Terminology

Blocks

Age uke : Rising block

Chudan uke : Middle level block

Gedan barai : Lower level sweep

Jodan uke : Upper level block

Hiji uke : Elbow block

Hiki uke : Pulling / grasping block

Hiza uke : Knee block

Jodan uke : Upper level block

Ko uke : Wrist block

Shotei barai : Palm heel sweep

Shotei uke : Palm heel block

Soto uke : Forearm block (from outside moving inward to the centre line of the body)

Sukui uke : Scooping block

Tora guchi uke - Tiger mouth block (sometimes called mawashi uke)•

Age uke, gyaku ashi : Upper block (reverse foot)

Ashibo kake uke : Leg hooking block

Ashikubi kake uke : Ankle hooking block

Awase uke : Joined hand block

Cho cho uke : Butterfly block

Chudan uchi uke : Block from inside outward with forearm

Chudan ude uke : Forearm block against body attack.

Deai osae uke : pressing block stepping in

Fumikomi ude uke : Forearm block stepping in

Gedan kake uke : Low level hooking block

Gedan uke : Low level block

Gedan ude uke : Low forearm block

Haishu uke : Back hand block

Haiwan nagashi uke : Back arm sweeping block

Heiwan uke : Upper forearm block

Hiji suri uke : Elbow sliding block

Juji uke : X block

Kake uke : Hooking block

Kakiwake uke : Reverse wedge block

Kakuto uke : Bent wrist block

Keito uke : Chicken head wrist block

Kuri uke : Elbow block (as used in the kata Seiyunchin)

Mae ude deai osae : Forearm pressing block

Mae ude hineri uke : Forearm twist block

Mawashi uke : Roundhouse block (sometimes called Tora Guchi uke)

Morote sukui uke : Two handed scooping block

Morote tsukami uke : Two handed grasping block

Morote uke : Augmented forearm block

Nagashi uke : Sweeping block

Oroshi uke : Descending block

Osae uke : Pressing block

Otoshi uke: Dropping block

Sashite uke: Rising hand block

Seiryuto uke : Ox-jaw block

Shuto uke: Knife hand block

Sokumen awase uke: Side two hand block

Sokutei mawashi uke: Circular sole block

Sokutei osae uke: Pressing block with sole

Sokuto osae uke: Pressing block with foot edge

Tate shuto uke : Verticle knife hand block

Tate uke : Vertical block

Te nagashi uke : Hand sweeping block

Te osae uke : Hand pressing block

Teisho awase uke : Combined palm heel block (sometimes called Shotei awase uke)

Teisho uke : Palm heel block (sometimes called Shotei uke)

Tekubi kake uke : Wrist hook block

Tetsui uke : Hammer block (sometimes called "outside forearm block")

Tsukami uke : Grasping block

Uchi uke : Block from inside outward

Ude uke : Inside forearm block

Uke : Blocking