RIGHT BLOW, block -- GANMEN SHUTO

Description

Begin with uke doing the right roundhouse attack. Tori blocks first with left in the standard shuto uke fashion, then allows his left hand to slide overtop of uke's right elbow. Continuing the motion of uke's right blow, tori pulls uke off balance onto uke's right foot, using his grip behind uke's right elbow (tensho). Near the point of overbalance, tori delivers a knife-edge, palm-up strike (ganmen-shuto) with his right hand to uke's left temple.

Steps

  1. uke throws right roundhouse
  2. tori blocks with left shuto-uke
  3. tori takes uke's kuzushi by pulling uke off balance forward and turning the shoulders.
  4. tori delivers right ganmen-shuto to uke's left temple

See Also

RIGHT BLOW defenses

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