King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Ushiro-tsuki

Rear strike – a Judo punch

Type
Punches
Martial arts
Judo
Meaning
Rear strike
Listed in
Kobushi-ate-waza: fist techniques (judo techniques)

Rear strike (over shoulders)

The name word by word

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

WordJapaneseReadingMeaning
Ushiro後ろうしろback; behind
tsuki突きつきthrust; stab

Other Judo punches

Japanese terms for punches

TermReadingMeaning
正拳seikenseiken (karate proper fist); straight punch
四つ身yotsumicross-grips (situation in which each rikishi has an underarm grip on the other)
引っ掛けhikkakehook; gab
腕を返すkainaokaesuto place one's arms under those of the opponent and lift them up, in order to prevent an overhand grip on one's mawashi
上手投げuwatenageoverhand throw

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.