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A thrusting strike using the extended fingertips held rigidly together, targeting soft tissue areas such as the throat, eyes, or solar plexus.
The Tiger Claw Strike is a Chinese martial arts open-hand technique where the fingers are spread wide and curved like a tiger's claws, striking the opponent's face, throat, or body with the fingertips...
The Standard Horizontal Elbow subfamily covers the fundamental horizontal elbow strike thrown with maximum hip rotation for blunt concussive impact, targeting the temple, jaw, or orbital region. [1] U...
The Foot Blade Front Kick strikes with the outer edge of the foot (sokuto — literally 'sword foot') rather than the ball or heel, concentrating force along a narrow blade-like surface for penetrating ...
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...
The Fundamental Open Hand Strike family covers striking techniques delivered with an open hand rather than a closed fist — including palm strikes, knife-hand strikes (shuto/chop), ridge-hand strikes, ...
The Standard Stiff Arm extends the arm fully against the opponent's collar bone, bicep, or shoulder, locking the elbow and using skeletal alignment to maintain distance without relying on muscular eff...
The Bread Cutter Choke is a gi-based submission applied from side control where the attacker reaches across the opponent's neck to grip the far collar, then drives the blade edge of the forearm across...
Cranks and twists are submission techniques that apply rotational or torsional force to a body segment — most commonly the neck (neck cranks) or the arm — forcing the structure beyond its natural rota...
Kumade Uchi is a karate open-hand strike that uses the palm and curled fingers in a bear-claw formation. [1] The fingers are bent at the second knuckle joints with the tips pressing firmly into the pa...
Nukite Chudan is a spear hand thrust targeting the middle level (solar plexus, ribs, or throat) using the tips of the extended fingers held together in a tight spear formation. [1] The hand is held fl...
Nukite Jodan is a spear hand thrust targeting the upper level — primarily the throat, eyes, or soft tissue of the face — using extended fingertips held together. [1] This is the most dangerous applica...
The fundamental spear hand strike thrusting the extended, rigid fingertips forward in a straight line into the opponent's throat, solar plexus, or other soft tissue target.
Strikes delivered with an open hand, grouping the traditional striking surfaces of Okinawan and Japanese karate — the spear hand (nukite), palm heel (shotei / teisho), bent wrist (kakuto), arc hand (k...
The Elbow Strike group comprises all striking techniques delivered with the proximal end of the ulna — the hard, bony point of the elbow — making it one of the most devastating close-range weapons in ...