Morote Zuki
双手突き
Literally: two-handed punch
Also known as: Morote tsuki, Seiken morote tsuki, Seiken heiko tsuki
Punch with both fists at once, the lead to the head and the rear to the torso; Kyokushin teaches it from 10th kyu as seiken morote tsuki.
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Morote zuki (双手突き), literally two-hand punch, sends both fists straight forward at the same time. Power comes from the hips and legs; the starting position is a natural stance with the fists raised to the chest. The lead hand aims at the head or face, the rear at the body or solar plexus, so the punch strikes two levels at once. Shotokan terminology lists also give it as a reinforced punch. Overviews of karate strikes place it among the two-handed punches alongside awase zuki, and note that two-handed punches tend to be weaker than one-handed ones. The extended arms also leave the practitioner open to a counter-attack, and the strike demands precise coordination so that both fists land at the same moment. The Kyokushin organisation KWF lists it as seiken morote tsuki, third on its list of hand strikes, with the alternative name seiken heiko tsuki, and teaches it as early as 10th kyu. In kumite under WKF rules, a zuki strike to a scoring zone is judged as yuko, one point.