List of shotokan techniques

This is a list of techniques practiced in the Shotokan style of karate.

[edit] Stances

koshi gamae: hip preparatory position
manji gamae: "lambda"-shaped praparatory position, or "swastika" preparatory position (e.g., in the kata, Heian godan)
manji uke: "lambda"-shaped block, or "swastika" block
ryoken koshi gamae: double hip preparatory position (e.g. in the kata, Heian sandan)
morote koko gamae: double handed preparatory position (e.g. in the kata, Enpi)

age-uke: rising high-level block
empi uke: elbow block (e.g in the kata, Heian sandan)
gedan barai: sweeping low block
gedan morote barai: double sweeping low block (usually while going into kiba dachi)
haiwan uke: square side block (e.g. in the kata, Heian nidan)
juji uke: x block
kaisho ake uke: open-palm rising block
kaisho haiwan uke: knife-hand square side block (e.g. in the kata, Heian yondan)
kaisho juji uke: open-palm x block (e.g. in the kata, Heian godan)
kakiwake uke: floating x block (e.g. in the kata, Heian yondan)
morote uke: double forearm block (e.g in the kata, Heian sandan)
nagashi uke: rising palm sweep block (e.g. in the kata, Tekki shodan)
osae uke: palm block
otoshi uke: dropping forearm block
shuto gedan barai: knife-hand sweeping low block
shuto uke: knife hand block
soto uke: outside mid-level block
sukui uke: scooping block
tate shuto uke: half knife-hand block
te osae uke: dropping palm block
uchi ude uke: outside forearm block
uchi uke: inside mid-level block
uchi uke gyaku hanmi: inside mid-level block with reverse hand (e.g. in the kata, Heian nidan)
ude barai: reverse sweeping forearm block
kami tsukami: hair grab (e.g. in the kata, Enpi)
ushiro gedan barai: reverse low sweeping block (e.g. in the kata, Enpi)

ashikubi kake uke: hooking ankle block
mika zuki geri uke: crescent kick block (e.g. in the kata, Heian godan)
nami ashi, a.k.a. nami gaeshi: leg snapping wave block (e.g. in the kata, Tekki shodan)
sokutei osae uke: pressing sole block
sokuto osae uke: pressing footedge block

Age empi: Rising elbow strike
Age Zuki: Rising Punch
Choku zuki: Straight jab punch
Empi uchi: Elbow strike
Gyaku zuki: Reverse punch
Haishu uchi: Back hand strike
Haito uchi: Ridge hand strike
Hisami zuki: Scissor strike
Jun Zuki: front hand 'jab' punch, differing from Kizami Zuki in that shoulders are square
Kagi zuki: Hook punch
Kizami zuki: Straight, front hand lunging punch (like a 'jab')
Mae mawashi empi uchi: Augmented side elbow strike (e.g. in the kata, Heian yondan)
Mawashi empi: Hook elbow strike
Morote zuki: Double punch (e.g. in the kata, Tekki shodan)
Nakadaka Ippon Ken : one knuckle fist
Nukite: Spear-hand strike
Oi zuki: Lunge punch (shoulders square)
Sanbon zuki: Triple punch
Shuto uchi: Knifehand strike
Sokumen empi uchi: Augmented elbow strike (e.g. in the kata, Tekki shodan)
Tate zuki: Half reverse punch, with a vertical fist
Teisho furi uchi: Sideways palm-heel strike
Teisho uchi: Palm-heel strike
Tettsui: Hammer-fist strike
Tettsui hasami uchi: Hammer-fist scissor strike
Uraken uchi: Backfist strike
Ura zuki: Close short punch, with inverted fist, similar in nature to an 'uppercut'
Ushiro empi: Back elbow strike
Yama zuki ("mountain punch"): Wide double fisted strike (e.g. in the kata, Bassai dai and Wankan)
Awase zuke: Narrow double fisted strike
Yoko empi: Side elbow strike
Yoko tettsui: Sideways hammer-fist strike (e.g. in the kata, Heian sandan)
Gyaku age zuki: Rising reverse punch (e.g. in the kata, Enpi)