Strikes/Punches (Uchi/Tsuki)

Reverse Punch

https://youtu.be/aSBz5rIsvVM When you slide your lead leg forward and punch with your rear hand, this is a reverse punch or gyaku tsuki.

Lunge Punch

https://youtu.be/5fbSsEEcZfs An oi tsuki, lunge punch, is stepping forward and punching with the hand on the side with which you are stepping.

Jab

https://youtu.be/KM1xiHXnMwU A jab, or kizami tsuki, is a fast punch with the lead hand.

Backfist Strike

https://youtu.be/02iocjLgfpE The Backfist Strike (Uraken Uchi) is a common strike but it is not very powerful. It gets power from speed and snap of the wrist. The other hand usually…

Rising Elbow Strike

https://youtu.be/DDAZBXKXMr4 The Rising Elbow Strike (Age Empi Ate/Age Hiji Uchi) projects it's power more forward than upward. Like all elbow strikes, it is a close-range weapon and uses body motion…

Knifehand Strike

https://youtu.be/3Vh7vqFngIs The Knifehand Strike, or shuto uchi, is an easy and devastating strike in karate. This strike is done in a backhand fashion traveling across the body and out to…