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The ukulele (/ ˌ juː k ə ˈ l eɪ l i / yoo-kə-LAY-lee; from Hawaiian: ʻukulele [ˈʔukuˈlɛlɛ]), also called a uke, is a member of the lute family of instruments of Portuguese origin and popularized in Hawaii. The tone and volume of the instrument vary with size and construction. Ukuleles commonly come in four sizes: soprano, concert ...
The action of uke is called "taking ukemi (受け身)."Literally translated as "receiving body", it is the art of knowing how to respond correctly to an attack and often incorporates skills to allow one to do so safely.
Uke (martial arts), role in training Uke, a submissive role in a relationship between males in yaoi or shōnen-ai media, derived from the martial arts term; Ukulele, a musical instrument Mighty Uke, a 2010 documentary film about the ukulele; Üké, Uke, or Ükä Tibetan, a term for the most widely understood dialect of Tibetan languages
shuto mawashi uke (roundhouse block with knife-hand) soto uke (外受け): outside forearm block; morote sukui uke: scooping block; tate shuto uke: half knife-hand block; Te osae uke: dropping palm block; Uchi ude uke (内腕受け)/ uchi uke (内受け): inside forearm block; Gyako uchi uke: reverse outside mid-level (e.g. in the kata, Heian ...
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The term "tori" comes from the verb toru (取る), meaning "to take", "to pick up", or "to choose". In judo and some other martial arts, tori is the person who completes the technique against the training partner, called uke. Regardless of the situation, the principle is that "tori" is always the one who successfully completes a technique. The ...
The seme is on the right. Seme (攻め, せめ, "attack", "offense") is a Japanese martial arts term for a kind of psychological pressure.The seme is the one inflicting something on to the uke.
Uke continuously seeks to regain balance and cover vulnerabilities (e.g., an exposed side), while tori uses position and timing to keep uke off-balance and vulnerable. In more advanced training, uke may apply reversal techniques (返し技, kaeshi-waza) to regain balance and pin or throw tori. Ukemi (受身) refers to the act of receiving a ...