Uchi Uke
内受け
Literally: inside block
Also known as: Uchi ude uke, 内腕受け
A forearm block against an attack to the middle level; its name and direction differ between karate styles and it is confused with soto uke.
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Uchi uke (内受け), in full uchi ude uke (内腕受け), literally inward forearm block, protects the center of the body against an attack to the middle level. The Japan Karate Federation describes it as a block in which the arm moves from the outside of the body inward and, with a twist of the wrist, deflects the attack. The names uchi uke and soto uke differ between schools. In Shotokan and some other schools, blocks are named after where they end relative to the body, while Wado-ryu, Doshinkan, or Uechi-ryu name them after the direction the arm moves; the same movement thus carries the opposite name in different styles. Shotokan technique lists give uchi uke as the inward forearm block and list the variant gyaku uchi uke in the kata Heian Nidan. Its counterpart is soto uke. In it, the hand first rises to the ear, the elbow stays up, and the arm swings down and toward the center of the body.