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A palm-strike. Open-hand strikes include various techniques used in the martial arts to attack or defend without curling the hand into a fist. The most famous of these techniques is probably the so-called "karate chop", which is also described as a knife-hand strike (shuto uchi) although there are many other techniques. A spear-hand or nukite.
The touch of death (or death-point striking) is any martial arts technique reputed to kill using seemingly less than lethal force targeted at specific areas of the body.. The concept known as dim mak (simplified Chinese: 点脉; traditional Chinese: 點脈; pinyin: diǎnmài; Jyutping: dim 2 mak 6; lit. 'press artery'), alternatively diǎnxué (simplified Chinese: 点穴; traditional Chinese ...
"Leopard Blow," "leopard punch," and "leopard fist" are common terms for a specific type of striking blow, associated primarily with the Leopard Kung Fu substyle of the Five Animals in Chinese martial arts, though it is also used in styles such as Krav Maga, Choy Li Fut and Karate (in which case, it is known as "Hiraken Tsuki" or "Ryotoken Tsuki").
Dulo-Dulo/Dulo y Dulo - palm stick methods Bantay-Kamay, Tapi-Tapi- "guardian hand" or "alive hand", auxiliary weapon used in conjunction with the primary weapon for checking, blocking, monitoring, trapping, locking, disarming, striking, cutting, etc. Examples include the empty hand when using a single stick or the dagger when fighting with ...
Sokumen Empi Uchi: Augmented elbow strike (e.g. in the kata, Tekki shodan) Tate Zuki: Half reverse punch, with a vertical fist; Amuba Tsukami: Arm-Bar hold; Teisho Furi Uchi: Sideways palm-heel strike; Teisho Uchi: Palm-heel strike; Tate Teisho Uchi: Vertical, or Rising palm heel strike; Tettsui: Hammer-fist strike
The style utilizes mostly punches, palm strikes and low kicks, further characterized by evasive footwork, circular blocks and using the opponent's force against them. The words "Fut Ga Kuen" literally translate to "Buddhist Family Fist". The word "Ga" in Cantonese means family.
slapping hand; slapping strike [2] tok sao 托手 (as simp.) tok 3 sau 2: tuō shǒu lifting hand [citation needed] laan sao 拦手: 攔手: laan 4 sau 2: lán shǒu barring arm [citation needed] tai sao 提手 (as simp.) tai 4 sau 2: tí shǒu uplifting hand [citation needed] jip sao 接手 (as simp.) jip 3 sau 2: jiē shǒu receiving hand ...
A knee strike (commonly referred to simply as a knee) is a strike with the knee, either with the kneecap or the surrounding area. The most common is the straight knee strike, often employed from a clinch or double collar tie, targeting anywhere from the groin to the head. Variants include the curved knee strike, which is similar to a roundhouse ...