Tsukami Uke
掴み受け
Literally: grasping block
Also known as: Grasping block, Morote tsukami uke
A grasping block in karate: the hand catches the attacking wrist and pulls it down; it opens the main sequence of the kata Kanku Sho.
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Tsukami uke (掴み受け), literally grasping block, catches an attack with an open hand and moves into a grip. Among karate blocks it belongs to the open-hand ones, usually with the hand shaped like a tiger mouth, followed by a grip. There is also a reinforced two-handed version, morote tsukami uke. A grasping block opens the main technique of the kata Kanku Sho. Masatoshi Nakayama called it a grasping block, Hirokazu Kanazawa a hanging grip with an added hand. The defender places the palm on the attacker's wrist, pulls it down, and brings the opponent into a front kick; it is a wrist lock that Chinese Chin Na knows as a small hank of thread, xiao chan si. In the katas Bassai Dai and Sho, a similar movement is called kaeshi dori.