiuchielbow strike (karate)
猿臂打ちenpiuchielbow strike (karate)

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.