Goju Ryu Karate - Hand/arm Techniques

Note: zuki is often pronounced more like the word ski. -zuki techniques are punches or thrusts. -uchi techniques are other strikes.

Punch

Strike

joint strike

basic punch with closed fist, striking with front two knuckles.

lunge punch

leading punch, jab

reverse (rear) punch, delivered with twist of hips.

rising punch

hook punch

short punch (palm side up)

back fist strike, snapping wrist, striking with top of knuckles.

round hook punch, with top of hand facing outwards/upwards.

circular punch. Delivered in large circular path with swing of hips, top of hand facing inwards.

U punch. Double fist punch consisting of seiken zuki and ura zuki executed simultaneously.

Parallel punch. Double fist punch consisting of simultaneous left and right seiken zuki punch.

(mountain punch) – Double punch as in awase zuki, but seiken zuki is higher and is delivered in a circular over-arm fashion and ura zuki is lower and rises slightly.

elbow strike

vertical fist punch. Top of hand faces out to the side.

finger thrust/spear hand. Straight hand, middle finger slightly bent so first three fingers are roughly even in length. Thumb bent and held tightly against palm.

knife-hand strike, eg shuto hasami uchi (knife-hand strike to neck).

bottom fist strike. Closed fist, strike with bottom of fist.

palm-heel thrust. Hand is open as in nukite, wrist bent back. Strike made with bottom of hand, as in tettsui (also called teisho zuki).

ridge-hand strike. Hand held as in nukite but strike is made with inside of hand, a little below the index finger.

one knuckle fist. Index finger joint protrudes slightly and is held firmly in place by thumb.

middle knuckle punch. Similar to keiko-ken zuki, but using second finger. Thumb and index finger press firmly against middle finger to hold it in place.

crab shell fist. Thumb bent and pressed against palm. First knuckles straighted and fingers curled inwards to touch edge of plam. Strike is made with middle bone of the fingers.

similar to seiken zuki but thumb presses firmly against the bent side of the index finger. Thumb is used to strike.

bent wrist strike, similar to ura ken uchi with open hand (wrist is initially bent, but snaps out).

forearm strike

headbutt