Attacks
正面打ち
しょうめんうち
Shōmen-uchi
Straight overhead strike
Translations
- 日本語正面打ち
- EnglishStraight overhead strike
- ՀայերենՈւղիղ վերևից հարված
- РусскийПрямой удар сверху
Explanation
A vertical descending strike to the centre of the forehead — the canonical attack used to train ikkyō through gokyō.
額中央への縦の打ち下ろし。一教から五教までの稽古に用いられる代表的な攻撃。
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