Gassho,
Chapter 3, Section 6 of the Tokuhon contains a long list of basics techniques, some of which remain a mystery to me after many years of practice. For example, there are 6 types of furi zuki listed. Maybe at some point I have seen them all and just don't know that they had a distinctive name but I suspect there are some I have not seen before, e.g., juji furi zuki. Does anyone have a key to this list, or notes on each technique they would be willing to share?
In the interest of getting the conversation going, here are my notes on the 5 types of hiji ate. Any comments or corrections?
1. Uwa hiji ate - swinging the elbow in an upward arc, as if doing an uppercut punch but using the elbow rather than fist. Striking surface is lower arm part of elbow. Hand is in a fist.
2. Yoko hiji ate - thrusting the elbow to the side in a straight line. Striking surface is the upper arm part of elbow. Hand is open, turning palm up. Used after sankaku nuki to strike body.
3. Uchi hiji ate - swinging the elbow in an inward arc. Striking surface is lower arm part of elbow. Hand is in a fist. Used to strike head when in a clinch or a choke.
4. Shita hiji ate - thrusting the elbow downward in a straight line. Striking surface is the upper arm part of elbow. Used when attacker's head is down, as when grappling with arms around waist. Hand is open or closed?
5. Ushiro hiji ate - thrusting the elbow to the back in a straight line, very similar to yoko hiji ate. Striking surface is the upper arm part of elbow. Hand is open, turning palm up. Used when grabbed from behind to strike body.
It seems like there should be another version of hiji ate in which you twist the body to swing the elbow in a backward arc to strike the head of someone grabbing from behind. Does this version have a different name?
Thanks!