King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Tate shuto uke

Half knife-hand block – a Karate open-hand strike

Type
Open-hand strikes, Blocks and parries
Martial arts
Karate
Meaning
Half knife-hand 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.

WordJapaneseReadingMeaning
tate縦たてfront-to-back; length
shuto
uke受けうけdefense; defence

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

. Data retrieved 2026-10-22.