Uchi Yoko Uchi
Literally: inner side strike
Also known as: Tonfa Yoko Uchi
Uchi yoko uchi is a side strike with the tonfa along an inside path, the eighth technique of the basic tonfa-jutsu kihon.
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Uchi yoko uchi, literally inner side strike, is a tonfa strike delivered sideways along an inside path. In the basic tonfa-jutsu kihon, as given by Ryukyu-Kobujutsu.org, it is the eighth of eleven techniques, directly before soto yoko uchi, its counterpart with an outside path. The Shima-Kai school of the Canadian Ryukyu Kobujutsu Association also lists both directions as two separate techniques, translating them as inner and outer side strike. The tonfa can be held in one of three grips: honte mochi (natural grip), gyakute mochi (reverse grip) and tokushu mochi (special grip). The power of the strike should come from a large movement of the shoulder, not from the wrist. We have not been able to document which target the strike primarily aims at or who placed it in the basic series.