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Kakuto Uchi is a karate open-hand strike that uses the back of the bent wrist as the striking surface — the hand bends sharply downward at the wrist, exposing the bony prominence of the dorsal wrist (...

Washide Uchi is a karate open-hand strike where all five fingertips are brought together into a single point, forming a shape resembling an eagle's beak or a bird's beak. [1] The tips of all five fing...

The Crane Beak Strike bunches all five fingertips together into a single pointed formation — like the beak of a crane — and drives this concentrated point into vulnerable anatomical targets such as th...