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Uchi-Uke

Karate defense technique

Type
Blocks and parries
Martial arts
Karate

The Uchi-Uke (or Uchi-Ude-Uke, Japanese 内 腕 受 け) refers in Karate a defense technique with the forearm for the middle part of the body (Chūdan). Uchi (内) stands for "inside", building (腕) for "arm", uke (受 け) for "defense".

The name word by word

Each part of the romanized name looked up in the JMdict Japanese dictionary.

WordJapaneseReadingMeaning
Uchi内うちinside; within
Uke受けうけdefense; defence

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Facts from Wikidata Q2472860 (CC0); text quoted from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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