Importance of ashi sabaki5/9/2023 ![]() AWASE TSUKI – Combined Punch, or U Punch.AWASE SHUTO AGE UKE – Combined Knife Hand Rising Block.AWASE MAWASHI UKE – Combined Roundhouse Block, as seen at the start of kata Kankau Dai.This technique can also be used to unbalance or throw your attacker. AWASE MAWASHI KAKE UKE – Combined Round House Hooking Block.A good technique against a Jo or Bo attack, or in modern terms a Pool Cue Attack. AWASE KOKO UKE – Combined Tiger Mouth Block, as seen in the kata Empi.AWASE HIKI TSUKAMI – Combined Pulling Grasp, As seen in the kata Heian Godan after the hand pressing block.It can also be used as a defence when someone attempts a two handed grab. AWASE AGE UKE – Combined Upper Rising Block, both arms coming up together performing the block. ![]() If saying Combined by itself it would be Awaseru. In some dictionaries you will also see Ataru or Ateru as Strike or Hit. You use this to sweep your opponents foot during Ashi Barai. Ashi meaning of the foot and Yubi being the digit. ASHI WAZA – Name given to all leg and foot techniques, ASHI meaning either leg or foot and WAZA meaning Technique.ASHI SABAKI – Foot Work or Foot Movement.ASHI NO URA – It translates as foot reverse and is an alternative for Sole Of Foot.ASHIKUBI-KAKE UKE – Ankle Hooking Block.Ashi means that it is of the foot and Kubi means that it is the joint, in the same way that Te-Kubi would be the corresponding hand joint or wrist. ASHI HARAI – Foot or Leg Sweeping, another name for Ashi Barai.ASHI GATANA – Foot Sword, a Karate kick where the toes are turned up and the striking point is the outer edge of the foot.This is different to an Ashi Barai because this is not done in a sweeping motion. ASHI GAKE – Used in the Kata Bassai Sho, where you hook your foot behind your attackers and then pull your foot back in towards you pulling your attackers foot with you, pulling him off balance.ASHIBO-KAKE UKE – Leg Hooking Block, in which the leg is raised to the side and swung in a circle to deflect an opponents side kick to the abdomen.There is no point sweeping your opponent so that he falls so far away from you that by the time you get up to him he is all ready back on his feet and ready for you. You must also try and sweep the person so that he comes off his feet and lands in the position that is most advantageous to YOU, so you can then follow up with another technique and totally finish your opponent. A lot of people think that to sweep some one is ‘Ashi Barai’ but there is more to it than this. ASHI ATE – Foot Strikes or Leg Strikes.ANTEI – Balance, Stability or Equilibrium.The large tendon at the back of the foot. This technique is good for getting the hip in to allow a quick front kick to be used as a counter. ![]() ![]() An upper rising block where the arm performing the block is the opposite one to the leg that it forward.
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